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Multiplier
MULTIPLIER The multiplier is a conceptual tool used to capture the complicated process by which changes in spending affect a nation's income. It is based on the idea that a small change in spending can bring about a much larger change in income. Consider the following example as an illustration of... Read more |
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Morbihan
Morbihan , department (1990 pop. 623,100), NW France, in Brittany, on the Atlantic coast. Vannes is the capital.... Read more |
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Dhahran
DHAHRAN Town that is the center of Saudi Arabian oil production. Dhahran (al-Zahran) is a town of the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia of perhaps 100,000, not far from al-Dammam and the gulf coast. There was no settlement at Dhahran before Saudi Arabia's first oil strike was made there in... Read more |
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Bahya ben Joseph ibn Pakuda
BAḤYĀ BEN JOSEPH IBN PAQŪDA(fl. 11th century) Baḥyā ben Joseph ibn Paqūda, the Jewish Neoplatonist, was the author of the first systematic philosophic work on ethics in the Jewish tradition. Beyond the fact that he served as a judge (dayyan ) of the rabbinical... Read more |
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Tikrit
TIKRIT Iraqi city on the Tigris River northwest of Baghdad, on the main road to Mosul. Tikrit (also Takrit) is located in north-central Iraq, some 100 miles north-northwest of Baghdad. The fortress around which the city was built was constructed by a Sassanid Persian king as a border post... Read more |
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Jay Cooke
Jay Cooke 1821-1905, American financier, b. Sandusky, Ohio. He founded Jay Cooke & Company, which marketed the huge Civil War loans of the federal government. He later turned to railroad bonds and in 1870 undertook to raise $100 million for the Northern Pacific and financed construction to... Read more |
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Pentastomida
Pentastomida , tongue worms, small phylum of fewer than 100 species of parasites living in the upper respiratory passages of reptiles, and occasionally of birds and mammals. They are closely related to arthropods, but zoologists disagree as to their exact placement in that phylum. Recent evidence... Read more |
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Tyne
Tyne , river, c.62 mi (100 km) long, NE England, formed near Hexham, Northumberland, by the confluence of the North Tyne (33 mi/53 km long; rising in SW Cheviot Hills) and the South Tyne (32 mi/52 km long; rising in the N Pennines). The Tyne flows eastward through the Tyneside conurbation to the... Read more |
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Jacob Sechler Coxey
Jacob Sechler Coxey , 1854-1951, American social reformer, b. Selinsgrove, Pa. He began his career as a stationary engineer, later turning to the scrap-iron business and then to sandstone quarrying in Massillon, Ohio. Interested in the problem of the unemployed, he advocated public works, financed... Read more |
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Sura
Sura , river, c.540 mi (870 km) long, rising E of Penza, S central European Russia. It flows generally north to empty into the Volga River. It is navigable for about 100 mi (160 km) upstream.... Read more |
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Get Capone.(Get Capone: The Plot That Captured America's Most Wanted...
...politician. And while Capone got into his share...as it was to gauge Capone's personal income...ponies to bet on, $100 tips to dispense...re still giving "Al Capone tours" in Chicago...as a writer he can turn a phrase with ... |
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Feds call Hoover a modern Capone
...compared Hoover's operation to that of Al Capone's in Chicago of the 1920s. Hoover...the "chairman of the board" of a $100 million a year drug operation that...a plan to force all gang members to turn over one day's drug profits each... |
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BIG AL? // Well-Researched Bio Paints Hood As Not the Boss But a `Figurehead'
...old stories (such as Al's fondness for using...briefly mentioned in earlier Capone biographies. Two-Gun, as it turns out, was a federal Prohibition...of duty. He also was Al's long-lost brother, Vincenzo Capone. Vincenzo ran off to... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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NEW BOOK DETAILS THE LIFE OF A PROLIFIC ANTIQUE MAP THIEF AUTHOR'S QUEST...
...Harvey's quest would turn into an unfulfilled...labels him the ``Al Capone of cartography...a violent man as Capone was,'' Harvey says. But, ``like Capone, he figured out...year-old Bland $100 in a stolen-vehicle...for ... |
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COLUMN: Uncle Sam can't turn his back on old adversary
...situation ended in tragedy -- over 100 hostages killed by the government...precarious at best, the Russian mafia makes Al Capone and John Dillinger look like the Olsen...opposition is at least as fanatical as al Qaeda. With widespread poverty set... |
 "The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV)")
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Mexican drug cartels grow into mafiosi: ; Smuggling turns ,to extortion,...
...they pay to La Familia drug cartel to stay in business: 100 pesos a month for a stall in a street market, 30,000...toed leather sandals. "It's almost like Chicago, when Al Capone ruled everything," said a senior U.S. law enforcement... |
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Our Institutions Places that helped shape our lives-- bringing us to a new...
...Museum Around the turn of the century, residents...as the next century turns. The museum, which...producer in America. Al Capone's Speakeasy and...air some nights at Al Capone's Speakeasy and...decided more than ... |
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Jazz joint still jives; Green Mill Lounge celebrates 100 years of good times...
...melange of musical styles in turn-of-the century New Orleans...nightclub's patrons listened to Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor and...became the favorite hangout of Al Capone, who was frequently found...tunnels. But mostly, "Big Al" just liked to ... |
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Town has come a long way Pingree Grove's 100 years.(News)
...February, the tiny town that turns 100 on Wednesday has had more...be honored Wednesday. Capone connection What would the...village an ideal place for Al Capone to relax. Resident Alice Thurnau, 86, says Capone was even ... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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RIDING OUT THE HEAT WAVE, BOSTON SWELTERS FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT DAY
...said a dripping Adolf Capone, co-owner of Al Capone's in the North End...the open door. "You turn the air conditioner on...one degree short of the 100-degree record for the...lose weight!" shrugged Al ... |
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