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Actinidia deliciosa
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Conjunctivitis is a common eye condition worldwide. It causes inflammation (swelling) of the conjunctiva—the thin layer that lines the inside of the eyelid and covers the white part of the eye. Conjunctivitis is often called "pink eye" or "red eye" because it can cause the white of the eye ... |
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Breast cancer receives more funding and publicity than any other cancer, by far. There are more new cases of lung and prostate cancer every year than of breast cancer, and breast receives more than double the federal research funding. And as for public awareness, it’s not even close. There are NFL players wearing pink ... |
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Aicardi syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that causes defects of the eyes and brain. It is believed to be an X-linked dominant genetic trait. Aicardi syndrome is named after Dr. Jean Aicardi, who first described this syndrome in 1965.
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Long title An Act for the punishment of idle and disorderly persons, rogues and vagabonds.
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Anyone know how to remove null value line in ".dat" file when I create file using PrintWriter? Why does the file just print a null line in the last page of line, I already put:
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DURING solitary walks across the vineyards and the forested valleys near Vienna, Beethoven found inspiration for his "Pastoral" Symphony. Schubert wrote some of his songs on outings with his friends to some rustic tavern there. Johann Strauss the Younger wrote hi... |
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When predicting hail, three factors need to be examined. They are the freezing level, CAPE, and the wet-bulb zero temperature. Lower freezing levels will allow hailstones less time to melt as they fall to the surface. Higher elevation areas (i.e. Colorado and Wyoming) tend to have a high frequency of hail since the fre... |
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Instead of being built with wood or metal, this unique xylophone (or rather, Lithophone), uses pieces of hornfels stone for sounding bars. Called the Musical Stones of Skiddaw, it is said to have been constructed in 1785 by Peter Crosthwaite, who found the stones near his home. Kind of like building a driftwood xylop... |
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2. pinku
Japanese term for pink.
It can't be pinku (Japanese for pink).
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1. pinku
(That's Japanese for pink)
A Bento Box should not be pinku or have pictures of cartoon characters on it
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such a force as in the opinion of the General-in-Chief and the commanders of all the army corps shall leave said city entirely secure.
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Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis
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Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis/periodontitis
Classification and external resources
Ulcerative necrotizing gingivitis.jpg
ICD-10 A69.1
ICD-9 101
DiseasesDB 13866
MedlinePlus 001044
MeSH D005892
Acute necrotizin... |
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