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Distilled gin-Distilled gin is produced exclusively by redistilling ethyl alcohol of agricultural origin with an initial strength of 96 % ABV ( the azeotrope of water and ethanol ) in stills traditionally used for gin, in the presence of juniper berries and of other natural botanicals, provided that the juniper taste is predominant.
Besides the cost of ameliorating damaged areas and the loss of at least part of the initial investment in them, salinization and chemicalization of land have reduced agricultural productivity in Central Asia by an estimated 20 to 25 %.
After an initial period in which Spain tried to build an autarky, in the 1960s the economy entered a stage of agricultural modernization, increasing industrialization and the start of mass tourism.
Because of its primary agricultural base, township population growth was very slow after the initial settlement.
While the city's initial plan did not include the participation of surrounding townships, at least four townships have participated directly or have initiated their own efforts to protect agricultural land surrounding the city.
Since the initial attempts to find gold and silver failed, the Portuguese colonists adopted an economy based on the production of agricultural goods that were to be exported to Europe.
The bill founding North Dakota Agricultural College ( NDAC ) was signed on March 8, 1890, seven years after initial plans to start an agricultural college in the northern portion of the Dakota Territory.
The book is based on Balfour's agricultural and medical research, and the initial findings of the first three years of the Haughley Experiment, the first scientific, side-by-side farm trial to compare organic and chemical-based farming.
The company's initial products focused on agricultural machinery and were distributed internationally.
The initial focus on the staple cereals, rice, wheat and maize, widened during the 1970s to include cassava, chickpea, sorghum, potato, millet and other food crops, and encompassed livestock, farming systems, the conservation of genetic resources, plant nutrition, water management, policy research, and services to national agricultural research centers in developing countries.
* SEAT: Single Engine Airtanker-small agricultural aircraft converted for use on fires, predominantly during the initial attack phase.
Bolstered by its initial successes, the group ventured into progressive manufacturing of agricultural tractors and farm equipment including agricultural implements of various types.
The movement -- and especially the Grange, for on most important points the latter movements only followed where it had led -- contributed the initial impulse and prepared the way for the establishment of traveling and local rural libraries, reading courses, lyceums, farmers institutes ( a steadily increasing influence ) and rural free mail delivery ( inaugurated experimentally in 1896 and adopted as part of the permanent postal system of the country in 1902 ); for agricultural exhibits and an improved agricultural press ; for encouragement to and increased profit from the work of agricultural colleges, the establishment ( 1885 ) and great services of the United States Department of Agriculture, -- in short, for an extraordinary lessening of rural isolation and the betterment of the farmers opportunities ; for the irrigation of the semi-arid West, adopted as a national policy in 1902, the pure-food laws of 1906, the interstate-commerce law of 1887, the railway-rate laws of 1903 and 1906, even the great Bureau of Commerce-and-Labor law of 1903, and the Anti-trust laws of 1903 and later.
The proposed new Link Road would directly link Smart City Malta to Malta's main arterial road network, however this proposal, which is still in its initial stages, would sacrifice agricultural land in the area between Kalkara and Haz-Zabbar if approved.
From its initial interest in agribusiness, agricultural economics, and natural resource economics, the faculty has broadened to include economics, finance, accounting and business management.
The agricultural calendar and ceremonies and household and family rites have retained many elements of paganism: practices for warding off evil and initial, imitative, and other forms of magic.
The initial network was created to serve agricultural production area between Cape Town and Wellington.

initial and endeavors
Physical therapy works best for most patients, especially goal-directed therapy, where the patient begins from an initial point, regardless of how minimal, and then endeavors to increase activity each week.
" Jerdan encouraged Landon's poetic endeavors, and her first poem was published under the single initial " L " in the Gazette in 1820, when Landon was 18.

initial and were
It is interesting to note that the present level of military electronics procurement is greater than the industry's total sales to all markets in 1950-1953, which were good years for our industry with television enjoying its initial period of rapid consumer acceptance.
A satisfactory cloud was produced even though these nozzles were only about 5 per cent efficient in producing an initial cloud in the size range of 1 to 5 microns.
No additional transfusions were necessary after the institution of prednisone in July, 1957, in an initial dose of 40 mg. daily with gradual tapering to 10 mg. daily.
In their vases were embodied the basic aesthetic and logical characteristics of Greek civilization, at first hesitantly in Protogeometric work, and then more confidently in the initial stages of the Geometric style.
In a sample of new members of Pittsburgh churches, almost 60 per cent were recruited by initial `` contacts with friendly members ''.
In German, words starting with sch-( constituting the German phoneme ) would be intercalated between words with initial sca-and sci-( all incidentally loanwords ) instead of this graphic cluster appearing after the letter s, as though it were a single letter — a lexicographical policy which would be de rigueur in a dictionary of Albanian, i. e. dh -, ë -, gj -, ll -, rr -, th -, xh-and zh-( all representing phonemes and considered separate single letters ) would follow the letters d, e, g, l, n, r, t, x and z respectively.
The initial americium samples weighed a few micrograms ; they were barely visible and were identified by their radioactivity.
The initial funds were released in September, and the 11-tube prototype was first demonstrated in October, 1939.
The initial two categories here were devised by early neurologists working in the field, namely Paul Broca and Carl Wernicke.
Herodotus had no Athenian victories to record after the initial success, and the fact that Themistocles was able to carry his proposal to devote the surplus funds of the state to the building of so large a fleet seems to imply that the Athenians were themselves convinced that a supreme effort was necessary.
All projects were halted during an initial evaluation period.
Its initial successes were neutralized by the reverses of Abensberg, Landshut and Eckmuhl but, after the evacuation of Vienna, the archduke won a strong victory at the Battle of Aspern-Essling but soon afterwards lost decisively at the Battle of Wagram.
After an initial success, his first line of cavalry, under the Imperial General of Horse, Prince Maximilian of Hanover, were pressed by the second line of Marsin's cavalry, and were forced back across the Nebel in confusion.
Shielded as they were from observation by a slight fold in the land, their commander, Brigadier-General Van Pallandt, ordered the regimental colours to be left in place on the edge of the plateau to convince their opponents they were still in their initial position.
Though there were few initial changes to the service, usage increased and the network became profitable.
Trapped in a crossfire, the leading French ships were battered into surrender during a fierce three-hour battle, while the centre was able to successfully repel the initial British attack.
An operation's final phase, was the destruction of the pockets which were enveloped by the initial stages of an operation.
Forty-seven years after the initial freeze, Costa Rican President Óscar Arias Sánchez announced on 18 March 2009 that normal relations were to be re-established, saying, " If we have been able to turn the page with regimes as profoundly different to our reality as occurred with the USSR or, more recently, with the Republic of China, how would we not do it with a country that is geographically and culturally much nearer to Costa Rica?
During its initial, and most deadly waves, approximately 200, 000 people were killed by the plague, and, by the 15th century, Cairo's population had been reduced to between 150, 000 and 300, 000.
The tests using toads were faster than those employing mammals ; the toads were easier to raise, and, although the initial 1948 discovery employed Bufo arenarum for the tests, it soon became clear that a variety of anuran species were suitable, including the cane toad.

initial and primarily
These films show strong affinities with the work of Italian neorealists, not least Roberto Rossellini's neorealist trilogy which included Germany Year Zero ( 1948 ), and are concerned primarily with day-to-day life in the devastated Germany and an initial reaction to the events of the Nazi period ( the full horror of which was first experienced by many in documentary footage from liberated concentration camps ).
And it is on this initial basis that media studies in Germany has primarily developed and established itself.
The initial Zulu manoeuvres were primarily defensive in nature, as Shaka preferred to intervene or apply pressure diplomatically, aided by occasional judicious assassinations.
His initial ideas were those that eventually manifested themselves in the final building but between Autumn 1928 and Spring 1929 he undertook a series of alternatives that were influenced primarily by the Savoye's concern about cost.
A major nuclear exchange could have severe long-term effects, primarily from radiation release, but also from the production of high levels of atmospheric pollution leading to a " nuclear winter " that could last for decades, centuries, or even millennia after the initial attack.
Venture capitalists are primarily concerned about initial investment, feasibility, and exit valuation.
Caratacus and his brother Togodumnus led the initial defence of the country against Aulus Plautius's four legions, thought to have been around 40, 000 men, primarily using guerrilla tactics.
As historian Forrest McDonald wrote, " A loophole had been discovered " in the initial enactment, " namely that coasting vessels, and fishing and whaling boats " had been exempt from the embargo, and they had been circumventing it, primarily via Canada.
The initial A for Allies came from some of the paraphilia or sexual fetishism lifestyles, who are primarily in support of the GLBT community, and sometimes they form an alliance in sociopolitical affairs to further represent the umbrella term GLBTA ( Gay Lesbian Bi Trans Alternative or Allies ).
Smaller problems thwart their initial success, and in this phase their progress is directed primarily against these secondary obstacles.
The initial efforts are primarily aimed at non-recurring situations where the signal timing can be modified in response to freeway incidents.
The initial projects at MSFC were primarily continuations of work initiated earlier at ABMA.
* Merrymount is a primarily residential neighborhood and the site of Quincy's initial settlement.
Although the city's initial growth was based on the fort and later on agriculture, more recently its growth can be attributed primarily to the presence of Snow College.
His initial intentions were to fly crew and supplies to his and others ships throughout the world — primarily in the Far East.
Inside sales generally involves attempting to close business primarily over the phone via cold calling or telemarketing, while outside sales ( or " field " sales ) will usually involve initial phone work to book sales calls at the potential buyer's location to attempt to close the deal in person.
Its initial role was somewhat different, however ; as an extension of the Lord Chancellor's role as Keeper of the King's Conscience, the Court was an administrative body primarily concerned with conscientious law.
This is due primarily to the greater initial activity of species L. plantarum.
After initial tours in Hong Kong and Bangkok, Bodine spent her career working primarily on Southwest Asia and the Arabian Peninsula.
The insurance industry ( primarily Citizen ’ s ) provided initial funding, amounting to $ 306, 382 during this period.
During the X-Men's initial conflicts with the Hellfire Club, Sage maintains primarily a background role and is seen as only Shaw's unusually intelligent assistant.
The notion that Gurney's instability should primarily be attributed to " shell shock " was perpetuated by his close friend Marion Scott, who used this term in the initial press releases after Gurney's death, as well as in his entry for Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
Throughout the second phase, budget expenditures consisted primarily of reinvestment in sectors given initial priority.
These initial undertakings were carried out primarily by four multinational consortia composed of companies from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan and two groups of private companies and agencies from France and Japan.

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