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Buck ONeil
Buck O'Neil1911–2006 Baseball player John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil loved baseball, and immersed himself in the game from age 12 to 94. A standout Negro League player and two-time batting champion, O'Neil went on to become the first black manager of a major league team, a scout responsible for... Read more |
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Carter Glass
GLASS, CARTER Carter Glass sponsored important banking laws of the twentieth century, among them the glass-steagall acts of 1932 and 1933 (48 Stat. 162). He wrote and sponsored the legislation that established the federal reserve System in 1913. He was also a key player in making amendments to the... Read more |
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Bandon
Bandon, the largest and in economic terms most successful new town of the Munster plantation. Originally laid out as two towns on opposite banks of the river Bandon by minor players in the plantation, it was united under its second owner, Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork, and expanded greatly... Read more |
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Chris Webber
Chris Webber 1973– Professional basketball player At a Glance… Bittersweet Notoriety Rookie Sensation Wounded Bullet In Need Of A Rebound “Exiled” to Sacramento Sources Chris Webber reached celebrity status by his early twenties, but it is questionable whe-her any... Read more |
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ratio
ratio The ratio of two quantities expressed in terms of the same unit is the fraction that has the first quantity as numerator and the second as denominator. For example, if in a group of 100 people 5 die, the ratio of deaths to the total number in the group is 5/100=1/20=.05. Ratios are indicated... Read more |
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tennis
tennis game played indoors or outdoors by two players (singles) or four players (doubles) on a level court. Rules and Equipment Lawn tennis was originally played on grass courts, but most major events are now played on courts of hard, composite materials; exceptions include Wimbledon, played on... Read more |
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Marion Ladewig
Marion Ladewig 1914- American bowler Marion Ladewig was known as the "Queen of Bowling." Many people consider her the greatest female bowler who ever lived. She set the pace in the opening days of women's professional bowling. Not only did she lead the nation in high average for a woman four... Read more |
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Mapping
Mapping Genetic mapping is the process of measuring the distance between two or more loci on a chromosome. In order to determine this distance, a number of things must be done. First, the loci (pronounced "low-sigh") have to be known, and alleles have to exist at each locus so that they can be... Read more |
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Bank mergers
BANKING This entry includes 9 subentries:OverviewBank FailuresBanking Acts of 1933 and 1935Banking Crisis of 1933Export-ImportBanks InvestmentBanks PrivateBanks SavingsBanks State Banks Overview The fundamental functions of a commercial bank during the past two centuries have been making loans,... Read more |
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Financial disclosure
BANKING This entry includes 9 subentries:OverviewBank FailuresBanking Acts of 1933 and 1935Banking Crisis of 1933Export-ImportBanks InvestmentBanks PrivateBanks SavingsBanks State Banks Overview The fundamental functions of a commercial bank during the past two centuries have been making loans,... Read more |
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