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1."... thing and its interaction: 4th non-living thing and its interaction: 4. If all the plants in the pond were killed, what other things in and around the pond would change?"

Source:  MOORCROFT, THOMAS A.,DESMARAIS, KRISTEN H.,HOGAN, KATHLEEN,BERKOWITZ, ALAN R. "Authentic Assessment in the Informal Setting: How It Can Work for You" Journal of Environmental Education 31.3 Mar. 22 2000: 20

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2." Percentages of students holding these unscientific beliefs varied from a low of 10%-14% in agreement with the nonreductionist view that living and nonliving things are..."

Source:  BRAZELTON, ELIZABETH W.,FRANDSEN, JOHN C.,MCKOWN, DELOS B.,BROWN, CHARLES D. "INTERACTION OF RELIGION AND SCIENCE: DEVELOPMENT OF A QUESTIONNAIRE AND THE RESULTS OF IT'S ADMINISTRATION TO UNDERGRADUATES" College Student Journal 33.4 Dec. 1 1999: 623

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3." Therefore, animals have developed a strong understanding for the difference between living and non-living things."

Source:  Tomlinson, Bill. "Dead Technology" Style 33.2 June 22 1999: 316

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4." The contingent existence of living and non-living things can be thought of in terms of dispositions and conditionals."

Source:  Lodzinski, Don. "The eternal act" Religious Studies v34.n3 Sept. 1 1998: 325-343

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5."... thus be manifestations of senescence." Neither of these definitions of aging may be satisfying to all researchers, because all things can be said to age, both the living and the nonliving."

Source:  Crews, Douglas E. "Molecular Aspects of Aging" Human Biology v70.n3 June 1 1998: 631-639

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6." These deficits raise the possibility that living and nonliving things are represented in anatomically and functionally distinct systems (Sartori & Job 1988)."

Source:  Medin, Douglas L.,Lynch, Elizabeth B.,Solomon, Karen O. "ARE THERE KINDS OF CONCEPTS?" Annual Review of Psychology Jan. 1 2000: 121

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7." Non-living studios for the making of new works of art."

Source:  . "Art services directory" Art in America 92.10 Nov. 1 2004: 194-197

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8." One chapter contained the following statement: "In principle, there are at least three ways life could have begun . . . extraterrestrial origin . . . creation . . . [or] origin from non-living matter." ..."

Source:  Billups, Andrea. "Biology teacher banned for views sues school district" Washington Times June 6 1999: 2

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9." He hypothesizes that evolutionary processes lead to increasing anthropomorphism since identifying living beings has survival advantages while misidentification of non-living beings carries few penalties."

Source:  McClenon, James. "Content Analysis of an Anomalous Memorate Collection: Testing Hypotheses Regarding Universal Features" Sociology of Religion 61.2 June 22 2000: 155

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10." It certainly was `intended to apply to systems, living and non-living, with the characteristics of negative feedback control and stability."

Source:  Jaros, Gyorgy. "Living Systems Theory of James Grier Miller and Teleonics" Systems Research and Behavioral Science 17.3 May 1 2000: 289

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11." Vitalism, of course, is a discredited theory that attempted to explain the difference between living tissue and nonliving matter by positing the existence of a `vital force' distinct from all physical and chemical forces."

Source:  . "Judging Who Should Live: Schneiderman and Jecker on the Duty Not to Treat" Issues in Law & Medicine 15.3 Mar. 22 2000: 333

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12."... to Mars. living and non-living systems..."

Source:  James, Robert K.,Lamb, Charles E.,Bailey, Melynda A.,Householder, Daniel L. "Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Technology in Middle School Technology-Rich Environments: A Study of Implementation and Change" School Science and Mathematics 100.1 Jan. 1 2000: 27

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13." Our hopes must be chastened further still, and this is in my opinion the central issue, by a key and seldom-recognized distinction between the nonliving and living environments."

Source:  Wilson, Edward O.,Baird Jr., Frank B. "IS HUMANITY SUICIDAL?" Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis Jan. 1 1999: 55

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14." Other countries also pursued biological weapons, including both microbial agents and toxins (nonliving poisons produced by living organisms)."

Source:  Tucker, Jonathan B. "Biological warfare" Issues in Science and Technology 16.2 Dec. 22 1999: 87

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15." And now that we're there, just what is the basis of our legal tradition's arbitrary discrimination between the living and the nonliving?"

Source:  Wise, Steven M.,Wagner, David. "symposium" Insight on the News 15.40 Nov. 1 1999: 40

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16." With the emergence of mechanics and chemistry, reductionism explained the motions of the cosmos and the behavior of forces both living and non-living in mechanical terms."

Source:  Trenn, Thaddeus J. "The Design Inference: Eliminating Chance Through SmallProbabilities" Journal of Interdisciplinary History Sept. 1 1999: 175

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17." Dr. Harold Varmus informed the National Bioethics Advisory Commission that a ban on federal funding of human embryo research does not apply because the cells used in the recently developed stem-cell experiments come from non-living fetuses."

Source:  Gribbin, August. "Stem-cell research will get U.S. funding: Pro-life groups slam use of embryos" Washington Times Jan. 20 1999: 1

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18."... ARTEFACT, NATURAL OBJECT (i.e. non-man-made, non-living parts of the environment like rivers, rocks and mountains) and three main domains of inference: intuitive physical expectations, intuitive biology and intuitive 'theory of mind'."

Source:  BOYER, PASCAL. "FUNCTIONAL ORIGINS OF RELIGIOUS CONCEPTS: ONTOLOGICAL AND STRATEGIC SELECTION IN EVOLVED MINDS [*]" Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 6.2 June 1 2000: 195

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19." With the emergence of mechanics and chemistry, reductionism explained the motions of the cosmos and the behavior of forces both living and non-living in mechanical terms."

Source:  Trenn, Thaddeus J. "The Soul of Science: Christian Faith and NaturalPhilosophy" Journal of Interdisciplinary History Sept. 1 1999: 175

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20." With the emergence of mechanics and chemistry, reductionism explained the motions of the cosmos and the behavior of forces both living and non-living in mechanical terms."

Source:  Trenn, Thaddeus J. "Show Me God: What the Message From Space Is Telling Us AboutGod" Journal of Interdisciplinary History Sept. 1 1999: 175

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21." Gearheart conducted his research on live human embryo cells donated from participants in the early stages of fertility treatments at an in vitro fertilization clinic, while Thompson worked on non-living fetal tissue."

Source:  Kipp, Amanda. "The Stem-Cell Debate" Journal of Dental Hygiene 73.3 June 22 1999: 118

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22." However, it dawned on these authors that the basic difference between non-living and living systems was dynamic and adaptive organization of the latter as wholes -- a concept also developed by the Belgian physiologist Dalcq (1941)."

Source:  Francois, Charles. "Systemics and Cybernetics in a Historical Perspective" Systems Research and Behavioral Science 16.3 May 1 1999: 203

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23." Life cycles, the third program, examines the problems of distinguishing between the living and non-living parts of Earth; and Outside, the fourth program, explains the difficulty of recognizing and understanding ecosystems from within their boundaries."

Source:  Shearin, John W. "Home place: Exploring human ecology" Teacher Librarian 26.4 Mar. 1 1999: 50-51

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24." Life cycles, the third program, examines the problems of distinguishing between the living and non-living parts of Earth; and Outside, the fourth program, explains the difficulty of recognizing and understanding ecosystems from within their boundaries."

Source:  . "Home place: exploring human ecology" Teacher Librarian 26.4 Mar. 1 1999: 50

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25."... that environmental measures necessary for the conservation of living or non-living exhaustible natural resources may constitute a "disguised restriction on international trade or investment" is explicitly recognized in NAFTA 1106(6)."

Source:  Baggaley, Nicholas. "Trade Liberalization Under the GATT, the NAFTA and the EU: Selected Topics" Journal of Comparative International Management 1.1 June 1 1998: 3

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