• Spar (WLB-403), a former United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender USCGC Spar (WLB-206), a United States Coast Guard seagoing buoy tender SPARS,...
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    SPARS was the authorized nickname for the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Women's Reserve. The nickname is an acronym fashioned from the USCG's motto...
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    sometimes called sparring. The physical nature of sparring naturally varies with the nature of the skills it is intended to develop; sparring in a striking...
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    Several different wooden spar types have been used and experimented with such as spars that are box-section in form; and laminated spars laid up in a jig, and...
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    draft design of spars makes them less affected by wind, wave, and currents and allows for both dry tree and subsea production. A spar platform consists...
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  • vessels during the age of sail, spare spars could be roped together to provide a temporary surface known as a "spar deck". These served as jury-rigged repairs...
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  • SPAR, originally "DESPAR", styled as "DE SPAR" (Dutch pronunciation: [də ˈspɑr]), is a Dutch multinational franchise that provides branding, supplies and...
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    A spar torpedo is a weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, and attached to a boat. The weapon is used by running the end...
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  • Omladinski košarkaški klub Spars, commonly referred to as OKK Spars or Spars Ilidža, is a men's professional basketball club based in Ilidža, Bosnia and...
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  • However, many record labels continued to use the code and SPARS decided to re-endorse the SPARS code in 1995. The three letters of the code have the following...
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    Dogtooth spar is a speleothem that consists of large calcite crystals that form through mineral precipitation of water-borne calcite. Dogtooth spar crystals...
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  • Adamantine spar is a silky brown variety of corundum. It has a hardness of 9 on the Mohs scale. Yogo sapphire "Adamantine Spar". Archived from the original...
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    needles found in sediments. Other spars can be found on the tips of gypsum chandeliers. Iceland spar Bunnell, Dave. "Pool spar". The virtual cave. Retrieved...
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    Selenite, satin spar, desert rose, and gypsum flower are crystal habit varieties of the mineral gypsum. All varieties of gypsum, including selenite and...
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  • A spar buoy is a tall, thin buoy that floats upright in the water and is characterized by a small water plane area and a large mass. Because they tend...
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  • USCGC Spar is the name of two United States Coast Guard buoy tenders: USCGC Spar (WLB-403), commissioned in 1944, decommissioned in 1997 and scuttled...
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  • The Sparring Partner is a 2022 Hong Kong legal crime thriller film directed by Ho Cheuk Tin in his directorial debut. The film stars Yeung Wai Lun, Mak...
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  • Brent Spar, known as Brent "E", was a North Sea oil storage and tanker loading buoy in the Brent oilfield, operated by Shell UK. With the completion of...
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  • Spar varnish (occasionally also called boat varnish or yacht varnish) is a wood-finishing varnish, originally developed for coating the spars of sailing...
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    A spar tree is the tree used as the highest anchor point in a high lead cable logging setup. The spar tree is selected based on height, location and especially...
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  • SPAR Aerospace was a Canadian aerospace company. It produced equipment for the Canadian Space Agency to be used in cooperation with NASA's Space Shuttle...
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    Cock Sparrer (/ˈkɒk spɑːrə/) is an English punk rock band formed in 1972 in the East End of London. Although they have never enjoyed commercial success...
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    Spar Nord Bank A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen: SPNO) is a bank based in North Jutland, Denmark. The history of the bank can be traced back to May 12, 1824, where...
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    Debora L. Spar is the current Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School Online and former President of Barnard College, a liberal arts college for...
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    Spar boxes are a type of folk art, crafted by miners to display minerals and crystals they have found. The Story of Spar Boxes NATIONAL SPAR BOX COLLECTION...
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    The Solid State Phased Array Radar System (SSPARS, colloquially "BMEWS radar network'" as late as 2004) is a United States Space Force radar, computer...
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    are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or square, to the keel of the vessel and to the masts. These spars are called yards and their...
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  • Spar Street (born 1963) is an American painter and sculptor. He specializes in painting large canvases in mixed media, with an emphasis on sensuality,...
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  • Iceland spar, formerly called Iceland crystal (Icelandic: silfurberg [ˈsɪlvʏrˌpɛrk], lit. 'silver-rock') and also called optical calcite, is a transparent...
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    Ankerite (redirect from Bitter spar)
    of the dolomite-siderite series, to which the terms brown-spar, pearl-spar and bitter-spar have been historically loosely applied. It was first recognized...
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