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Agency for International Development
Agency for International Development (AID), federal agency created (Sept., 1961) to consolidate U.S. nonmilitary foreign aid programs. Originally an agency in the State Department, it has been a component part of the U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency, along with the Overseas Private... Read more |
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bootlegging
bootlegging in the United States, the illegal distribution or production of liquor and other highly taxed goods. First practiced when liquor taxes were high, bootlegging was instrumental in defeating early attempts to regulate the liquor business by taxation. After the appearance of local and state... Read more |
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Browning Automatic Rifle
Browning Automatic Rifle. Responding to the need to counter massed German machine guns in World War I, renowned American arms inventor John M. Browning developed his Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) in 1918. This was a 16‐pound, gas‐operated weapon that fired .30‐caliber... Read more |
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Cybersquatting
CYBERSQUATTING The bane of companies, organizations, brand names, and celebrities, cybersquatting is the practice of registering the name of a company, trademark, brand, or person as a domain name for a Web site in hopes of misleading users to one's own site by using a well-known name. The... Read more |
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Amistad Case
AMISTAD CASE AMISTAD CASE. In 1839, fifty-three Africans, being illegally transferred on the Spanish schooner La Amistad, took control of the ship near Havana, Cuba, murdered part of the crew, and demanded transport back to Africa. Traveling toward the rising sun by day, as the Africans... Read more |
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rationing
rationing allotment of scarce supplies, usually by governmental decree, to provide equitable distribution. It may be employed also to conserve economic resources and to reinforce price and production controls. Originally used in community emergencies and in distributing supplies to sailors,... Read more |
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