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Italicize titles of journals, books, newsletters, and manuals;letters, words, terms, and equation symbols that are being highlighted fordiscussion; foreign words; Aviation Week and Space Technology Handbook of Physical Constants Operator's Manual: TD-100 B&S Spectroscope Pollution Abstracts --Richard Rhodes, The Making of the Atomic BombTitles of Journals, Books, Newsletters, and Manuals
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If either 1 or 2 is negative, Equation8 describes a convex reflecting surface.How does one program the computer, for example, to pronounce the lettercombination gh? In the word thorough, gh has no sound; inenough, it is pronounced f; in ghost, it is pronouncedg.The term dielectric is used here to refer to all. . .Foreign Words
Against the criminally stubborn conviction of the professional officer corps thatcourage, elan, and naked steel must carry the day, the machine gun was the ultimateargument.Bohr returned to Göttingen as a Privatdozent working underBorn. [In German all nouns are capitalized.]The SPOT (for système probatoire d'observation de la terre) views thearea in question every 2.5 days.Emphasis
The Chernobyl reactor surged from its standby level to 50 percent of its capacityin just 10 seconds.Names of Specific Vessels
Do not italicize the model's class, manufacturer, or model number.The experiment is scheduled to be performed during a future mission of the space shuttleEnterprise.
He returned on a Boeing 757.
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