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Law, John
Law, John (1671–1729) Scottish financier based in France. He was an exiled Scotsman who believed that increased circulation of paper money and proper organization of credit would bring prosperity. The Regent of France, Philippe, Duc d'
ORLÉANS, facing financial crisis, allowed him to set up a state bank and a trading company, the “Compagnie du Mississippi”, to trade with Louisiana, and later gave it a monopoly of overseas trade. In January 1720 Law became Controller-General of Finance, but in December 1720 a wave of speculation brought his system to an end. The episode, which brought fortune to a few and ruin to many, is similar to the
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SCIENCE, TRANSPORTATION, COMMERCE NOMINEES:JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, IV
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/18/2009; 568 words
; Congressional Testimony 11-18-2009 Statement of John D. Rockefeller, IV Chairman Senate Commerce, Scienceand...implementingthe significant reforms in the Amtrak Reauthorization law and the Administration`spolicies supporting intercity and...
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JUDICIARY AND JUSTICE NOMINATIONS:PATRICK LEAHY
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...onthe bench helps ensure that the words ``equal justice under law,`` inscribedin Vermont marble over the entrance to the Supreme...cases, civil and criminal, that come beforehim.`` Judge John S. Martin, Jr., another judge who was Judge Chin`s colleaguein...
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KLINE AND ENZI LEAD BIPARTISAN EFFORT TO PROTECT STUDENT LOANS
Transcript from: Capitol Hill Press Releases; 11/18/2009; 700+ words
; ...2009 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Representative John Kline (R-MN), Ranking Memberon the...committing to purchase studentloans. The law guarantees that such purchases will result...extension (H.R. 4103) include: Rep. John Kline(MN-02) Rep. Brett Guthrie...
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Daughters Remember Late Father, The Infamous Civil Rights Lawyer
Transcript from: NPR Tell Me More; 11/19/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...think of the man who embraced mobster John Gotti, represented an accused New...interview the famed criminal lawyer and law professor Alan Dershowitz, who told...Universe") Professor ALAN DERSHOWITZ (Law, Harvard Law School): It's very, very hard...
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REP. HANK JOHNSON CHAIRMAN REP. HANK JOHNSON HOLDS A HEARING ON FINANCIAL REFORM (PART 2)
Transcript from: Washington Transcript Service; 11/17/2009; 700+ words
; ...JOHNSON, D-GA. CHAIRMAN REP. JOHN CONYERS JR., D-MICH. REP...SAGERS, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LAW, CLEVELAND-MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW, CLEVELAND, OHIO EDWIN SMITH...represent a failure of the antitrust laws? At the time, our panel of...general Deb Garza that antitrust laws did not create the ...
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U.S.-MEXICO BORDER SECURITY:JOHN MORTON
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...Testimony 11-19-2009 Statement of John Morton Assistant Secretary...critically positioned to engage in law enforcementissues at the border...local,tribal, and foreign law enforcement partners, has played...local, tribal, and Mexican law enforcement officials. Sincethe...
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ADAPTIVE HOUSING GRANTS:JOHN BOOZMAN
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 11/19/2009; 545 words
; Congressional Testimony 11-19-2009 Opening Statement of John Boozman Ranking Republican Member Subcommitteeon Economic Opportunity...examples of just such limitationson the application of the current law. But madam Chair, if I am correct,I want to work with you...
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Who Is Not At Your Table
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 11/26/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...today we'll be having my mother-in-law's cranberry mold, my dad's bread...Grass Valley, California, wrote: Dear John Bahana(ph) had a long struggle with cancer...Hmm. JEN: And my one brother-in-law said that he found himself turning around...
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Legal Cloud Hangs over Getty's Art Collection
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 3/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...government is questioning. Mr. JOHN WALSH (Former Director of Getty...tiny proportion is. NEARY: John Walsh was director of the Getty...Walsh says, there were no laws governing the buying and selling of antiquities. When laws were first passed in the 20th...
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Senate Panel Approves Immigration-Reform Proposal
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 3/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...proposal to rewrite the nation's immigration laws. The issue is fraught with emotion and...with getting tougher on enforcing border laws. For example, it doubles the number of...backed an amendment sponsored by Republican John McCain and Democrat Edward Kennedy that...
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Patience Lovell Wright
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...It is said that in the Revolution she rendered service to the Americans by reporting British plans and preparations. Her full-length likeness of William Pitt was placed in Westminster Abbey. The painter John Hoppner was her son-in-law.
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Byron Raymond White
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1939-40), and received his law degree at Yale in 1946 after serving...II. White served (1946-47) as law clerk for Chief Justice Frederick...going to Denver to practice corporate law. He supported John F. Kennedy for the presidency in...
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Woodrow Wilson
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...graduated from Princeton in 1879 and studied law at the Univ. of Virginia. Admitted (1882...regulating labor conditions aboard ship, became law (1915); the Adamson Act, establishing...punitive expedition (1916) into Mexico led by John J. Pershing . Border incidents continued...
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John Wanamaker
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
John Wanamaker , 1838-1922, American merchant...Philadelphia with Nathan Brown, his brother-in-law, in 1861. The firm was Wanamaker and Brown...death of Brown in 1868, and from 1869 it was John Wanamaker and Company. In 1875, Wanamaker...
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Daniel Webster
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...from Dartmouth College, studied law, and, after an interval as...to the bar. Webster practiced law at Boscawen and Portsmouth...deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams . Senator and Secretary...officer resigned (1841) after John Tyler had succeeded to the presidency...
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