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Page 82
... short interlude between the turbulent age of the San - kuo and the dev- astating barbarian invasions . The empire had been nomi- nally reunited ( AD 280 ) , and for a short time the central government attempted important fiscal and ...
... short interlude between the turbulent age of the San - kuo and the dev- astating barbarian invasions . The empire had been nomi- nally reunited ( AD 280 ) , and for a short time the central government attempted important fiscal and ...
Page 516
... SHORT - RANGE FORECASTING Objective predictions . When people wait under a shel- ter for a downpour to end , they are making a very - short- range weather forecast . They are assuming , based on past experience , that such hard rain ...
... SHORT - RANGE FORECASTING Objective predictions . When people wait under a shel- ter for a downpour to end , they are making a very - short- range weather forecast . They are assuming , based on past experience , that such hard rain ...
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... short , forming dorsal brood pounch in female ; thoracic legs weak , mostly 2 - branched ; lack- ing gills ; pleopods weak or lacking ; subterranean ; about 15 species in 5 families . Superorder Peracarida Carapace shortened , attached ...
... short , forming dorsal brood pounch in female ; thoracic legs weak , mostly 2 - branched ; lack- ing gills ; pleopods weak or lacking ; subterranean ; about 15 species in 5 families . Superorder Peracarida Carapace shortened , attached ...
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