boom containment

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• Boom (containment) — Oil spill containment boom shown holding back oil A containment boom is a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill. Booms are used to reduce the possibility of polluting shorelines and other resources, and to help make recovery… …   Wikipedia

• Containment — Con*tain ment, n. 1. That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The containment of a rich man s estate. Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. the act of containing. [PJC] 3. (Diplomacy) the act or policy of restricting the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Oil boom — This article is about economic booms in the oil sector. For the oil spill management device, see Boom (containment). An oil boom is a boom in the oil producing sector of an economy. Generally, this short period initially brings economical… …   Wikipedia

• Domestic containment in post–World War II America — Domestic containment was the domestic manifestation of the foreign policy of containment, articulated in 1947 by Foreign Service officer George F. Kennan. When applied to a domestic context, containment produced a suppression of all social and… …   Wikipedia

• Deepwater Horizon oil spill — 2010 oil spill and BP oil spill redirect here. For other oil spills in 2010, see 2010 oil spill (disambiguation). For the 2006 oil spill involving BP, see Prudhoe Bay oil spill. For the drilling rig and explosion, see Deepwater Horizon… …   Wikipedia

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• international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …   Universalium

• Introduction —    It is hard to think of two more significant decades in U.S. history than the 1930s and 1940s. During these 20 years, the United States suffered the worst ever economic collapse during the Great Depression; underwent major political reform… …   Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era

• Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview        Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …   Universalium

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• Doom — У этого термина существуют и другие значения, см. Doom (значения). Doom Фон игрового меню Разработчик id So …   Википедия