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    A wet wipe, also known as a wet towel, wet one, moist towelette, disposable wipe, disinfecting wipe, or a baby wipe (in specific circumstances) is a small...
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    A major appliance, also known as a large domestic appliance or large electric appliance or simply a large appliance, large domestic, or large electric...
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    A transistor radio is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry. Following the invention of the transistor in 1947—which revolutionized...
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    A tontine (/ˈtɒntaɪn, -iːn, ˌtɒnˈtiːn/) is an investment linked to a living person which provides an income for as long as that person is alive. Such schemes...
    32 KB (4,098 words) - 09:04, 13 May 2024
  • Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG) is a non-profit organization that is one of the largest of the state PIRG organizations. It works...
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    A crossed cheque is a cheque that has been marked specifying an instruction on the way it is to be redeemed. A common instruction is for the cheque to...
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  • In United Kingdom law, the concept of wrongful dismissal refers exclusively to dismissal contrary to the contract of employment, which effectively means...
    14 KB (2,297 words) - 00:22, 24 March 2023
  • In France employees of some government-owned corporations enjoy a special retirement plan, collectively known as régimes spéciaux de retraite. These professions...
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    Christine Frederick (February 6, 1883 – April 6, 1970) was an American home economist and early 20th century exponent of Taylorism as applied to the domestic...
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    The World Organization of Workers (WOW) is an international trade union federation. WOW was founded in September 1921, as the International Federation...
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  • Foreign exchange regulation is a form of financial regulation specifically aimed at the Forex market that is decentralized and operates with no central...
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  • The Shaftebury Brewing Company is a craft brewery started in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1986. Shaftebury was sold to Sleeman Breweries in 1999. In...
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  • Crossbeam Systems is headquartered in Boxborough, Massachusetts and has offices in Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Crossbeam Systems was acquired...
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  • Meltdown is a French bar chain dedicated to video games and eSports. Based on the idea of a permanent Barcraft, the first bar Meltdown was established...
    5 KB (461 words) - 03:32, 27 May 2023
  • SmartFresh (SmartFresh Quality System) is a brand of a synthetic produce quality enhancer containing 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP). It is marketed by AgroFresh...
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    Hiddenite, North Carolina, United States, is a centre for the mining of gemstones. Three larger mines found there are Adams Mine, NAEM and the Emerald...
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  • Wisconsin Independent News Distributors (WIND) was an alternative left-wing news distributor founded in 1971 in Madison, Wisconsin by Jack Dunn, Roger...
    3 KB (305 words) - 18:51, 12 May 2020
  • The Initiative for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP) is a research center sponsored by the University of Southern Denmark and Roskilde University, Denmark...
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  • Girlshop Inc. was the pioneering fashion e-commerce company behind girlshop.com, the first website for indie-designer, trend making style. Girlshop.com...
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  • Neil French is a British advertising executive widely credited with bringing the creative revolution to Asia when he was associated with The Ball Partnership...
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