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  Firearm Article, Firearm Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of apropellant.
Technically speaking, the projectile is the weapon and the firearm is the weapon platform.
A common handgun design that lacks a fixed firing chamber is the revolver, which holds a number of firing chambers in a revolving cylinder.
www.anoca.org /weapon/firearms/firearm.html   (1871 words)

  
 Guns - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A gun is an aimable weapon that fires projectiles at high velocity, or a device that resembles such a weapon used for other purposes (e.g., glue gun) in common usage.
The term is also used for types of artillery with long barrels that fire at a relatively flat trajectory.
British actor and comedian Hugh Laurie's first book is a spot-on spy spoof about hapless ex-soldier Thomas Lang, who is drawn unwittingly and unwillingly into the center of a dangerous James Bond-like plot of international terrorists, arms dealing, high-tech weapons, and CIA spooks.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /guns.htm   (257 words)

  
 Religion of History's 100 Most Influential People
Other philosophers on this list made contributions which had an impact on religion but are not founders of a religion or branch of religion.
To a point the creation of such a list is as you point out subjective, and subject to the bias of the individual or group that prepare it.
My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular levels...
www.adherents.com /adh_influ.html   (4241 words)

  
 Intelligence Literature   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The list offers the reader a variety of perspectives in order to better understand intelligence, its role in national security, and the forces that have shaped it over the years.
This is not intended to be a complete list of works on intelligence, nor does inclusion of a work on the list imply endorsement by the US Government or any of its agencies or branches.
Listing of terms and events pertinent to the world of intelligence gathering.
www.odci.gov /cia/publications/intellit/intell.shtml   (4753 words)

  
 Hannah's Blog: December 2004 Archives
Then there were the people in Denver who came in from work and found their answering machines blinking madly to have someone tell them that there, too, voting had been delayed to November 3rd.  Caller ID said that this helpful message came from a Republican party office.
According to both Ford and a credible witness, Marciello, Ford was strapped to a gurney and bundled off to a mental ward on the basis of a coerced diagnosis for an indefinite period of time, all before any investigation was even started, much less completed.
The list of potential breaches of Army regulations is just as long, including "conduct unbecoming of an officer," a serious offense in the military.
hannah.smith-family.com /archive/2004_12.html   (18501 words)

  
 Marburg Journal of Religion (July 1999) Marco Frenschkowski   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
As many other books written from the Scientology point of view, Widder much overrates Hubbard's importance for genre literature; nevertheless he gives a complete listing and short plot summaries of the relevant titles and even lists unpublished piece (to be published at some later time).
Written before the American participation in WWII and before the existence of nuclear weapons, it tells the tale of a Europe weakened and devastated by decades of war.
These 11 later novels by Hubbard are not Scientology propaganda literature, but have some topics in common, especially the very strong opposition against 20th century psychology and psychiatry, which is seen as a major source of evil.
www.uni-marburg.de /religionswissenschaft/journal/mjr/frenschkowski.html   (9492 words)

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