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Fair Employment Practices Committee
Fair Employment Practices Committee (FEPC), established (1941) within the Office of Production Management by executive order of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. It was created to promote the fullest employment of all available persons and to eliminate discriminatory employment practices.... Read more |
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NDIC (Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center)
NDIC (Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center) The Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) is the lead counterdrug agency within the U.S. intelligence community. Created in 1993, it is responsible for providing national leadership as well... Read more |
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pharming
pharming , the use of genetically altered livestock, such as cows, goats, pigs, and chickens, to produce medically useful products. In pharming, researchers first create hybrid genes using animal DNA and the human or other gene that makes a desired substance, such as a hormone. Employing the... Read more |
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Publicity
PUBLICITY The Publicity Handbook: How to Maximize Publicity for Products, Services, and Organizations, by David Yale, explains that supplying information that is factual, interesting, and newsworthy to media not controlled by oneself is publicity. The media involved can take a variety of forms,... Read more |
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William Edmund Ironside 1st Baron Ironside
William Edmund Ironside Ironside, 1st Baron 1880-1959, British general. After serving with distinction in the South African War and World War I, he was chosen (1918) to command the Allied forces at Archangel to aid Aleksandr Kolchak in fighting the Bolsheviks. After service in the Middle East,... Read more |
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Benjamin Tallmadge
Tallmadge, Benjamin (1754–1835) spy and U.S. representative. A New Yorker, Tallmadge moved to Connecticut and was a lieutenant in the Connecticut militia at the start of the Revolutionary War. Transferring to an elite regiment, the Second Dragoons, he was promoted to major and fought at... Read more |
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Fads
FADS The Hula Hoop, Pet Rock, and Cabbage Patch Kids were all crazes known as fads. These products, like most fads, entered the market quickly, created a consumer obsession, sold millions of units in a short amount of time, and declined just as rapidly. Their special product life cycle of quick,... Read more |
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Health promotion
Health Promotion Achieving optimal health is not the sole responsibility of the individual. Health promotion enables individuals to improve their health and delay disease, disability, and death. Health-promoting activities include healthful eating, adequate physical activity,... Read more |
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FoxMeyer Health Corp
FoxMeyer Health Corporation 1220 Senlac DriveCarrollton, Texas 75006U.S.A.(214) 446-4800Fax: (214) 446-2836 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1977Employees: 4,097Sales: $5.17 billion (1995)Stock Exchanges: New YorkSICs: 5122 Drugs, Proprietaries & Sundries The second-largest wholesale drug... Read more |
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