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  2. East Asian foreign policy of the Barack Obama administration

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    The power of the pivot will be boosted by American arms sales to the region. [27] Senator John McCain moved to block funding for the realignment, citing a lack of a solid plan. [28] The pivot took a hit from the United States federal government shutdown of 2013 as Obama was forced to remain in Washington and unable to attend APEC Indonesia 2013 ...

  3. Radiation-absorbent material - Wikipedia

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    An RF anechoic chamber used for EMC testing. In materials science, radiation-absorbent material (RAM) is a material which has been specially designed and shaped to absorb incident RF radiation (also known as non-ionising radiation), as effectively as possible, from as many incident directions as possible.

  4. 2 + 2 = 5 - Wikipedia

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    In the 18th century, the self-evident falsehood of 2 + 2 = 5 was attested in the Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (1728), by Ephraim Chambers: "Thus, a Proposition would be absurd, that should affirm, that two and two make five; or that should deny 'em to make four."

  5. Irrigation - Wikipedia

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    Center pivot irrigation is a form of sprinkler irrigation utilising several segments of pipe (usually galvanized steel or aluminium) joined and supported by trusses, mounted on wheeled towers with sprinklers positioned along its length. [28] The system moves in a circular pattern and is fed with water from the pivot point at the center of the arc.

  6. Bicycle suspension - Wikipedia

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    Single pivot suspension with 160 mm travel on a 2008 Morewood Mbuzi. A single pivot suspension is one in which there is only one pivot point connecting the rear wheel to the main frame of the bike. There may or not be other pivots on the bike, but fulfilling the aforementioned condition makes it a single pivot suspension.

  7. Decibel - Wikipedia

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    The decibel originates from methods used to quantify signal loss in telegraph and telephone circuits. Until the mid-1920s, the unit for loss was miles of standard cable (MSC). 1 MSC corresponded to the loss of power over one mile (approximately 1.6 km) of standard telephone cable at a frequency of 5000 radians per second (795.8 Hz), and matched closely the smallest attenuation detectable to a ...

  8. Station wagon - Wikipedia

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    A station wagon (US, also wagon) or estate car (UK, also estate) is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate, or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid. [1]

  9. Brett Lee - Wikipedia

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    Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game.During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world.