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Foreign Investment in the United States
FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. From colonial times to the early 2000s, investments from abroad contributed to the economic life of the American nation. The earliest investment was that of the Virginia Company, which in 1607 provided the basis for... Read more |
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United States Department of Labor
United States Department of Labor federal executive department established in 1913 and charged with administering and enforcing statutes that promote the welfare of U.S. wage earners, improve their working conditions, and advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Before gaining... Read more |
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African Americans
African Americans Brenda Gayle Plummer Race and foreign affairs have intersected at numerous points in U.S. history. Officials in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were not always explicitly aware of the impact of race on foreign relations or on their own decision making, but its impact on... Read more |
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Ambassadors
AMBASSADORS AMBASSADORS are the highest-ranking diplomats sent abroad to represent their country's interests. In the United States, the president appoints ambassadors to act as his representatives in other nations. Normally stationed in an embassy in the host nation's capital, an ambassador is... Read more |
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Foreign policy
Foreign PolicyThe rational approachesThe ideological approachesResearch needsBIBLIOGRAPHYFor half a century the making of foreign policy has been studied in Western democratic countries as a field of specialization separate from the making of public policy in general. This intellectual... Read more |
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Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK). Founded (1698) by Thomas Bray (1656–1730) and others to provide religious literature for those without nearby libraries. As Bishop Compton of London's Commissary for Maryland, Bray aimed to promote ‘Religion and Learning in any part... Read more |
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United States Department of State
United States Department of State executive department of the federal government responsible, under the President's direction, for the making and execution of American foreign policy. Current Organization and Duties The secretary of state, who heads the department, is aided by a deputy secretary... Read more |
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Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors
ASSOCIATION OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL DENTAL DIRECTORS The Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) is a national, nonprofit organization representing state and territorial oral-health program directors. The ASTDD provides leadership to formulate and promote sound national... Read more |
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Brookings Institution
BROOKINGS INSTITUTION The Brookings Institution is a private, independent, and nonpartisan research institution dedicated to the study of policy issues of U.S. national interest. It conducts research and disseminates its findings to the nation's leadership as well as to the general public, in the... Read more |
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Williams, Roger
...Island to found its earliest settlement at Providence (1636). Carrying out his democratic principles...Sir Henry Vane he got a charter for the “Providence Plantations” (1644). While abroad he became an intimate of Milton and Cromwell... |
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Burghley, William Cecil, 1st Lord
...reconstitution of the council. Cecil did not go abroad during the reign of Mary, but offered his diplomatic...assessment stuck. Because Cecil did not flee abroad during the reign of Mary, historians...John Day. Cecil had a keen sense of providence and a strongly apocalyptic ... |
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Steam Power
...thousands of horsepower. In this process, George H. Corliss of Providence and Charles T. Porter of Newark were particularly important...American locomotive trade and sold large numbers of engines abroad as well. Steam remained the unchallenged source of power for... |
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Missionaries abroad say their safety in hands of divine providence.(News)
Byline: Teresa Mask and Robert Sanchez Daily Herald Staff Writers They put their health and lives in danger to open schools and hospitals and teach people about Christianity. Still, these missionaries believe it's just part of a fulfilling calling to help others and convert them to their religion. |
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When one semester abroad is not enough, some Brown U. students take the year
...Daily Herald) (U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Study abroad is one of Brown's many well...in Portuguese if she stayed abroad for another semester, but her...students who extend their stay abroad do so for personal reasons that... |
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World listens as Pope makes first trip abroad for global youth event
...over 1,500 from Ireland. In an interview with Vatican Radio earlier this week, Pope Benedict said "providence wanted my first trip abroad to take me to Germany", adding "if almighty God decides to do something like that to you, then you... |
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MGC And Providence Equity Announce A $47.5 Million Purchase Of Convertible...
...agreement with an affiliate of Providence Equity Partners Inc., ("Providence") and two other current...Stock at $9 per share. Providence will invest $37.5 million...companies in the U.S. and abroad. The principals of Providence... |
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Brown U. student dies while studying abroad
...Robbie Corey-Boulet University Wire 10-05-2004 (Brown Daily Herald) (U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Keir Marticke '06, who was studying abroad at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, was found dead Monday while... |
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Bishan Singh Bedi: 'Everything in series happened due to providence'
...Ali, Qaiser Mohammad India Abroad 04-06-2001 Bishan Singh...Everything in series happened due to providence'Former India captain Bishan...downfall, Bedi told India Abroad thatthey were "too cocky...theresults. Article copyright India Abroad Publications, ... |
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Women religious find new paths: at home, being visible attracts; young...
...school campus minister. For other younger sisters like Congregation of Divine Providence Sr. Leslie Keener of Cincinnati, visiting with community members abroad gives opportunity to visit with sisters their own age, since she does not have... |
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Brown U. students returning from abroad find it hard to adjust
...Daily Herald) (U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For the 500...University students who study abroad every year, returning...Brown that I didn't get abroad." Srinivasa cited housing, close friends studying abroad this semester and the coursework... |
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FORMER CORCORAN STAR GETS NEW CHANCE IN WNBA.(Sports)
...Last season, Malcolm averaged 8.3 points and was ranked eighth in the WNBA in three-point field goal accuracy (.411). The former Corcoran star played at Providence before playing abroad in Portugal and with the ABL's Seattle Reign. |
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After Costa Rica murders, Brown U. reassures study abroad students
...Daily Herald) (U-WIRE) PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In mid-March...safety of students studying abroad when two girls from Antioch...within the United States or abroad. The Office of International...on a list with other study abroad professionals from around the... |
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