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telome theory
telome theory The theory that the leaves (megaphylls) of ferns and seed plants evolved by the modification of terminal branches (telomes) of stems. It envisages that firstly, instead of the primitive equal (dichotomous) branching of the stem, there developed a main axis with lateral side branches.... Read more |
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Rothschild
Rothschild , prominent family of European bankers. The first important member was Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1743-1812), son of a money changer in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt, Germany. His first names are also spelled as Meyer and Anselm. It was he who laid the foundation of the family fortune by... Read more |
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James Branch Cabell
C James Branch Cabell The American essayist and writer of romantic fiction James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) played an important part in the battle against sexual taboos in American literature during the 1920s. James Branch Cabell was born in Richmond, Va., into an aristocratic "Old Dominion"... Read more |
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Wittelsbach
Wittelsbach , German dynasty that ruled Bavaria from 1180 until 1918. The family takes its name from the ancestral castle of Wittelsbach in Upper Bavaria. In 1180 Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I invested Count Otto of Wittelsbach with the much-reduced duchy of Bavaria , of which he had deprived the... Read more |
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First Virginia Banks Inc
First Virginia Banks, Inc. 6400 Arlington BoulevardFalls Church, Virginia 22042-2336U.S.A.(703) 241-4000Fax: (703) 241-3090 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1949 as Mt. Vernon Insurance Agency, Inc.Employees: 5,621Total Assets: $7.9 billionStock Exchanges: New York PhiladelphiaSICs: 6712 Bank... Read more |
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First Hawaiian Inc
First Hawaiian, Inc. 1132 Bishop StreetHonolulu, Hawaii 96813U.S.A.(808) 525-7000Fax: (808) 525-8831 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1858 as Bishop & Co.Employees: 2,600Sales: $.51 billion (interest income + operating income)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 8100 FinancialServices With assets of... Read more |
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Judicial review
Judicial Review is a distinctive power associated with the Supreme Court that is nowhere specifically mentioned in the Constitution. Chief Justice John Marshall in Marbury v. Madison (1803) asserted the major principle on which it rests by observing: “[i]t is emphatically the province and... Read more |
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Judiciary Acts
Judiciary Act of 1789 The framers of the Constitution provided that the new national government would be divided into three branches. The third was to be a court system, an institution that did not exist in the previous national government under the Articles of Confederation. However, the... Read more |
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