MARITIME ADMINISTRATION (MARAD)
\mˈaɹɪtˌa͡ɪm ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈe͡ɪʃən mˈaɹad], \mˈaɹɪtˌaɪm ɐdmˌɪnɪstɹˈeɪʃən mˈaɹad], \m_ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_t_ˌaɪ_m ɐ_d_m_ˌɪ_n_ɪ_s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n__ m_ˈa_ɹ_a_d]\
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U.S. Department of Transportation department. Its main functions are: to administer the U.S. Merchant Marine's development and maintenance financial programs, to organize shipbuilding financing, and to handle emergencies for merchant shipping.
By Henry Campbell Black
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).
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