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Gentlemens Agreement
GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT (14 March 1907) In 1906 the San Francisco School Board segregated the city's Japanese students into a school where Chinese students had already been segregated. Deeply insulted, Japanese diplomats lobbied President Theodore Roosevelt to intervene. Roosevelt called the San... Read more |
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Rush-Bagot Convention
Rush-Bagot Convention , 1817, agreement between the United States and Great Britain concerning the Canadian border. It consisted of the exchange of notes signed by Richard Rush , Acting Secretary of State of the United States, and Charles Bagot, British minister in Washington. In 1818 the U.S.... Read more |
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United Nations Declaration
UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION. Soon after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor (7 December 1941), British Prime Minister Winston Churchill hastened to Washington, D.C., and with President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced a "Declaration by United Nations," open to all nations, the... Read more |
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plea bargaining
plea bargaining negotiation in which a defendant agrees to plead guilty to a criminal charge in exchange for concessions by the prosecutor (representing the state). The defendant waives the right to trial, losing any chance for acquittal, but usually avoids conviction on a more serious charge. The... Read more |
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health insurance
health insurance prepayment plan providing services or cash indemnities for medical care needed in times of illness or disability. It is effected by voluntary plans, either commercial or nonprofit, or by compulsory national insurance plans, usually connected with a social security program. ... Read more |
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Interest rates
4. Interest Rates Every state has very specific limits on the amount of interest that may be charged on consumer contracts, ranging anywhere from five to 15 percent. But because parties may always agree to interest rates that are above the legal limit, most consumer contracts include interest rates... Read more |
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Entity
ENTITY A real being; existence. An organization or being that possesses separate existence for tax purposes. Examples would be corporations, partnerships, estates, and trusts. The accounting entity for which accounting statements are prepared may not be the same as the entity defined by law.... Read more |
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American Colonization Society
American Colonization Society organized Dec., 1816-Jan., 1817, at Washington, D.C., to transport free blacks from the United States and settle them in Africa. The freeing of many slaves, principally by idealists, created a serious problem in that no sound provisions were made for establishing them... Read more |
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KCP&L Announces Innovative Partnership with Google.
...announced an agreement with Google...systems in the United States, combined with Google's state-of-the...speeds unknown anywhere else. We can...collaborative partnership." Over the...across the United States competed to... |
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Advisicon Announces New Partnership With Safran North America.
...developed formal partnership which allows...summarizes the partnership. "We are...companies in the United States and Latin...unequaled anywhere else in the...about the partnership. "It is...Safran." The agreement was signed... |
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Analysis: President Bush announces a new nuclear arms agreement with Russia...
...President Bush announces a new nuclear arms agreement with Russia...Siegel. The United States and...Russia and the United States. Those...met in the United States last...moving to partnership and maybe...the United States in the coming...third ... |
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Mamma.com Announces Search Distribution Agreement with Thomson Local
...advertising, announced an agreement with Thomson Local...online directories, this partnership enables Mamma.com...email attachments stored anywhere on a PC hard drive...s filings with the United States Securities and Exchange... |
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JumpTV Announces Agreement With AOL Video to Stream Live Free International...
...in the United States, JumpTV (AIM...has forged an agreement with AOL to stream...launch in the United States and marks...space. This partnership is an important...living in the United States whose...Abu Dhabi TV (United Arab Emirates...online, anytime, ... |
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National Bank of Abu Dhabi announces LUUP m-payments roll out plan.
...abu dhabi announces luup m-payments...announced partnership with LUUP...Norway and the United Arab Emirates...here. "Our partnership with MVS and...world is in a state of rapid change...credits from anywhere in the world...transactions. "This agreement marks the...users in the ... |
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SENATOR INOUYE ANNOUNCES $8 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING TOWARD PURCHASE OF...
...SENATOR INOUYE ANNOUNCES 48 MILLION...C. -- United States Senator Daniel...unmatched anywhere within the United States and...Pending agreement with the interior...the western United States, and...conservation partnership to protect... |
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Henry Schein Announces the Launch of Innovative Henry Schein...
...initiative that is a partnership of Henry Schein...information anywhere. In 2009...exclusive marketing agreement for Allscripts...anytime and anywhere; automates...across the United States." The American...introduction to the partnership, please visit... |
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Henry Schein Announces the Launch of Innovative Henry Schein ConnectHealth...
...initiative that is a partnership of Henry Schein...information anywhere. In 2009...exclusive marketing agreement for Allscripts...anytime and anywhere; automates...across the United States." The American...introduction to the partnership, please visit... |
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Hedman Announces Critical Updates
...Center ("ARC") of the United States Department of Energy...research and development partnership ("CRADA") for fiberization...outlined in the acquisition agreement. As a result, Hedman...and not demonstrated anywhere else in the world... |
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