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  2. Containerization - Wikipedia

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    The fully integrated systems in the US today became possible only after the ICC's regulatory oversight was cut back (and abolished in 1995). Trucking and rail were deregulated in the 1970s and maritime rates were deregulated in 1984. [48] Double-stacked rail transport, where containers are stacked two high on railway cars, was introduced in the ...

  3. Marine sediment - Wikipedia

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    Marine sediment, or ocean sediment, or seafloor sediment, are deposits of insoluble particles that have accumulated on the seafloor.These particles either have their origins in soil and rocks and have been transported from the land to the sea, mainly by rivers but also by dust carried by wind and by the flow of glaciers into the sea, or they are biogenic deposits from marine organisms or from ...

  4. 1983 US embassy bombing in Beirut - Wikipedia

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    The April 18, 1983, United States embassy bombing was a suicide bombing in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 32 Lebanese, 17 Americans, and 14 visitors and passers-by.The victims were mostly embassy and CIA staff members, but also included several US soldiers and one US Marine Security Guard.

  5. Kyle Carpenter - Wikipedia

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    William Kyle Carpenter (born October 17, 1989) is a medically retired United States Marine who received the United States' highest military honor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in Marjah, Helmand Province, Afghanistan in 2010.

  6. Illinois Times - Wikipedia

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    Illinois Times is a weekly free newspaper (distributed every Thursday) based in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1975, the newspaper was acquired in 1977 by Fletcher Farrar Sr., a Mount Vernon businessman who employed his son, Fletcher, Jr. (Bud), as editor. The senior Farrar died in 1995; his son sold the paper two years later.

  7. Recreational fishing - Wikipedia

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    At the same time, the participation rate dipped slightly by 0.1%, bringing the fishing rate to 16.4%. This was due to the increasing population of the United States. Archived 2021-09-15 at the Wayback Machine

  8. Flag of the United States Marine Corps - Wikipedia

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    The Color Guard of the U.S. Marine Corps at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. in June 2007.. The official flag is scarlet with the Corps emblem in gray and gold. It was adopted on 18 January 1939, although Marine Corps Order 4 had established scarlet and gold as the official colors of the Corps as early as 1925. [1]

  9. List of Ponzi schemes - Wikipedia

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    On December 30, 2019, the Securities and Exchanges Commission filed charges against Today's Growth Consultant Inc. dba "The Income Store" and Kenneth D. Courtright III, claiming the defendants raised funds in an unregistered offering by making use of misrepresentations to investors and potential investors that the entirety of their invested ...