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Books: Long waits and short explosions At last, this monumental epic of the Second World War arrives. It's just like a battle - lots of tedium, then fireworks.
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The Book of Kings by James Thackara Duckworth, pounds 19.99, 773pp
GREAT WAR novels are probably the most difficult of all fictional
endeavours. How does one create memorable characters who can hold
their own amid the spectacular carnage and mayhem? Either the battles
will feature as "noises off" or the heroes and heroines will be
overwhelmed by the historical drama. Even Tolstoy's War and Peace has
its longueurs, with Pierre, Natasha, Rostov and the rest often
dwarfed by the Napoleonic canvas.
To my knowledge, only Emile Zola's La Debacle, the classic of the
Franco- Prussian War, really ...
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DECIMAL PRICING IN THE SECURITIES AND OPTIONS MARKETS:ARTHUR LEVITT
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...securities must be priced in decimals no later than April...markets' conversion to decimals. I share some of these...industry to implement decimal pricing since 1997...an immediate leap to decimal pricing could jeopardize systems capacity and capabilities...would be converted to ...
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DECIMAL PRICING OF STOCKS:THOMAS J. MCCOOL
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...involved in modifying their systems to be ready for the date change...that attempting to convert to decimal trading while these and other...previous industry discussions of decimal trading and to begin developing decimal conversion standards and establishing...completing the conversion to ...
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Developing decimal sense: Rosemaree Caswell describes a sequence of activities to help develop students' understandings of decimal fractions.
Magazine article from: Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom
; ...have a deep understanding of decimals because of their prior knowledge of decimals through real life associations...Australia, operates around a decimal system, and students are frequently seeing and working with decimals in everyday situations...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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GETTING THE POINT DECIMALS REPLACE FRACTIONS ON WALL STREET AND IN DAILY NEWS.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; ...the process of going decimal. Beginning this summer...say the change to a decimal system will make it easier...both fractions and decimals. Newspapers across...data coming over the systems now, hopefully they...whether a change to decimal pricing would create...on the conversion to ...
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Regulations & Compliance: SIA Supports Decimals Pilot; Opposes Bifurcation Plan.
Magazine article from: Securities Industry News
; ...stocks before introducing decimals on Nasdaq-would be...separate processes, systems, programs and procedures for both decimals and fractions. Decimal pricing would also require...transitioning the industry to decimals, said in a May 10 letter...
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Decimal trading to make cents Big Board to end fractions system by 2000
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...computer trading systems will be ready in...prepared to convert to decimals by January 2000...coordinate the switch to decimal prices. After...the traditional system of quoting prices...adopting the decimal system would narrow the...modify computer systems. Critics ...
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Checkpoints Proposed to Monitor Pace of Decimals Conversion.(securities to be priced in decimals instead of fractions)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Securities Industry News
; ...confused or there are other systems problems, the industry won't move to implement decimal pricing in all listed stocks...of the first two phases of decimal quoting. If, after consultation...listed and Nasdaq-listed] to decimal quoting." The plan said...exchange-listed issues to decimals ...
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DECIMAL PRICING--BOON FOR INVESTORS?(investment tips)
Magazine article from: Paraplegia News
; ...stocks are trading in decimals--good old dollars...exchanges have used a quote system based on a global currency...exchanges are switching to a decimal system in which trades...NASDAQ began moving to decimals in March 2001, and...were to be quoted in decimals by April 9, a ...
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13 Stocks To Trade in Decimals
News Wire article from: AP Online
; ...particular stock. In a fraction system, the smallest difference...6.25 cents. The use of decimals will allow that increment...easier-to-understand decimals and smaller trading increments...actually been developing decimal capabilities since 1995...members. ``We've tested systems to the nth ...
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Place value as the key to teaching decimal operations.
Magazine article from: Teaching Children Mathematics
; ...operating on decimal numbers if students first understand decimal notation and its roots in the decimal-place-value system we use. In the remainder of this article I will discuss decimal notation and how we can help students construct meaning...
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