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  2. Glossary of rail transport terms - Wikipedia

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    Also Centering spring cylinder. A cylindrical cast-iron holder in which an adjusting string is placed. Adjusting spring seat A casting, or a part of the bolster of a two-wheel trailing truck, forming a bearing for the end of the adjusting spring. Admission The opening of steam port to admit steam to one end of a cylinder. If the valve has no lead, admission takes place at the moment the piston ...

  3. Fentanyl - Wikipedia

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    Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic piperidine opioid primarily used as an analgesic.It is 20 to 40 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than morphine; [9] its primary clinical utility is in pain management for cancer patients and those recovering from painful surgeries.

  4. Logan International Airport - Wikipedia

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    The DC-6 had started to take off without receiving clearance to do so. [205] [206] On March 10, 1964, a Slick Airways DC-4 crashed 1.3 mi (2.1 km) southwest of Logan while on final approach. All three occupants were killed.

  5. Voter identification laws in the United States - Wikipedia

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    (Acceptable forms of voter ID include a permit for a concealed handgun but not a Social Security card or utility bill.) [302] The law would have needed to pass "pre-clearance" by the U.S. Department of Justice under the 1965 Voting Rights Act (certain states and jurisdictions, mostly in Southern states were required to wait for pre-clearance ...

  6. Guam - Wikipedia

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    The country code 671 became NANP area code 671. [100] This removed the barrier of high-cost international long-distance calls to the continental U.S. Guam is a major hub for submarine communications cables between the Western U.S., Hawaii, Australia and Asia. Guam currently serves twelve submarine cables, with most continuing to China.

  7. LGBT movements in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1987, after a meeting with GLAAD, The New York Times changed its editorial policy to use the word gay instead of harsher terms referring to homosexuality. [71] GLAAD advocated that the Associated Press and other television and print news sources follow.

  8. James Carville - Wikipedia

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    Carville was born on October 25, 1944, at a U.S. Army hospital at Georgia's Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), where his father was stationed during World War II. [4] His mother, Lucille (née Normand), stayed behind in Carville, Louisiana, where James was raised, but went to Fort Benning long enough to have her firstborn son.