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  2. Countervalue - Wikipedia

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    The rationale behind countervalue targeting is that if two sides have both achieved assured destruction capability, and the nuclear arsenals of both sides have the apparent ability to survive a wide range of counterforce attacks and carry out a second strike in response, the value diminishes in an all-out nuclear war of targeting the opponent's ...

  3. Counterforce - Wikipedia

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    A counterforce target is an element of the military infrastructure, usually either specific weapons or the bases that support them. A counterforce strike is an attack that targets those elements but leaving the civilian infrastructure, the countervalue targets, as undamaged as possible. Countervalue refers to the targeting of an opponent's ...

  4. Gunning fog index - Wikipedia

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    A high fog index is a good measure of hard-to-read text, but it has its limits. Not all complex words are difficult to understand. For example, "interesting" is not generally thought to be a difficult word, although it has three syllables (excluding the common -ing suffix).

  5. Counter-battery radar - Wikipedia

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    An Israeli Shilem counter-battery radar Functional principle of counter-battery radar A counter-battery radar or weapon tracking radar is a radar system that detects artillery projectiles fired by one or more guns, howitzers , mortars or rocket launchers and, from their trajectories, locates the position on the ground of the weapon that fired it.

  6. C1 Advanced - Wikipedia

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    C1 Advanced is made up of four exam papers, which cover all the key language skills (Reading and Use of Language, Writing, Listening and Speaking). [5] The Speaking paper is taken face-to-face. Candidates have the choice of taking the Reading and Use of English paper, Writing paper and Listening paper on either a computer or on paper. [6]

  7. Fountas and Pinnell reading levels - Wikipedia

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    Small books containing a combination of text and illustrations are then provided to educators for each level. [3] While young children display a wide distribution of reading skills, each level is tentatively associated with a school grade. Some schools adopt target reading levels for their pupils.

  8. Readability - Wikipedia

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    Readability is the ease with which a reader can understand a written text.The concept exists in both natural language and programming languages though in different forms. In natural language, the readability of text depends on its content (the complexity of its vocabulary and syntax) and its presentation (such as typographic aspects that affect legibility, like font size, line height ...

  9. Teaching English as a second or foreign language - Wikipedia

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    Proponents believe that CLT develops and improves speaking, writing, listening, and reading skills, preventing students from listening passively to the teacher without interacting. Dogme [ 11 ] is a similar communicative approach that encourages teaching without published textbooks, focusing on conversation by learners and teacher.