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  2. Acorn tube - Wikipedia

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    Larger, higher-power types such as the 316A, 368A, 388A, and 703A triodes [6] and the 713A and 717A pentodes were referred to as Doorknob tubes. The introduction of the EF50 was the first serious competition for the acorn design, and replaced the acorns in many roles, especially post-war when millions of surplus EF50s were dumped on the market.

  3. Countervailing power - Wikipedia

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    Countervailing power, or countervailance, is the idea in political theory that the wielding of power by two or more groups, centers, or sets of interests within a polity can, and often does, yield beneficial effects through productive opposition and containment between opposing forces.

  4. Information asymmetry - Wikipedia

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    Information asymmetry creates an imbalance of power in transactions, which can sometimes cause the transactions to be inefficient, causing market failure in the worst case. Examples of this problem are adverse selection, [1] moral hazard, [2] and monopolies of knowledge. [3]

  5. Balance of power (parliament) - Wikipedia

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    Both the Centrists and the Communists ended up holding the balance of power since either one could allow the government to cling onto power. Prime Minister Michel Rocard, a centre-left figure, formed a new government after the parliamentary elections, incorporating independent centre-right ministers to attract support from the Centrist Union group.

  6. Balancing (international relations) - Wikipedia

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    Balancing can be carried out through internal or external efforts and means. Internal balancing involves efforts to enhance state's power by increasing one's economic resources and military strength in order to be able to rely on independent capabilities in response to a potential hegemon and be able to compete more effectively in the international system.

  7. Principle of least interest - Wikipedia

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    The principle of least interest dictates how power is distributed in a relationship and how it is almost always unequally balanced. This unequal balance of power can lead the weaker person to struggle to get a grasp on some of the power. This struggle leads to a conflict between the one with the power and the one without.

  8. Power imbalances are at the root of sexual harassment - AOL

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    New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces an investigation over an alleged pattern of sexually harassing and intimidating women employees. Brendan McDermid/Pool/AFP/via Getty ImagesIn recent weeks ...

  9. Balance of power (international relations) - Wikipedia

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    The predominance of the balance of power in the practice of statesmen for three centuries … should not obscure the fact that throughout world history periods dominated by the balance-of-power policies have not been the rule. The balance of power scarcely existed anywhere as a conscious principle of international politics before 1500… [37]