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insider trading
insider trading stock market transactions made with knowledge of nonpublic information about corporate activity. In the United States, it has been illegal since 1934. The Securities and Exchange Commission regards it as unfair to investors who are not privy to such information. Several insider... Read more |
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Insider
INSIDER In the context of federal regulation of the purchase and sale of securities, anyone who has knowledge of facts not available to the general public. Insider information refers to knowledge about the financial status of a company that is obtained before the public obtains it, and which is... Read more |
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canker
canker small sore on the inside of the mouth. A canker appears as a shallow, whitish ulcer surrounded by a thin, red area. It is tender, sometimes painful, and may occur singly or as one of a group of sores. Cankers develop on the inner surfaces of the lips or cheeks, on the gums, under the tongue,... Read more |
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Cells
Cells All living organisms are comprised of one or more cells. Most animal cells range in size between 10 and 100 micrometers and have several key elements. The outer layer of a cell, the cell membrane, consists of a phospholipidbilayer, which serves primarily as a barrier... Read more |
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loll
loll, a term used to describe the state of a ship which is unstable when upright and as a result floats at an angle of heel on one side or the other. It is usually caused by a large area of free-surface water inside the hull, as for instance a ship with flooded compartments, but can also be caused... Read more |
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Neijiang
Neijiang, Sichuan/China Lying on the Tuo River and meaning ‘Inside the River’ from nèi ‘inside’ and jiāng.... Read more |
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Color vision
Color Vision Sight is a complex process that results when visible light, a narrow band of the electromagnetic spectrum between 400 and 700 nanometers (nm), is converted into signals that can be interpreted by the brain. This process involves special light-sensitive cells called photoreceptors... Read more |
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Thomas John Barnardo
Thomas John Barnardo , 1845-1905, British social reformer. Pioneering in the care of destitute children, he founded (1867) in London the East End Juvenile Mission. In 1870, with the aid of the 7th earl of Shaftesbury, he opened a boys' home, the first of his famous Dr. Barnardo Homes. There are... Read more |
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Dual-Earner Families
Dual-Earner Families The language of dual-earner families developed in research on families in industrialized societies. The term was needed to describe what was then a new family form that arose when women who had once worked inside the home, doing everything from nurturing work to family... Read more |
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Shirin Ebadi
Ebadi, Shirin 1947 • Hamadan, Iran Lawyer, human rights activist Before October of 2003, most people outside of Iran—and many people inside that country—had never heard of Shirin Ebadi. She was not a major world leader, negotiating to end wars or topple ... Read more |
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