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| Apple Inc. , , ) Apple_Inc.
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| Anthony Hopkins | birthplace = Port Talbot, Wales Anthony_Hopkins
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| Brazil "Order and Progress" Brazil
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| Budweiser (Anheuser-Busch) Budweiser is an American-style lager and is one of the most popular beers in the United States. Budweiser is made with a proportion of rice in addition to barley malt, for which it has received some criticism, though the company takes the position that the rice gives the beer a lighter taste. Budweiser_(Anheuser-Busch)
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| CANDU reactor The CANDU reactor is a Canadian-invented, pressurized heavy water reactor developed initially in the late 1950s and 1960s by a partnership between Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL), the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario (now known as Ontario Power Generation), Canadian General Electric (now known as GE Canada), as well as several private industry participants. The acronym "CANDU", a registered trademark of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, stands for "CANada Deuterium Uranium". CANDU_reactor
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| CANDU reactor Talk:CANDU_reactor
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| Deforestation Deforestation is the conversion of forested areas to non-forest land for use such as arable land, pasture, urban use, logged area, or wasteland. Since the tropical rainforests are the most diverse ecosystems on earthTropical rainforests - The tropical rainforest, BBCTropical Rainforest and about 80% of the world's known biodiversity could be found in tropical rainforestsU. Deforestation
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| Exxon Valdez oil spill The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound, Alaska, on March 24, 1989. It is considered one of the most devastating man-made environmental disasters ever to occur at sea. Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill
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| Greenpeace Greenpeace, originally known as the Greenpeace Foundation, was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1972. On September 15, 1971, the Don't Make a Wave Committee sent an eighty foot halibut seiner “Phylis Cormack”, temporarily renamed Greenpeace, from Vancouver, to oppose the United States testing nuclear devices in Amchitka, Alaska. Greenpeace
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| Global warming controversy The global warming controversy is a dispute regarding the nature and consequences of global warming. The disputed issues include the causes of increased global average air temperature, especially since the mid-20th century, whether this warming trend is unprecedented or within normal climatic variations, and whether the increase is wholly or partially an artifact of poor measurements. Global_warming_controversy
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| Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the international Framework Convention on Climate Change with the objective of reducing greenhouse gases in an effort to prevent anthropogenic climate change. Kyoto_Protocol
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| Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation, which rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft
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| Mediterranean Sea The Mediterranean is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. It covers an approximate area of 2. Mediterranean_Sea
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| Nokia , , ) Nokia
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| Nuclear power Nuclear power is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions. The most common method today is through nuclear fission, though other methods include nuclear fusion and radioactive decay. Nuclear_power
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| Phenols In organic chemistry, phenols, sometimes called phenolics, are a class of chemical compounds consisting of a hydroxyl group (-O H) attached to an aromatic hydrocarbon group. The simplest of the class is phenol (C6H5OH). Phenols
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| Plastic Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular weight, and may contain other substances to improve performance or reduce costs. Plastic
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| Polyvinyl chloride Polyvinyl chloride, (IUPAC Polychloroethene) commonly abbreviated PVC, is a widely used thermoplastic polymer. In terms of revenue generated, it is one of the most valuable products of the chemical industry. Polyvinyl_chloride
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| Sony )() Sony
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| Solar energy Solar energy is heat and light from the sun. This energy resource powers the climate and weather and sustains life on Earth. Solar_energy
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