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Kimberly-Clark Corp
Kimberly-Clark Corporation P.O. Box 619100Dallas, Texas 75261-9100U.S.A.Telephone: (972) 281-1200Fax: (972) 281-1490Web site:http://www.kimberly-clark.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1880 as Kimberly & Clark CompanyEmployees: 66,300 (2000)Sales: $13.98 billion (2000)Stock Exchanges: New... Read more |
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Tribute
TRIBUTE TRIBUTE. Thomas Jefferson's new administration faced a crisis regarding the Barbary pirate nations of North Africa. For years, European nations and the United States had paid tribute, or ransom, to these rogue nations to ensure protection of commercial vessels and keep sailors from being... Read more |
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Titanic
Titanic , British liner that sank on the night of Apr. 14-15, 1912, less than three hours after crashing into an iceberg in the N Atlantic S of Newfoundland. More than 1,500 lives were lost. The Titanic, thought to be the fastest ship afloat and almost unsinkable, was on her maiden voyage and... Read more |
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Clark Mills
Clark Mills 1810-83, American sculptor, b. Onondaga co., N.Y. Self-taught in art, he designed and in 1852 cast in an experimental foundry the statue of General Jackson for Lafayette Square, Washington, D.C. Mills had never seen his subject nor an equestrian statue. The daring pose of the horse was... Read more |
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stock exchange
stock exchange organized market for the trading of stocks and bonds (see bond ; stock ). Such markets were originally open to all, but at present only members of the owning association may buy and sell directly. Members, or stock brokers , buy and sell for themselves or for others, charging... Read more |
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Combined Operations
Combined Operations, British nomenclature for amphibious warfare and the first British organization to have an inter-service headquarters.Though attacks from the sea had been mounted by the British for centuries they had no establishment which specialized in amphibious warfare until the... Read more |
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machine
machine arrangement of moving and stationary mechanical parts used to perform some useful work or to provide transportation. From a historical perspective, many of the first machines were the result of human efforts to improve war-making capabilities; the term engineer at one time had an... Read more |
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Vascular plants
Rhyniophyta , division of plants known only from fossils, of which the genus Rhynia was perhaps the most important. These plants date from the Silurian and Devonian age. Relatively simple in structure, they resemble the Psilotophyta in many features, such as the lack of clearly developed roots.... Read more |
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Richard Cromwell
Richard Cromwell 1626-1712, lord protector of England; third son of Oliver Cromwell. He was the eldest surviving son at the death of his father (Sept. 3, 1658), who had nominated him as his successor. Although he had served in Parliament and on the council of state, Richard lacked the energy and... Read more |
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Gibbons v Ogden
Gibbons v. Ogden case decided in 1824 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Aaron Ogden, the plaintiff, had purchased an interest in the monopoly to operate steamboats that New York state had granted to Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston. Ogden brought suit in New York against Thomas Gibbons, the defendant,... Read more |
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