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- 7291: The Fed and Interest Rates
- ... Interest Rates," and "Industrials Track On 13.53 Points Despite Interest-Rate Concerns." Why such a concern with interest rates? A week before, in the last week of March, the Fed had pushed up the short-term rates. This being the first increase in almost five years, it caused quite a stir. When the Fed decides the economy is growing at too quick a pace, or inflation is getting out of ...
- 7292: All An Adventurer Must Know Ab
- ... of Bangkok, and designated "taxi-meters" charge 35 baht for the first 3 kilometres and approximately s baht for every kilometre thereafter. Tuk-Tuk or three wheel taxis are quite popular among the tourists for short journeys inside Bangkok. Fares range from a minimum of 30 baht to a maximum of 150 baht. Fares must be bargained for. River Taxis There are many boats plying the Chao Phraya River. Some criss ...
- 7293: African Slave Trade
- ... little experience with representative government. Within each country, power struggles often erupted between rival groups. This is when military leaders known as caudillos seized power and ruled as dictators. They only held power for a short time. By the late 1800's, most governments became oligarchies, under an oligarchy, a small elite has ruling power. These ruling groups divided into conservatives and liberals. Conservatives wanted to preserve the old social order ...
- 7294: A Utopia In Brobdingnag
- ... human beings. Simplicity is a major ideal that the Brobdingnagians possess, and, by keeping all that they do simple and uncomplicated, they eliminate the risk of doing something wrong. As mentioned earlier their laws are short, concise, and exact, and citizens know their specific duties. Their books are clearly written about the subjects that are simple and necessary. No abstract ideas enter into the minds of these giants, so as not ...
- 7295: Industrial Revolution
- ... of power, in place of the muscles. 3. The adoption of the factory system. The Industrial Revolution came gradually. However, when measured against the centuries people had worked entirely by hand, it happened in a short span of time. Until the inventions of the flying shuttle in 1733 and the spinning jenny in 1764, the making of yarn and the weaving of cloth had been much the same for thousands of ...
- 7296: Canada- Facts And Figures
- ... international competition. Canadians have won more than 50 Olympic medals in swimming events since the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm and have held numerous world records. Canada's swim team ended the 1998 World Cup short-course season in spectacular fashion, winning eight medals including a gold for Jessica Deglau of Vancouver in the women's 200 m butterfly. Canada has also been a world leader in synchronized swimming since the ...
- 7297: A Comparison Of Early Civiliza
- ... or biblical explanation of how our own civilization originated. I will tell you about how they believed they came into existence and what they thought they should do to ensure their civilization continued. The three stories offered insight on how the different cultures lived by describing how they believed their civilization was created. Creation of Man All three civilizations believed that the Earth, all the animals, and Man was created by ...
- 7298: A Piece Of My Heart (book)
- ... Vietnam War; women, the "other" veterans, shared in all of these problems and issues along with the gun-toting men. They were the nurses, and in A Piece of My Heart by Keith Walker the stories of many women are presented to better understand just how the Vietnam War affected women. Working in places like evacuation hospitals exposed women to the endless flow of casualties from the battlefield, and these experiences ...
- 7299: Terrorism As An International
- ... that special missiles that would disperse shrapnel over a large area were to be used. This was in an attempt to kill as many terrorists as possible. The orchestration of these attacks took a surprisingly short amount of time . Osama bin Laden is the terrorist accused of organizing the original terrorist bombings of the two American Embassies. The CIA, through intercepted communication has gathered substantial information on him, almost enough to ...
- 7300: Analysis Of 1 Samuel 1:28
- ... with the corruption in the house of Eli (through his sons) make for chaotic times for the people of Israel. The story of the first two kings, Saul and David, details struggles and successes. The stories explain both sides of the picture and show how God overruled in the history of Israel by interacting with David and others. The book of Samuel has two main themes: the problem of the leadership ...
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