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Sand dollars
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Invertebrates
Invertebrates Invertebrates are animals without backbones. This simple definition hides the tremendous diversity found within this group which includes protozoa (single-celled animals), corals, sponges, sea urchins, starfish, sand dollars, worms, snails, clams, spiders, crabs, and insects. In fact,... Read more |
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Rose Pesotta
Rose Pesotta Rose Pesotta (1896-1965) was one of only a few women labor activists who fought diligently to improve the standards of American sweat shops, especially for women, by organizing unions. The Great Depression had a tremendous impact on workers in the United States. While all... Read more |
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Dollar Sign
DOLLAR SIGN DOLLAR SIGN. Popular belief often ascribes the origin of the dollar sign ($) to a mark on government mail-bags standing for U.S., or Uncle Sam. Another common story claims that the symbol represents the pillars of Hercules on the Spanish dollar. A third explanation for its origin... Read more |
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Gold standard
GOLD STANDARD GOLD STANDARD. The gold standard is a monetary system in which gold is the standard or in which the unit of value—be it the dollar, the pound, franc, or some other unit in which prices and wages are customarily expressed and debts are usually contracted |
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Exchange Rate
EXCHANGE RATE The price of one country's currency described in terms of another country's currency is known as the foreign exchange rate. The rate is a mechanism used to convert the value of one country's currency into the currency of another. The rate is expressed in terms of the currencies of... Read more |
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Games
Games The video game entertainment industry is a multi-billion dollar international enterprise that has seen many technological advancements since its inception in the early 1960s. From primitive home entertainment systems wired by simple integrated circuitry to the ... Read more |
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Battle of Dollar
Dollar, battle of, c.875. The battle, east of Alloa, Scotland, was a crushing defeat for Constantine I of Alba by the Norsemen, led by Halfdan of York. The whole northern part of Scotland was conceded to the invaders. Though the chronology is very doubtful, the reality of serious warfare is clear.... Read more |
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Pieces of Eight
PIECES OF EIGHT PIECES OF EIGHT, Spanish silver coins of eight reals (eight bits), first authorized in 1497. Also known as pesos and Spanish dollars, they were minted in enormous quantities and soon became recognized as a reliable medium of exchange in the European colonies of North America.... Read more |
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Dollar Tree Stores Inc
Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. 500 Volvo ParkwayChesapeake, Virginia 23320U.S.A.(757) 321-5000Fax: (757) 321-5292 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1986 as Only One Dollar, Inc.Employees: 11,000Sales: $635.5 million (1997)Stock Exchanges: NASDAQSICs: 5331 Variety Stores Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. is the... Read more |
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TARPON SPRINGS, THE BUSTLING FLORIDA CITY BUILT ON SPONGES
...throng of tourists and congestion...fresh-cut sponges set out to...arrangements of sponges hang anywhere...sides of sponge boats to...are serving up everything...impact that sponge diving has...plenty of ... |