... When the aircraft started its descent, the air loads caused the left horizontal stabilizer leading edge to bend downward and separate, which caused the break apart in the air [Nat91]. The National Transportation Safety Board, NTSB, states that after the inspections and analysis, it was not just one person's ... 13, maintenance personnel are required to use approved maintenance publications, such as manufacturers maintenance manuals when performing minor maintenance, or approved data for major repairs such as "AD Notes, STCs, TCDS's, DAS specific authorizations, DER specific delegations,...

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... achieve in German domestic policy, and, given what he wanted, did he succeed or fail? Of course, these notes are also useful in addressing the question of the rise of Hitler. For what we are arguing here is that Biz has a very important impact on the history of democracy in Germany. ... became the most advanced in the world. "The system of Social Insurance which Biz inaugurated in 1881 and completed in 1889 just before his fall would be enough to establish his reputation as a constructive statesman even if he had done nothing else. German social insurance was the first in ... role in the...

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... As a result, his premature death led to dissension and internal rivalry throughout the Macedonian Empire. The fall of the Macedonian Empire following the death of Alexander is very controversial as it was an empire built by King Philip II to survive ... process of consolidating his conquered territories, which in turn meant that the empire lacked a clear political direction. For all his military exploits, Alexander was a poor administrator. As modern historian John Grainger notes, "Alexander failed to actually pacify most of his empire " and reiterates that "Alexander should be considered...

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... religious sect: self-centredness and self-sufficiency, conservatism, poor pragmatic-oriented education, patriarchal value system. The 1840s, however, were particularly important, literally formative, for the entire history of Bulgarian literature and culture. They marked the waning of the popular religious tract as a dominating presence on the meagre literary scene. ... press, or re-translated from Russian or French translations. Characteristic instances of what I have in mind are articles like "The British Parliament" , "An Illustrious Englishman's Notes on Education" , "The Jurisdictio...

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... theory. It is this notion that underlies in Porter's literature on the competitive advantage of nations. The following paragraphs, 90 years apart, discuss the nature of a cluster, the subject which is the underlying focus of this paper. British auctioneers are all within a few ... who would minimize rather than with those who would maximize, economic entanglements between nations. Ideas, knowledge, art, hospitality, travel -- these are the things which should of their nature be international. But let goods be homespun whenever it is reasonably and conveniently possible, and above all, le...

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