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  • *** In Scotland, the fairyland is located under hills, and near the full moon the tops rise on pillars, and passers by may be able to see inside their dw ...posed to be most effective if gathered at noon on a bright day near a full moon.
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  • ...idden deep underground. Episode two (Mission: Moonbase) sends Nukem to the moon to battle Dr. Proton as he plans his second assault on Earth. Finally episo
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  • ...ref>Napier is just one of 28 Scots whose nanes are given to craters on the moon; the others are [[Alexander Graham Bell]] (1847-1922); David Brewster (1781
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  • ...dates of the [[solstice]]s, as well as the diameters of the [[Sun]] and [[Moon]]. In each case, detailed observations over lengthy periods of time are nec
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  • ...d=1317694 |doi=}}</ref> or may not<ref>Kim SY, Chang YJ, Cho HM, Hwang YW, Moon YS. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the common cold. Cochrane Dat
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  • ...pon this hypothesis, the whole universe about me, bodies and spirits, sun, moon, stars, end earth, friends and relations, all things without exception, whi
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  • ...the solar system model of the atom as though the atom were like a sun and moon and planets. And although we use these metaphors of concrete things to stan
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  • **Moon Mineralogy Mapper (NASA instrument for Indian Space Research Organization|I
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  • ...in search of more secure shelter against the coming darkness of the new [[moon]]. At the same time, the full nature of the social economy of this society
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  • ...r its targeting of UN buildings in Gaza, though Secretary-General [[Ban Ki-moon]] ruled out further inquiries.<ref>''Independent'': '[http://www.independen
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  • ...egun when at some point humanity looked up and began to observe the [[Moon|moon]] and the stars and the [[Planet|planets]] regardless of how they may have ...but it does indicate a very early study of both the constellations and the moon.<ref>[http://www.astronomy.pomona.edu/archeo/india/as-india.html Astronomy
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  • ...tician, physicist and astronomer. He discovered [[Saturn]]'s rings and its moon [[Titan]], and invented the pendulum clock, which greatly improved time-ke ...of his own lenses, Huygens discovered [[Titan]], the first detection of a moon of [[Saturn]]. He also observed that the planet is surrounded by rings that
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  • ...Euler hoped to make use of the observation of the conjunction of Venus and Moon, due to take place on the 8th of September 1729. However, no such effects w
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  • * Moon, David. "Fernand Braudel and the Annales School" [http://www.scribd.com/doc
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  • ...t, or than [[Earth]] itself. But is it comparable to the distance to the [[Moon]], or perhaps to the [[Sun]]? Or to the nearest [[star]] ''other than'' the | Gravitational acceleration of the Moon due to Earth's gravitational field
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  • ...after solar conjunction. Operations included close approaches to [[Phobos (moon)|Phobos]] in February 1977. The [[apsis|periapsis]] was reduced to 300 km o
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  • ...explained how distance vision can be achieved with only one eye, and the [[moon illusion]], anomalies unexplained by the geometric account.<ref>[http://www
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  • ...ptoms.<ref name="pmid18822025">{{cite journal| author=Nickel JC, Sander S, Moon TD| title=A meta-analysis of the vascular-related safety profile and effica ...losin.<ref name="pmid18822025">{{cite journal| author=Nickel JC, Sander S, Moon TD| title=A meta-analysis of the vascular-related safety profile and effica
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  • ...apparent magnitude reaches -2.9, a brightness surpassed only by Venus, the Moon, and the Sun. For much of the year, [[Jupiter(planet)|Jupiter]] may appear Although better remembered for mapping the [[Moon]] starting in 1830, [[Johann Heinrich Mädler]] and [[Wilhelm Beer]] were t
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  • ...ducted Frank Zappa (who had died of prostate cancer in December 1993) with Moon Unit Zappa accepting on his behalf; Fred Schneider and Kate Pierson of the
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  • | ''Dark Side of the Moon'' by Pink Floyd
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  • ...lbum, became a permanent member of the group beginning on the 'High As the Moon' tour. The spelling of his last name is often listed as 'Hawrysch.'
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  • ...http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2007/sgsm10895.doc.htm | author = Ban Ki-Moon
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  • * ''[[Full Moon]]'' (1947) ...Wodehouse novel)|Heavy Weather]], [[Uncle Fred in the Springtime]], [[Full Moon]], [[Pigs Have Wings]],'' and ''[[Service with a Smile]]''.
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  • ...y a retentive memory, to tell you, that the sky is an azure; that the sun, moon, and stars, are bright; that the rose is red, the lily white or yellow, and ...glory for that of the sun; and of glory in a less degree for those of the moon and stars: that his idea of the beams of the sun may be composed of this id
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  • ...e over each. Theia and Hyperion ruled the [[sun]], Phoebe and Atlas the [[moon]], Dione and Crius the planet [[Mars]], Metis and Coeus ruled [[Mercury]],
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  • ...] of the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]. She was named after ''[[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]],'' one of the moons of the planet [[Uranus]]. Commissioned as AK-
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  • ...timately write only two stage plays (his second was an adaptation of ''The Moon Is Down''), and because Kaufman was an experienced playwright, it is often His novel ''[[The Moon is Down]]'' (1942), about the [[Socrates]]-inspired spirit of resistance in
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  • A Trip to the Moon (1902), by early filmmaker Georges Méliès, was a notable silent film whic
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  • ...could become a major space power by 2050: Plans include launches, robotic moon bases, and interplanetary manned missions.
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  • * ''Blue Moon Over Thurman Street'' (with [[Roger Dorband]]), 1993
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  • ...he position of the stars and how they changed, the changing aspects of the Moon, a host of ideas abounded dating back to the Greeks and possibly further ba ...ican v. 228, #5: 84-92 </ref> Galileo went on to make observations of the Moon, the Sun, the planets and stars.<ref> Galilei, Galileo (1610). The Starry M
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  • '''''Full Moon''''' is a comic novel by [[P.G. Wodehouse]], first published in the United * [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/p-g-wodehouse/full-moon.htm Fantastic Fiction's page], with details of published editions, photos o
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  • '''màrè''' ''plain'' (on the Moon or Mercury, plural '''mària''') '''mària''' ''moon'' (plural of '''màrè''', dark "sea" area on Moon or Mercury)
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  • ...debuts, and its promotional clip of astronauts planting a MTV flag on the moon became iconic with the brand. By 1983, it had become available in most citi
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  • ...entric world-view of his age, but on the other hand he recognised that the Moon's orbit around the Earth was inclined towards the equator of the earth.
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  • ...lo program]], along with the [[Lunar Module]], to land astronauts on the [[Moon]]. Together they were called the [[Apollo spacecraft]]. After the conclusio ...d out of lunar orbit, and for mid-course corrections between the Earth and Moon.
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  • - [[Ban Ki-moon]] -
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  • ...e their own [[natural satellite]]s (usually termed "moons" after Earth's [[Moon]]). In addition, the four giant planets are encircled by [[planetary ring]] ...ses by the inverse square law as it reaches further away from the sun. The Moon, by comparison, which also has no atmosphere but is much further from the s
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  • <blockquote>We make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars, as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly comp
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  • ...ly]]. These included speculations on the spherical nature of the earth and moon, and the rotation and movement of the earth through the heavens. ...s cycle|saros]]. In the [[2nd century B.C.]], the size and distance of the moon were estimated by [[Hipparchus]], who also authored the first stellar catal
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  • | "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again" || 19 || 1956 || "(Such an) Easy Question" || 11 || 19
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  • ..., but the lipoprotein cholesterol had lowered.<ref>Na-Hyung Kim, Phil-Dong Moon, Su-Jin Kim, In-Young Choi, Hyo-Jin An, Noh-Yil Myung, Hyun-Ja Jeong, Jae-Y
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  • ...the globe) and a light object has as its natural place the sphere of the Moon. Matter strives for its natural place in the universe, ergo a stone falls ...not touching each other, such as two [[magnet]]s, or the influence of the Moon's position on the tides, he postulated that they must be in direct contact
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  • ...ory'' and Plutarch's ''Concerning the Face Which Appears in the Orb of the Moon''. ''Somnium'' aimed to convert the reader's modes of vision and knowledge
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  • ...s a reworking of a blues tune, done with overtones of country music. 'Blue Moon of Kentucky', by [[Bill Monroe]], was a bluegrass standard, done with overt
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  • ...d Zeppelin achieved widespread popularity and when man first landed on the Moon, via the Project Apollo|Apollo missions. As a pun on the symbolism, a winge
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  • ...merica|American]] astronaut, became the first human being to walk on the [[Moon]] as part of [[NASA]]'s Apollo 11 project. Before becoming an astronaut, A ...d and last spaceflight was as mission commander of the ''[[Apollo 11]]'' [[moon landing]] mission on July&nbsp;20,&nbsp;1969. On this mission, Armstrong an
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  • ...iscusses the idea of laws of nature, of the sun and stars, the idea of the moon being the cause of ebb and flood, on gravitation, going to examine light an
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  • ...uld strike a certain point on the ground at a certain time every year, the moon would change appearance on a regular basis—any number of possible conclus ...Brighter portions of this atmosphere formed the stars, planets and sun and moon. Their universe was ruled by anthropomorphic gods (human features and perso
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  • ...between 1847 and 1874 to work under conditions approximating slavery. See Moon-ho Jung, "Outlawing 'Coolies': Race, Nation, and Empire in the Age of Eman
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  • ...ays grasping for but is just out of reach. The ball is probably either the moon or the sun.
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  • ...ven will be covered, the stars darkened, the sun covered with a cloud, the moon not give its light, and darkness will reign over the land.<ref>The Bible. E
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  • ...l flooding; celestial events such as the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, and comets. (One of the most common types of such explanation i
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  • ...performs "workings" (one-off performance art/spoken word pieces) with The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels, some of which have been rele ...rms one-off "workings" as part of a performance art/spoken word group, The Moon and Serpent Grand Egyptian Theatre of Marvels. Several of their pieces have
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  • ...sion index. Differential gravity is acting on Earth at all times. The Sun, moon, and other planets in our solar system all have a force of attraction. The
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  • |The Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Stories Ever Told (David Lee Roth, Keith Moon, Lemmy)
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  • *23 March 2014 - ''Dark Side of the Moon'' by Pink Floyd.
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  • ...ble cylinder, a 'speed-loader' which can reload all chambers at once, or a moon clip that holds half or a full load of [[ammunition]] and that is inserted
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  • ...calendar. Among the Maya, agricultural rituals are performed at the full moon<ref name="Bassie-Sweet1999">Karen Bassie-Sweet. 1999. "[http://www.mesoweb.
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  • ...o used in each of the [[Lunokhod]] rovers deployed on the surface of the [[Moon]], to keep their internal components warm during the lunar nights.
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  • ...anet]] to the [[Sun]], orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. After Earth's [[Moon]], it is the brightest object in the night sky, reaching an [[apparent magn ...states of erosion, indicating a continual process of degradation. On the Moon, degradation is caused by subsequent impacts, while on Earth, it is caused
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  • ...res of Hell</i>. After fighting through Deimos the player learns that the moon is now actually floating above [[Hell]] itself. The player climbs down to t
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  • ...res of Hell</i>. After fighting through Deimos the player learns that the moon is now actually floating above [[Hell]] itself. The player climbs down to t
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  • ...rvive the harsh conditions of deep space (as evident on the [[Surveyor 3]] moon probe). As a further precaution, each lander, upon assembly and enclosure
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  • *''Moon Express'', Daniels, 1969
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  • [[Planetary science]] is the study of [[planet]]s, [[moon]]s, and [[planetary system]]s, in particular those of the [[Solar System]]
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  • * ''[[Final Fantasy IV: Celtic Moon]]'' (1991) — with [[Máire Breatnach]]
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  • ...since [[Ancient history|antiquity]] that the world beyond the orbit of the moon, i.e. that of the fixed stars, was eternal and unchangeable (a fundamental ...d no [[diurnal parallax]] and hence was located beyond the "sphere" of the Moon. Prior to this time, cometary phenomena were thought to be atmospheric in o
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  • ...ut 6.960 X 10E8 km. This is about twice the distance of the earth from the moon, 110 times the radius of earth, and 0.004652 AU (astronomical unit), the av
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  • ...October 2013}}</ref> Yousafzai also presented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a petition in support of 57 million children who are prevented from go
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  • ...Records released “That’s All Right,” a 45 rpm record with the B-side “Blue Moon of Kentucky.” Within a few days it was a hit when Memphis radio station W ...e of his life, but made "[[Incheon!]]" instead. After his death, a copy of Moon's ''[[Divine Principle]]'' was found on a Graceland bookshelf.
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  • ...s semilunaris'', because it is shaped like a half-moon, or rather crescent-moon, in cross-section.
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  • ...take them 40 seconds to circle the Earth and six minutes to arrive at the Moon.) The fastest stars complete their orbit of the black hole in 100 years.<re
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  • *Maybe the Moon Will Help You Out – Bo-Peep
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  • ...Moon]] and [[John Entwistle]] were discussing the idea of forming a group, Moon joked, 'It would probably go over like a lead balloon.'<ref>{{cite book|las
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  • ...rg by the waves breaking against it. The sky was clear, but there was no [[moon]].<ref>''Titanic Inquiry'': '[http://www.titanicinquiry.org/BOTInq/BOTRepor
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  • ...icity|specificity]] of 74%)<ref name="pmid18403624">{{cite journal |author=Moon WJ, Jung SL, Lee JH, ''et al'' |title=Benign and malignant thyroid nodules:
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  • ...iplines that study the same topics on extra-terrestrial bodies such as the moon, the planets and asteroids.
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  • ...ime Entwistle suggested the name 'Lead Zeppelin' for the first time, after Moon commented that the proceedings would take to the air like a lead balloon. ...ed briefly as 'The New Yardbirds', but soon recalled the old joke by Keith Moon and John Entwistle. Page stuck with that name to use for his new band. Pete
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  • ...hat it was the pagan religion itself.<ref name="Hutton">The Triumph of the Moon - The Rise of Modern Pagan Witchcraft, Ronald Hutton, Oxford University Pre
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  • ...his later appeared in 1972 as ''Hands of Jack the Ripper'' featuring Keith Moon, Ritchie Blackmore, and Nick Simper, but it failed to chart. To promote his
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  • ...century; The Great Hall with a hammerbeam roof built by James IV; The Half Moon Battery, from the late 16th century; and The Scottish National War Memorial
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  • * N. David Mermin, "Is the Moon there when nobody looks? Reality and the quantum theory", in ''Physics Toda
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  • ...er words, such as '''mánna, dilémma, nôva, rhêa''' ''bird'' = '''Rhêa''' ''moon'' (-êə, two syllables, cf. '''sêa''', one syllable). It is optionally sc
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  • ...coded [[algorithm]] that behaves like one;<ref name=knowles2006>Knowles M, Moon R. (2006) ''Introducing metaphor.'' Routledge. ISBN 9780415278003. | [http: ...allenge to Western Thought''.</ref>&nbsp; <ref name=knowles2006>Knowles M, Moon R. (2006) ''Introducing Metaphor'' Routledge. ISBN 9780415278003. | [http:/
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  • ...lifetime. It was nominated for a Hugo in 1967 (it lost to Heinlein's ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress''). It sold very well and is still very popular. It doe
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  • ...sortment of household items, arranged in accordance with the wishes of the moon.)
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  • Back on land, Alcock recalled, "We scarcely saw the sun, or the moon, or the stars. For hours we saw none of them. The fog was very dense, and a ...consciousness as something extravagantly abnormal—the distorted ball of a moon, the eerie half-light, the monstrous cloud shapes, the fog below and around
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  • ...ress the audience."<ref>{{cite news|author=Mel Gussow|title=Theater: Blood Moon, Of Crime and Revenge|publisher=The New York Times|date=1993-01-14|url= htt | ''Blood Moon''
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  • ...black boxes. Rather, we place them, say, 360,000 km apart (the least Earth-Moon distance) and restrict the experiment to a time interval of, say, 1 sec. Re
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  • Karaites rely on observations of the [[Moon]] to begin their [[month]]s, and on observations of [[barley]] (called the
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  • ...ch proved to be due to unexpected reflections of the radar beam from the [[Moon]].
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  • ...ne King of the Heavenly Principle"), also called the "heavenly parent" or "moon/sun" (''tsuhiki''). :''Founder(s):'' [[Sun Myung Moon]]
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  • ...o Amphibious Squadron Four, and in December, took part in the [[Apollo 8]] Moon Orbital Flight as a secondary recovery ship in the U.S. Navy Recovery Force
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  • ...molecules to yield other non-primitive concepts, such as 'invisible', or 'moon'.
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  • ...He was trying at that time to determine what type of force could hold the moon in its path. The fall of the apple led him to think that it might be the sa
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  • ...roup. 1998 ISBN 0810384175'' </ref><ref> Adler, Margot. ''Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America. Penguin
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  • ...me Roman Catholics, a secular (non-religious) Jew, a member of [[Sun Myung-Moon]]'s [[Unification Church]], and many protestant Christians.
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  • ...she and a young tengu [[demon]] fall in love.<ref name="Cresc">''Crescent Moon,'' by Harako Iida. Los Angeles: Tokyopop, 6 Vols., 2004-2005. See also http ...972-780-2.</ref> The combination proved extremely successful, and ''Sailor Moon'' became internationally popular in both manga and anime formats.<ref name=
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