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Consumer Goods
CONSUMER GOODS Consumer goods are goods or services that are ready for consumption by individuals, social groups, or governmental bodies. Consumer goods are the final result of the production process. Because consumer goods are purchased for personal use, they serve a different purpose than... Read more |
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Good Samaritan
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Good Friday Agreement
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The Daiei Inc
The Daiei, Inc. 4-1-1, Minatojima NakamachiChuo-ku, Kobe 650-0046JapanTelephone: (81)78 302-5001Fax: (81)78 302-5572Web site: http://www.daiei.co.jp Public CompanyIncorporated: 1957Employees: 13,776Sales: $25.8 billion (2000)Stock Exchanges: Tokyo Osaka NASDAQ Brussels AmericanTicker Symbol:... Read more |
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Eslanda Goode Robeson
Eslanda Goode Robeson 1896–1965 At a Glance<... Read more |
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Capital Goods
CAPITAL GOODS Capital goods include goods such as tools and machinery that businesses use to produce consumer products and services. Capital goods are distinguished from consumer goods, which are not used in the production process and are intended for personal consumption. Capital goods use... Read more |
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vermilion
vermilion vivid red pigment of durable quality. It is a chemical compound of mercury and sulfur and is known as red sulfide of mercury; it was formerly obtained by grinding pure cinnabar but is now commonly prepared synthetically. Vermilion is a good pigment for protecting iron and steel and is... Read more |
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Department 56 Inc
Department 56, Inc. One Village Place6436 City West ParkwayEden Prairie, Minnesota 55344U.S.A.Telephone: (612) 944-5600Toll Free: (800) 548-8696Fax: (612) 943-4500Web site: http://www.d56.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1984Employees: 324Sales: $245.9 million (1999)Stock Exchanges: New... Read more |
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Mazel Stores Inc
Mazel Stores, Inc. 31000 Aurora RoadSolon, Ohio 44139U.S.A.(440) 248-5200Fax: (440) 349-4056Web site: http://www.mazelstores.com Public Company Incorporated: 1975 as The Mazel CompanyEmployees: 1,181Sales: $237.1 million (1998)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQTicker Symbol: MAZLNAIC: 45299 All Other... Read more |
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Good Neighbor Policy
GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY. The Good Neighbor Policy grew out of the experience of the administrations of Presidents Calvin Coolidge (1923–1929) and Herbert Hoover (1929 Read more |
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buildings and the body
...analogy with buildings is, however, a distinctively ancient and durable one, which has been of great rhetorical utility to architects and anatomists...that on which it was, ultimately, drawing: God builds, as good architects must, for commodity, firmness, and delight (as... |
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Plastics
...and the demand for democratization of goods. From the first, its imitative qualities...1907, Leo Baekeland realized that his durable phenolic resin had many applications—from...revolutionized sports equipment and other consumer goods in the 1980s and 1990s, plastic regained ... |
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Procurement
...IndustryGovernment ArsenalsInfluence on IndustryMilitary Vehicles and Durable Goods IndustryMunitions and Chemical IndustryNuclear Weapons IndustryOrdnance...more often they result from the fact that defense is a public good, financed by a large federal bureaucracy ... |
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Carnegie, Andrew
...was the first to use—produced vast quantities of hard, durable metal at low cost. In combining the essential stages of...responsibility of the wealthy to redistribute their money for the good of the community. In 1892, however, Carnegie and his close... |
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gemstones
...durability, and rarity. Beauty is generally perceived as a good clear colour and transparency, as shown by fine emeralds or rubies...the gemstones created by metamorphic processes. All the more durable gems may be found concentrated in alluvial and beach deposits... |
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Hughes, Barnard
Hughes, Barnard (b. 1915), character actor. The durable and beloved performer, on the New York stage for over sixty...Ado about Nothing (1972), various Russian characters in The Good Doctor (1973), a twinkling Falstaff in The Merry Wives of... |
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National Service
...Despite changes of fortune, the Peace Corps has proved remarkably durable. Some 150,000 volunteers have served in 92 countries.The...proponents of national service who variously emphasized the good done for the server or the value of the work being delivered... |
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pleasure
...experience. In fact, the greatest good to the Epicurean was not ecstasy...followers to strive for the more durable happiness that would result from...a children's game) is as good as poetry.’ Abstract considerations...not personal terms. What is good for the ... |
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Axe‐Helve, The
...using an inferior machine‐made axe‐helve. He promises him a good hickory helve of his own cutting, and that evening the poet...appreciation of such essential things as the materials of a properly durable axe‐helve. |
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Conway, Frederick B(artlett)
...Theatre in New York, but Mrs. Conway proved a better and more durable manager, assuming leadership of Brooklyn's Park Theatre in...Allston Brown, after noting briefly that Conway was “a good ‘all 'round’ actor” and “the best John Mildmay... |
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durable
...is strong and durable | fig. a durable peace can be achieved. ∎ inf. (of a person) having endurance: the durable Smith lasted the full eight rounds. • n. (durables) short for durable goods. DERIVATIVES: du·ra·bil·i·ty... |
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self-service economy
...self-service economy An economy in which a large and increasing proportion of household expenditure is invested in durable goods (such as tools and machinery) which allow consumers to produce services for themselves (rather than buying the services... |
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Latvia
...Soviet Union's north-west region. Manufacturing industry concentrates on machinery, metal engineering, and durable consumer goods; light industry is also well developed. Agriculture specializes in dairy and meat production, and grains.History... |
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solid
...substantial, strong, sturdy, stout, durable, well-built, well-constructed...abiding, upright, upstanding, worthy. 7. good solid worksynonyms: sound, worthy, staid...sound, sound, solvent, creditworthy, in good standing, in the black, secure. 9... |
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sound
...is sound synonyms: healthy, in good condition, in good shape, fit, hale and hearty...substantial, strong, sturdy, durable, stable, intact, unimpaired...dependable, trustworthy, fair; good, sensible, wise, judicious... |
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stuff
stuff • noun 1. make out of durable stuffsynonyms: material, fabric, matter, substance. 2...stuffsynonyms: things, luggage, baggage, belongings, possessions, goods, goods and chattels, paraphernalia. 4. know one's stuffsynonyms... |
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Durable Goods Orders Drop - Analyst Blog
...this data, it is a good idea to exclude...total new orders for durable goods on a year-over...the economy, new durable goods orders for non-defense capital goods -- a very good proxy for business...short ... |
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Meltdown 101: Durable goods and the economy
...broader economy? A: Durable goods orders are just...factories to stock up on durable goods _ say, refrigerators...more likely, which is good news for an economy that...the increase in monthly durable goods ... |
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Optimal portfolio strategies and the demand for durable goods.
...consumed is a durable good. From both a theoretical...significance of durable goods as consumption...be apparent. A durable good provides a stream...and used durable goods are perfect ... |
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The permanent importance of durable goods
...greater regularity than the one on durable goods? No, but caution is in order...correlation between the S&P 500 and durable goods since the euro's arrival on...the growth rates of stocks and durable goods were parallel both ... |
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Fixed assets and consumer durable goods for 1995-2005.(Statistical data)
...estimates of fixed assets and consumer durable goods for 2005, revised estimates for...government and the net stock of durable goods owned by consumers. The estimates...stocks of fixed assets and consumer durable goods are ... |
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Fixed assets and consumer durable goods for 1997-2006.
...estimates of fixed assets and consumer durable goods for 2006, revised estimates for...government and (2) the net stock of durable goods owned by consumers. Estimates...stocks of fixed assets and consumer durable goods are ... |
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Fixed assets and consumer durable goods for 1998-2007.(Statistical...
...estimates of fixed assets and consumer durable goods for 2007, revised estimates for...263.6 279.5 295.7 Consumer durable goods 31,442.0 3,273.0 3,380...2007 Fixed assets and consumer durable goods 41,893.6 45,052.7 46... |
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Fixed assets and consumer durable goods for 1994-2004.(Illustration)
...assets and consumer durable goods for 2004, revised...and Consumer Durable Goods, 1925-97; |
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Exchange rates and concurrent leasing and selling in durable-goods...
...puzzles of the theoretical durable-goods literature is the real...sales price of durable goods under duopoly and Cournot...expectations and the durable good monopolist's commitment...decision to rent or lease a ... |
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Fixed assets and consumer durable goods for 1925-2001.
...and the net stock of durable goods owned by consumers...fixed assets and consumer durable goods. The odd-numbered...0 Consumer durable goods 26.5 25.8 25.7...Fixed assets and consumer durable ... |
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