FACTOID # 165: Bolivia has 4,500 Navy personnel - which seems like quite a lot for a landlocked country.
 
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Encyclopedia > Davy's grey

Davy's grey is a greeny grey color, made from powdered slate, iron oxide and carbon black. Look up green in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Grey or gray (in American English) is a colour seen commonly in nature. ... Color is an important part of the visual arts. ... Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock which was derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ... Iron oxide pigment There are a number of iron oxides: Iron oxides Iron(II) oxide or ferrous oxide (FeO) The black-coloured powder in particular can cause explosions as it readily ignites. ... Soot, also called lampblack or carbon black, is a dark powdery deposit of unburned fuel residues, usually composed mainly of amorphous carbon, that accumulates in chimneys, automobile mufflers and other surfaces exposed to smoke—especially from the combustion of carbon-rich organic fuels in the lack of sufficient oxygen. ...


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American Politics Journal -- Simon Sez (1976 words)
Davis figured, correctly, that Riordan could beat him in the open election, and that he would have to hope that the right wing whacks, the noisy and motivated 20% of the population who also make up 75% of the GOP's primary vote, would get stirred up.
Davis and the Democrats spent the next few days hiding wide grins while a tiny but dominant minority in the GOP cheered wildly and those Republicans who were still normal gamely cheered and managed to avoid slapping their hands over their faces while moaning in despair.
Davis started running ads asking why Simon was hiding his taxes, and questioning his previous business experience, noting a number of failed concerns and suggesting that Simon was facing legal difficulties for possible fraud.
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