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  • 1Mass racial violence in the United States — Mass racial violence, also called race riots can include such disparate events as: attacks on Irish Catholics, the Chinese and other immigrants in the 19th century. attacks on Italian immigrants in the early 20th century, and Mexicans and Puerto… …

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  • 2mass transit — a system of large scale public transportation in a given metropolitan area, typically comprising buses, subways, and elevated trains. Cf. rapid transit. * * * Transportation systems, usually publicly but sometimes privately owned and operated,… …

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  • 3Mass of Paul VI — This article is about the post Vatican II changes to the Mass; for an explanation of the current structure of the Mass, see Mass (liturgy). The Mass of Pope Paul VI is the liturgy of the Catholic Mass of the Roman Rite promulgated by Paul VI in… …

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  • 4Mass graves in Chechnya — Dead Chechens[citation needed] in a mass grave. In Chechnya, mass graves containing hundreds of corpses have been uncovered since the beginning of the Chechen wars in 1994. As of June 2008, there were 57 registered locations of …

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  • 5Mass suicide in Demmin — On May 1, 1945, hundreds of people committed mass suicide in the town of Demmin, in the Province of Pomerania (now in Mecklenburg Vorpommern), Germany. The suicides occurred during a mass panic that was provoked by atrocities committed by… …

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  • 6Mass-casualty incident — A mass casualty incident (often shortened to MCI and sometimes called a multiple casualty incident or multiple casualty situation) is any incident in which emergency medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by… …

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  • 7Tuned mass damper — An animation showing the movement of a skyscraper versus the mass damper. The green indicates the hydraulic cylinders used to damp the motion of the skyscraper. A tuned mass damper, also known as an active mass damper (AMD) or harmonic absorber,… …

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  • 8Ecclesiastical Buildings — • This term comprehends all constructions erected for the celebration of liturgical acts, whatever be the name given to them, church, chapel, oratory, and basilica Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Buildings      …

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  • 92004 Financial buildings plot — The 2004 Financial buildings plot was a plan led by Dhiren Barot to attack a number of targets in the U.S. and the United Kingdom which is believed to have been approved by al Qaeda. The evidence against the plotters consisted of home videos,… …

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  • 10Thermal mass — Thermal mass, in the most general sense, is any material that has the capacity to store heat. The following discussion pertains to its functional application in ecologically sustainable building construction. When used correctly, it can… …

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