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The ISO (International Standards Organisation) assigns a two character code to each country name. These codes are used by Internet 'whois' databases (these two character abbreviations are the whois country codes) and also other applications.
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The Health and Safety Commission is a commission appointed by the Secretary of State for Employment to look after the health, safety, and welfare of people at work; to protect the public from risks arising from work activities; and to control the use and storage of explosives and other dangerous substances. It is composed of representatives from trade unions, employers, and local authorities with a full-time chairman. The Health and Safety Executive is a statutory body that advises the Commission and carries out its policies through 20 area offices. It includes HM Factory Inspectorate and a Medical Division, which itself includes the Employment Medical Advisory Service.
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Matthew Arnold was a British poet. He was born in 1822 at Laleham and died in 1888. The son of a headmaster at Rugby, Matthew Arnold spent a short period as assistant master at Rugby before in 1851 becoming one of HM Inspectors of Schools, a post he held until 1886. His first books of poetry were published anonymously in 1849 and 1852 and were unsuccessful, but two later volumes published under his own name caused him to be elected professor of poetry at Oxford, a post he held from 1857 to 1867.
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The HM-3 is a Mexican blowback operated selective fire sub-machine-gun chambered for the 9 mm Parabellum cartridge which it takes from a 32-round box magazine and fires at a rate of 600 rounds-per-minute or singly as selected. The HM-3 has a 255 mm long barrel and was originally made with a fixed stock, later it was modified to a folding stock.
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The A.I.S.A. H.M.1. was a Spanish two-seater primary training aircraft of the 1940's, entering service in 1943. The A.I.S.A. H.M.1. was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of mixed construction powered by a Hirth HM 506 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 230 kmh and a flying time of 3.5 hours.
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The A.I.S.A. H.M.5. was a Spanish single-seater advanced training aircraft of the 1940's, entering service in 1943. The A.I.S.A. H.M.5. was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of mixed construction powered by a Hirth HM 506 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 230 kmh and a flying time of 3.5 hours.
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The A.I.S.A. H.M.9. was a Spanish two-seater glider-towing aircraft of the 1940's, entering service in 1943. The A.I.S.A. H.M.9. was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of mixed construction powered by a Hirth HM 506 4-cylinder inverted air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 175 kmh and a flying time of 2 hours.
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The Botond was a Hungarian two-seater side-by-side trainer aircraft of the 1950's. The Botond was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of wooden construction powered by a Hirth HM 504A four-cylinder inline inverted air-cooled engine.
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The Bucker Bu 131 (Jungmann) was a German two-seater primary trainer biplane of the Second World War also used as an auxiliary ground-attack plane on the Eastern Front. The BU 131B was powered by a 105 hp Hirth HM 504 A-2 4-cylinder inverted inline piston engine providing a top speed of 183 kmh and a range of 650 km. When used in a combat role, the Bucker BU 131 carried 1 and 2 kg bombs.
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The Bucker Bu 181 (Bestmann) was a German two-seater primary trainer aircraft of the Second World War. The Bu 181A was powered by a 105 hp Hirth HM 504 4-cylinder inverted inline piston engine providing a top speed of 215 kmh and a range of 800 km.
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