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discount
discount in banking and investment, fee for lending money, which the banker deducts from the loan when it is given. Thus, with a $1,000 loan at a 6% discount, the borrower receives $940 and repays $1,000. Unlike a discount, interest is paid periodically. Central banks, as in the U.S. Federal... Read more |
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West Point
West Point U.S. military post, since 1802 seat of the United States Military Academy . On the high west bank of the Hudson River N of New York City, West Point was the site of Revolutionary forts guarding the Hudson. Constitution Island, in the river, is also in the reservation. The plan of... Read more |
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Yap
Yap , state (1990 pop. 10,886), c.47 sq mi (121 sq km), in the W Caroline Islands , W Pacific. One of four states comprising the Federated States of Micronesia , the island group was formerly part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Yap is a communications center, the principal... Read more |
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Ames Espionage Case
Ames (Aldrich H.) Espionage Case ¦ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER A 31-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, Aldrich "Rick" Hazen Ames became famous in 1994 as the highest paid "mole" (double agent) in United States history. Ames made millions of (US) dollars for ... Read more |
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Fort Hall
Fort Hall trading post on the Snake River, near Pocatello, SE Idaho; est. 1834 by U.S. trader Nathaniel Wyeth. It was sold in 1836 to the Hudson's Bay Company , which occupied the post until 1856. Fort Hall was the main stopping point on the Oregon Trail W of Fort Bridger. It was destroyed by... Read more |
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cod-liver oil
cod-liver oil yellowish oil obtained from the liver of the codfish. The oil is rich in vitamin A and vitamin D (calciferol). It was long used as a preventive and cure for rickets in Baltic and Scandinavian countries, where fish is a dietary staple. However, it was not until the 1920s that doctors... Read more |
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National Consumers League
National Consumers' League organization designed to promote better conditions among workers by encouraging the purchase of articles made and sold under improved working conditions. The movement started in England (1890); the U.S. group was founded (1899) by Florence Kelley and her followers. The... Read more |
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Cohens v. Virginia
Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat. (19 U.S.) 264 (1821), argued 13 Feb. 1821, decided 3 Mar. 1821 by vote of 6 to 0; Marshall for the Court. Philip and Mendes Cohen sold lottery tickets in Virginia under the authority of an act of Congress for the District of Columbia. The Cohens appealed their... Read more |
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Benedictions and clichés
...a woman he came across in a market who sold tea-cosies she had knitted, so that...the smell of fresh linen rises like a benediction -- sunlight visible in the kicked-up dust. 'Benediction' is a big word for this careful writer... |
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Henry Drummond: A Perpetual Benediction
Henry Drummond: A Perpetual Benediction. Edited by Thomas E. Corts. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1999...afterwards. By the time of his death, over 330,000 copies had been sold in nineteen languages. Drummond studied theology at the University... |
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REV. JOSEPH LOWERY REV. JOSEPH LOWERY DELIVERS BENEDICTION AT INAUGURAL CEREMONY
...Washington Transcript Service 01-20-2009 REV. LOWERY DELIVERS BENEDICTION AT INAUGURAL CEREMONY JANUARY 20, 2009 SPEAKER: REV. JOSEPH...APPLAUSE) ENDNO PORTION OF THIS TRANSCRIPTION MAY BE COPIED, SOLD OR RETRANSMITTED WITHOUTTHE EXPRESS WRITTEN AUTHORITY OF FEDERAL... |
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LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsodies: Nos. 1(8), 4(10), 10(7), 12(1,3). The Maiden's...
...Concert Etude No. 3, "Un sospiro," (2 versions12). Benediction of God in Solitude6. MENDELSSOHN-LISZT On Wings of Song4...Schubert, Chopin, and Mendelssohn, lighter works that probably sold better than the Hungarian Rhapsodies yet tell us only a little... |
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MALEDICTIONS, BENEDICTIONS, RUMINATIONS AND SOME PRETTY FUNNY LINES.
...over the years. If you're going to part of the bigger apparel arena as we are today with almost $3 billion worth of apparel sold around the world, you have to be part of the business and admit that fashion is a factor." -- Barry Miguel, Nike "What... |
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In N.Y., The Blass Benediction
...Fashion Designers as the best of the up-and-coming designers. But apparently he wants to be up there with the big names, sold in designer departments, with big prices-as much as $10,000 for a beaded jacket. Like some of those with whom he would... |
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...FROM PRINTED VERSIONThere was no opening benediction or prayer at the Hobart High School commencement...the paper that another casino has ben sold. Since these casinos have gone in to...we have seen them change name and be sold time after time after time. The only... |
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SENATE HEARING SET ON WOMEN IN COMBAT 'NON-RELIGIOUS' PRAYERS APPROVED NEWS...
...return an ecumenical invocation and benediction to the graduation ceremony, college...down to Gregg. "Any invocations or benedictions would be non-specific to any religious...difference is semantic, the invocation and benediction will meet a legal standard for church...rap album obscene. Freeman said he ... |
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Trinket, Idol, Fetish: Some Notes on Iconoclasm and the Language of...
...a very simple gentleman! I have sold all my trumpery; not a counterfeit...trinkets had been hallowed, and brought a benediction to the buyer. --William Shakespeare...power of the sacred object to bring a benediction to the godly buyer. That is, he associates...reference to hallowed objects and bought ... |
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For inauguration prayer, Obama splits ticket
...the civil rights movement. For the benediction at the Jan. 20 swearing-in, he...was chosen to give the inaugural benediction twice. Caldwell supported Bush in...with more than 30 million copies sold. He is mobilizing chur |
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