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  • 31Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …

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  • 32Ayrton Senna — Infobox F1 driver Name=Ayrton Senna Nationality=flagicon|BRA Brazilian|Years=F1|1984–F1|1994 Team(s)=Toleman, Lotus, McLaren, Williams Races=162 (161 starts) Championships=3 (F1|1988, F1|1990, F1|1991) Wins=41 Podiums=80 Points=610 (614)Up until… …

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  • 33December 2004 in sports — See also: 2004 in sports, Other events in December 2004 < December 2004 > S M T W T F …

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  • 34Software transactional memory — In computer science, software transactional memory (STM) is a concurrency control mechanism analogous to database transactions for controlling access to shared memory in concurrent computing. It is an alternative to lock based synchronization. A… …

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  • 35Characters in the Thursday Next Series — The Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde currently consists of the novels The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, The Well of Lost Plots, Something Rotten, First Among Sequels and One of Our Thursdays Is Missing. Contents 1 The Eyre Affair 1.1… …

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  • 37Memory disambiguation — is a set of techniques employed by high performance out of order execution microprocessors that execute memory access instructions (loads and stores) out of program order. The mechanisms for performing memory disambiguation, implemented using… …

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  • 38Chabad-Lubavitch related controversies — This article examines controversial issues involving the Chabad Lubavitch movement. For a more complete examination of Chabad, see the main article. Part of a series on Chabad …

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  • 39Andretti Curse — The Andretti Curse, sometimes referred to as the Andretti Luck, is in reference to the unexplainable bad luck the Andretti racing family has experienced in their efforts to win the Indianapolis 500. Patriarch and auto racing legend Mario Andretti …

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  • 40diplomacy — /di ploh meuh see/, n. 1. the conduct by government officials of negotiations and other relations between nations. 2. the art or science of conducting such negotiations. 3. skill in managing negotiations, handling people, etc., so that there is… …

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