Covalent interactions (bonds) hold atoms together within molecules. Covalent bonds are strong, with enthalpies are on the order of 100 kcal/mole (400 kjoule/mole). Covalent bonds break during chemical reactions, as during the burning of paper.
Public bodies reports. Public bodies 2014 provides a directory of data on non-departmental public bodies (. ), executive agencies and non-ministerial departments (NMDs), as well as summary information on the size and expenditure of these bodies and information on public appointments.
The body politic is a metaphor that regards a nation as a corporeal entity likened to a human body. Here, the word politic is a postpositive adjective; that is, a body of a politic nature, rather than a politic of a bodily nature. A body politic comprises all the people in a particular country considered as a single group.