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Merchant marine
MERCHANT MARINE MERCHANT MARINE. There was marked merchant marine activity, especially in New England, in the colonial period. Much of New England's cargo of lumber and fish went to the West Indies to be exchanged for sugar, molasses, or rum; some went along the coast to be exchanged for grain or... Read more |
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Roads
ROADS ROADS. Except for a brief spurt of road building around 1800, the continental United States was extended from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific without the benefit of good roads. The United States had few roads prior to the twentieth century, and most were of poor quality. In towns, most... Read more |
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Fringe Benefit
FRINGE BENEFIT Next to wages, fringe benefits are the most important method businesses use to entice workers to accept or stay in jobs. Fringe benefits, also known as "employee benefits," can be provided voluntarily by employers, required by law, or won through collective bargaining negotiations... Read more |
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Heat Pump
Heat Pump Background As a result of society's increasing concern for ecological and environmental issues, the demand for more efficient ways to utilize heat and energy is rising. The heat pump industry uses technological advances such as year-round space heating to displace... Read more |
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Veterans Rights
VETERANS' RIGHTS Legal rights and benefits extended to those who served on active duty in and have been honorably discharged from one of the U.S. armed services. According to data from the 2000 U.S. census, about 26.4 million civilians, or 12.7 percent of the civilian population, consisted of... Read more |
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Employee benefits
Employee Benefits Employee benefits, sometimes called fringe benefits, are indirect forms of compensation provided to employees as part of an employment relationship. To compete for quality employees in today's marketplace, employers must do more than offer a “fair day's pay.” Workers... Read more |
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Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast Officially declared a French colony in 1893, it became a territory of French West Africa in 1910, though it was not completely pacified until 1913. Led by Houphouët-Boigny, it became self-governing in 1956. It joined the French Community in 1958, and achieved full independence on 7... Read more |
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Merrills Marauders
MERRILL'S MARAUDERS MERRILL'S MARAUDERS. In 1943, global priorities dictated that General Joseph W. Stilwell's command be scaled down from a 30,000-man corps to a three-battalion (3,000-man), all-volunteer force for his forthcoming operation to retake north Burma and reopen the land route to... Read more |
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Mardi Gras pumps $10M-plus into Coast
...sheriff's departments on the Coast have also been impacted...terrorism couldn't cancel Mardi Gras. It is too firm a tradition...said the economic impact of Mardi Gras may be hard to pinpoint...impact. A lot of people come ... |