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  2. Forensic science - Wikipedia

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    Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, [1] is the application of science principles and methods to support legal decision-making in matters of criminal and civil law.

  3. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. civil service is managed by the Office of Personnel Management, which as of December 2011 reported approximately 2.79 million civil servants employed by the federal government, [2] [3] [4] including employees in the departments and agencies run by any of the three branches of government (the executive branch, legislative branch, and ...

  4. Mercenaries in Africa after 1960 - Wikipedia

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    During and directly after the African Independence movement foreign nations used mercenaries to influence the civil wars and violence in the newly created states. This group of mercenaries assisted the rise of leaders who were friendly to the previously colonizing nation. [1]

  5. Machinery Technician - Wikipedia

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    Machinery Technician (MK) is an enlisted rating in the United States Coast Guard that is responsible for the operation, maintenance and repair of a cutter's propulsion, auxiliary equipment and outside equipment, internal combustion engines (gasoline, diesel, gas turbines), environmental support systems (heating, ventilation, air conditioning), hydraulics, generator sets, and areas of hazardous ...

  6. Back-to-Africa movement - Wikipedia

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    The back-to-Africa movement returned to national prominence in the 1960s, due to the racial unrest which occurred during the Civil Rights Movement. George Lincoln Rockwell , the founder of the American Nazi Party , viewed black people as a "primitive, lethargic race who desired only simple pleasures and a life of irresponsibility."

  7. Indian Civil Service - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Civil Service (ICS), officially known as the Imperial Civil Service, was the higher civil service of the British Empire in India during British rule in the period between 1858 and 1947.

  8. Aircraft maintenance - Wikipedia

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    An Airbus A321 from Iberia having its CFM56 changed. Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification, and the embodiment of modifications, compliance with airworthiness directives and repair.

  9. Surgical technologist - Wikipedia

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    Surgical technologist demonstrating proper precautionary raised idle hand position. A surgical technologist, also called a scrub, scrub tech, surgical technician, or operating department practitioner or operating room technician, is an allied health professional working as a part of the team delivering surgical care.