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- 1851 – July 22, 1926) was an early member of the Austrian School of economics ... Wieser was born in Vienna, Austria on July 10, 1851. He was the son ...16 KB (2,487 words) - 03:17, 1 December 2023
- 1990, for his pioneering work in the field of corporate finance theory. Miller ... The basic theorem states that the value of a firm is unaffected by ...11 KB (1,711 words) - 16:14, 9 November 2022
- economist who occupied the first chair of political economy in England ... Compton, Berkshire, England, the eldest son of the Reverend John Raven Senior ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 01:26, 11 November 2022
- an important figure in the Physiocrat school of economics, initially a successful ... The re-issuing of Cantillon's work at the beginning of the twenty ...20 KB (3,098 words) - 20:13, 8 December 2022
- for employees who are injured in the course of employment, in exchange for ... The intent of workers' compensation is to ensure that all members ...9 KB (1,447 words) - 16:31, 10 October 2020
- [[File:Philippoteaux The Numbering of the Israelites.jpg|thumb|250px ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- work on household savings and the dynamics of financial markets. The Modigliani ... a counter to the classical Keynesian model of spending, which stated that ...13 KB (1,930 words) - 04:56, 9 April 2024
- The terms gyopo or dongpo in Korean refer to persons of Korean ethnic ... to Korean immigrants, and the low cost of living. Large new communities ...13 KB (1,907 words) - 15:38, 14 April 2023
- There exists a fierce debate over the use of factories that have come to ... to improving the opportunities, and standard of living, of those otherwise ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 14:18, 28 April 2023
- Factories are a hallmark of industrialized society. They have changed ... ==History of the factory== ===China=== Many have believed that ancient ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 23:24, 26 June 2022
- Silicon (chemical element symbol Si, atomic number 14) is a member ... essential element. Although only tiny traces of it appear to be required by ...20 KB (2,980 words) - 22:04, 29 January 2023
- To appreciate the value and the richness of the Korean Sirhak, one ... Therefore Yu Hyông-wôn, Song-ho, Yi Ik and the thinkers of the Northern ...16 KB (2,572 words) - 09:49, 26 January 2023
- adversaries into friends and resolve issues of injustice and oppression. Gandhi ... Gandhi's philosophy of satyagraha also had a profound impact ...17 KB (2,735 words) - 22:38, 3 April 2020
- jpg|thumb|300 px|Walton Hall, headquarters of the Open University. (Artist: ... called correspondence education, is a field of education that focuses on the ...17 KB (2,511 words) - 15:30, 29 January 2024
- Foster care is a system by which a certified, stand-in parent, or ... their rights to the child, or if the rights of the biological parents to the ...21 KB (3,334 words) - 06:37, 1 April 2024
- health care benefits to certain categories of low-income individuals, including ... Medicaid has contributed to the development of American society toward a situation ...22 KB (3,201 words) - 09:36, 10 March 2023
- Cremation, or the practice of burning the dead, refers to the disposal ... Cremation practices may be used for a variety of reasons. Some cultures ...24 KB (3,818 words) - 00:19, 15 January 2023
- Measures of national income and output are used in economics to measure ... . These “baskets” represent the cost of living and have to be compared ...33 KB (5,148 words) - 19:46, 7 July 2023
- and activist, co-founder with Jane Addams of the Hull House social settlement ... Ellen Gates Starr was born in 1959 near Laona, Illinois, as the third ...10 KB (1,508 words) - 17:12, 13 February 2024
- Arthritis (plural, "arthritides") is a group of conditions ... Arthritis often is defined as inflammation of a joint. (Inflammation ...8 KB (1,133 words) - 11:01, 16 August 2023
- Vagrancy is the condition of being a vagrant, defined as a person ... While societies have made efforts to deal with the large numbers of ...25 KB (3,643 words) - 14:08, 3 May 2023
- American Quaker poet and forceful advocate of the abolition of slavery in ... John Greenleaf Whittier was born on December 17, 1807, the second ...11 KB (1,653 words) - 05:14, 3 August 2022
- Following the post-World War II division of Germany, he was elected to ... during the Cold War (specifically the deaths of 192 Germans who tried to escape ...12 KB (1,816 words) - 19:26, 13 February 2024
- between Ethiopia and Eritrea, forming one of the conflicts in the Horn of ... also engaged in civil wars) is a tragedy of immense proportion. ...22 KB (3,294 words) - 19:30, 13 February 2024
- circumference displaying the first example of the successful amalgamation ... Rohtasgarh, situated on the upper course of the river Son, 20 37’ ...24 KB (3,894 words) - 02:42, 16 December 2022
- The Value Added Tax (VAT) is a form of consumption tax that taxes ... quot; of wage increases, because of cost-of-living adjustments and these ...31 KB (5,015 words) - 14:16, 3 May 2023
- of Political and Social Science, The Cost of Living (Philadelphia, 1913) ... *American Academy of Political and Social Science. The Cost of Living ...38 KB (5,803 words) - 18:50, 9 November 2022
- Bolivia located in the northeastern portion of the Santa Cruz Department. ... industrialized nor polluted. The isolation of its cerrado habitats provides ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 09:58, 11 March 2023
- 1839 – October 24, 1922), the third son of the Quaker tea and coffee dealer ... program for their benefit. Through ownership of several newspapers, he promoted ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 08:39, 6 November 2022
- Genome is one complete set of hereditary information that characterizes ... genetic content stored on a complete set of nuclear DNA (i.e., the "nuclear ...18 KB (2,592 words) - 15:43, 11 February 2023
- produced by hydropower—that is, the energy of moving water. It is the world ... about 715,000 megawatts (or 19 percent) of the world's electricity ...23 KB (3,052 words) - 21:35, 9 February 2024
- 16, 1774) was a French economist, founder of the Physiocratic school. He ... economic state as a balanced, circular flow of funds—a system he saw as ...15 KB (2,179 words) - 03:39, 4 June 2021
- 1966) was a long-time president and chairman of General Motors. ... He guarded information about his private life and instead focused ...14 KB (2,147 words) - 18:05, 20 July 2023
- The gorilla, the largest of the living primates is a ground-dwelling ... pounds). Females are about half the weight of males. Gorillas' facial ...12 KB (1,781 words) - 07:13, 1 January 2024
- city in Africa, it has the highest cost of living of any city in North ... euros. The city had the highest cost of living of any city in North ...19 KB (2,767 words) - 00:36, 9 January 2023
- 1884) was an American inventor and founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine ... fail to place their skills at the service of humanity. Instead, what they ...11 KB (1,731 words) - 07:27, 12 January 2024
- Caviar is the processed, salted roe of certain species of fish, most ... in the United States, high consumption of caviar led to over-fishing ...16 KB (2,370 words) - 16:22, 3 December 2023
- has been shaped by the passionate pursuit of modernization. Since the end ... The contemporary culture of South Korea derives from the traditional ...25 KB (3,777 words) - 02:45, 8 January 2024
- The name roughly translates as "Sea of Islands," referring ... 50 percent its original size in a matter of decades. This reduction came ...21 KB (3,162 words) - 21:29, 11 August 2023
- In biology and ecology, extinction is the ceasing of existence of ... Extinction has occurred throughout the history of living organisms ...18 KB (2,826 words) - 06:16, 13 September 2023
- for Literature. She is considered to be one of the most prominent writers ... taught English literature at the University of Nanking. In 1926, she left ...8 KB (1,320 words) - 22:56, 30 March 2023
- produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the ... is FDG ([18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose), an analog of glucose, the concentrations ...26 KB (3,835 words) - 05:46, 30 November 2022
- also known as division Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division-level taxa ... Conifers are of immense economic value, primarily for timber and paper ...19 KB (2,759 words) - 20:26, 15 May 2020
- Colitis (or colonitis) is inflammation of the colon (or more generally ... challenges to homeostasis as the presence of disease, infection, or injury ...11 KB (1,475 words) - 22:31, 7 January 2024
- In physics, magnetism is one of the phenomena by which materials exert ... steels, and the mineral lodestone (an oxide of iron). Objects with such properties ...22 KB (3,366 words) - 05:09, 5 November 2022
- December 7, 1985) was a major English poet of the twentieth century. Graves ... In addition to poetry, Graves also wrote a number of novels and works ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 05:05, 15 December 2022
- 8, 1978) was a Scottish painter and member of the Bloomsbury Group, an English ... Grant was a cousin of John Grant, Lord Huntingtower, and a grandson ...10 KB (1,594 words) - 17:21, 12 February 2024
- Plastics have become an indispensable part of our technological society.]] The term plastic is applied to a wide range of synthetic and semi ...34 KB (5,272 words) - 07:59, 24 November 2022
- The Physiocrats were a group of economists who believed that the wealth ... The most significant contribution of the physiocrats was their emphasis ...22 KB (3,407 words) - 05:10, 24 November 2022
- | order=General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party ... | order2 = Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the People ...19 KB (3,031 words) - 22:47, 18 October 2021
- for buttons would be eliminated and the size of the device would be further reduced. ... comptometers, Napier's bones, books of mathematical tables, slide ...24 KB (3,458 words) - 18:22, 25 November 2023
- 29, 1947) was an American economist, one of the early American neoclassical ... social issues, and promoting healthy living and world peace, an early ...18 KB (2,691 words) - 13:25, 6 March 2024
- Public libraries exist in most nations of the world and are often ... well as educational and nonfiction materials of interest to the general public; ...23 KB (3,301 words) - 23:36, 2 December 2022
- growth in Tokyo and the high cost of living there. Unit as the most expensive (highest cost-of-living) city in the world for ...39 KB (5,420 words) - 03:54, 1 May 2023
- January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the YMCA and the World Student ... From 1920 until 1928, he was the Chairperson of the WSCF. For his labors in ...11 KB (1,626 words) - 03:51, 3 May 2024
- UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State Parties (countries ... The program was founded with the Convention Concerning the Protection ...15 KB (2,151 words) - 22:17, 6 October 2023
- Jannai/Yannai) was king and high priest of Judea from (103 B.C.E. to 76 ... The third son of John Hyrcanus, Jannaeus came to the throne after ...11 KB (1,660 words) - 14:25, 18 July 2023
- recently and from the metabolic by-products of living organisms. They include ... sources are photosynthetic plants. A number of agricultural crops are being ...36 KB (5,134 words) - 17:54, 31 October 2023
- Neurology is a medical specialty dealing with disorders and diseases ... for "study of." However, today the term neuroscience is ...20 KB (2,815 words) - 04:35, 11 March 2023
- Encephalitis is an acute inflammation of the brain, commonly caused ... Encephalitis often is accompanied by an inflammation of the brain ...12 KB (1,747 words) - 18:32, 13 February 2024
- in the Lesser Antilles islands. They are one of the two main tribes of Amerindian ... Like most of the indigenous peoples of the New World, the Carib suffered ...16 KB (2,321 words) - 19:15, 26 November 2023
- [[Image:Hussein_of_Jordan_1997.jpg|thumb|right|300 px|King Hussein ... and Princess Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil, of the royal Hashemite family ...22 KB (3,415 words) - 21:18, 9 February 2024
- This period in Soviet history was inaugurated by the death of Joseph ... by Nikita Khrushchev as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the ...24 KB (3,578 words) - 12:48, 1 February 2024
- Potala Palace is the traditional residence of the Dalai Lama (the ... Thirteen stories of buildings—containing over 1,000 rooms, 10,000 ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- ethics, or as biomedical ethics, is a field of applied ethics (see the article ... back to antiquity, especially with the work of Hippocrates. Today the field ...22 KB (3,471 words) - 09:37, 10 March 2023
- [[File:KarlHaushofer.jpg|thumb|300px|Portrait of Karl Haushofer, circa ... who developed the German concept of Geopolitik. An army officer ...17 KB (2,439 words) - 00:43, 5 March 2024
- Environmental engineering is the application of science and engineering ... incorporates elements from a wide range of disciplines, including chemistry ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 19:00, 13 February 2024
- valorem tax that an owner pays on the value of the property being taxed. There ... and assessment, with various methods of assessing property value in ...37 KB (5,745 words) - 00:22, 2 December 2022
- Corrosion is the deterioration of a material's essential properties ... The rusting of iron is a well-known example of corrosion. Other metals ...20 KB (3,072 words) - 03:36, 8 January 2024
- require a mordant to improve the fastness of the dye on the fiber. Dyeing is the process of imparting color to a textile material in ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 17:25, 12 February 2024
- Mills during the early 1800s made it a place of pilgrimage for social reformers ... earliest years was the key to the formation of good character and to the amelioration ...26 KB (4,155 words) - 01:46, 16 December 2022
- Berengaria of Navarre ( Berenguela , Bérengère the Lionheart. She was the eldest daughter of Sancho VI of Navarre and Sancha ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- and Rhine Rivers. Antwerp, an integral part of an enormous harbor complex ... boom-and-bust cycles and inflationary cost-of-living squeezed less-skilled workers. ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- century C.E., following the destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by ... Most of what is known about the Sadducees (also known as "Zadokites ...13 KB (2,021 words) - 18:35, 22 December 2022
- Coal is a black or brownish-black sedimentary rock composed primarily ... into nearby water courses. The process of burning of coal generates waste ...32 KB (4,888 words) - 22:13, 7 January 2024
- communications, and economic center of Ghana. Located on the Gulf ... Among the attractions of Accra are the National Museum, with a display ...15 KB (2,198 words) - 07:30, 14 June 2023
- The Norman conquest of England was the invasion of the Kingdom of ... ruler Charles the Simple had allowed a group of Vikings, under their leader ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 02:47, 16 November 2022
- in Portuguese, and meaning “big mirror of waters” in the native Guaraní ... The Pantanal, one of the most pristine and biologically rich environments ...13 KB (1,943 words) - 07:45, 18 November 2022
- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- all become the guiding principles of American identity. Emerson ... "no longer interested" in the rite of communion, Emerson left the ...20 KB (2,972 words) - 00:31, 8 December 2022
- or space habitation) is the concept of permanent, autonomous (self ... Many people think of space colonies on the Moon or Mars, but others ...37 KB (5,482 words) - 22:47, 5 February 2023
- a furnace is usually produced by combustion of a fuel such as oil, wood, or ... for kiln, a device used in the production of ceramics. In British English ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 09:57, 18 October 2022
- have been made with varying degrees of realism by engineers as well ... Several reasons have been given in support of space colonization. ...20 KB (3,078 words) - 19:03, 7 February 2023
- or public even if the consequences of that activity are not conclusively ... appropriate precautions even in the absence of scientific consensus that the ...46 KB (6,708 words) - 18:54, 17 February 2022
- thumb," which is really an extension of the wrist bone. It has reddish ... Panda is also a genus of the plant family Pandaceae. The word panda ...26 KB (4,054 words) - 11:57, 26 May 2023
- quot;Dads' Weekend" at Camp Becket of the Becket Chimney Corners ... quot;campers") participate in a variety of activities, many of which are ...14 KB (2,090 words) - 22:22, 26 February 2023
- the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages. The term ... made it more profitable to smuggle. The cost of enforcing prohibition was ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 23:11, 30 November 2022
- only been applied to the energy and forms of energy harnessed but also to ... could be classified under the category of alternative energy; however ...57 KB (8,258 words) - 20:49, 29 April 2020
- Dance Theater. Ailey was a gifted creator of dance expressing the African ... times in Ailey's early years. One of the constants in Alvin's ...17 KB (2,746 words) - 08:42, 23 July 2023
- The Industrial Revolution was a major shift of technological, socioeconomic ... century, eventually affecting most of the world. The impact of this ...43 KB (6,275 words) - 12:45, 1 February 2024
- and diplomat. He is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature ... passions that would become a commonplace of Romanticism: "One inhabits ...16 KB (2,325 words) - 09:37, 11 April 2024
- 28, 1925 - October 10, 2005), Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and ... While attending a meeting of the British Commonwealth in 1971, he ...20 KB (3,066 words) - 11:05, 10 March 2023
- Uttar Pradesh, India, is a town on the site of an ancient forest believed ... Although all branches of Hinduism consider Vrindavan sacred, Vaisnavisisim ...13 KB (1,859 words) - 21:50, 3 May 2023
- , is a self-contained housing unit (a type of residential real estate) that ... Despite these disparities, the common feature of apartment construction ...54 KB (8,047 words) - 01:58, 9 January 2023
- a famous South Indian guru who has millions of followers around the world ... avatar (a "descent" or incarnation of God). His alleged miracles ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
- 1883 – October 8, 1967) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great ... policies, and that a greatly enlarged system of social services would be created ...22 KB (3,382 words) - 11:07, 19 December 2023
- Fideism emphasizes the importance of faith over reason in understanding ... ==The “Rationale” of Fideism== Despite the fact that fideism is ...15 KB (2,241 words) - 17:33, 26 March 2024
- ), is the capital and largest city of Guinea, a resource-rich but ... brief, somewhat turbulent history as capital of a French colony, then of a ...17 KB (2,442 words) - 02:37, 8 January 2024
- hydrocarbon fuels found within the top layer of the Earth’s crust. They range ... they were formed from the fossilized remains of dead plants and animals, during ...15 KB (2,136 words) - 06:36, 1 April 2024
- Mount Vernon, Virginia, was the plantation home of the first president ... a fine setting for a country gentleman out of five hundred acres. His carefully ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 17:46, 10 November 2022
- often established in an underdeveloped part of a state’s territory, to detain ... where unpaid prisoners labored on behalf of their country’s colonial ...21 KB (3,190 words) - 07:14, 23 November 2022
- January 13, 1864), known as the "father of American music," was the ... Stephen Collins Foster, the ninth of William B. and Eliza T. Foster ...20 KB (3,215 words) - 20:00, 9 February 2023
- owner who became infamous in the final years of his life, when he lived as ... a giant, eight-engined, flying boat made of wood that flew only once, in 1947. ...29 KB (4,496 words) - 19:27, 7 February 2024
- Nuclear power is a type of nuclear technology involving the controlled ... The use of nuclear power has also engendered much debate. Critics ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- particularly affected by a very high cost of living, due to a combination ... particularly affected by a very high cost of living, due to a combination ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- – August 22, 1904) was an American author of short stories and novels, mostly ... "Desiree's Baby," a tale of miscegenation in antebellum ...17 KB (2,711 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- first to realize and develop the potential of film as an extended dramatic ... Legendary actress Lillian Gish called Griffith "the father of ...18 KB (2,857 words) - 07:36, 12 January 2024
- The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the ... 1, 2004, the pension is subject to cost-of-living increases. ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- ) refers to a town situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, ... ornate pepperpot towers. The Fort, like most of the forts in Sri Lanka, sits ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- Carpets are made of natural and synthetic fibers, such as wool, nylon ... == Types of carpets == [[Image:Swatches of berber carpet.jpg|thumb ...28 KB (4,327 words) - 00:39, 29 November 2023
- organization, set up in 1873, operates one of India's largest fleets ... a ferry service in the northern reaches of the city. The electricity division ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 23:07, 20 November 2023
- Examples in which white pigment, consisting of titanium oxide, is used, are ... forms and five naturally occurring isotopes of this element—46Ti through ...27 KB (3,874 words) - 03:49, 1 May 2023
- Positive psychology is a recent branch of psychology which emphasizes ... Researchers in this field analyze states of happiness, flow, values ...40 KB (5,742 words) - 16:04, 12 September 2023
- birds in the family have the common name of martin. While the name "martin ... used in a collective sense for all members of the family, including species ...25 KB (3,606 words) - 01:30, 28 May 2021
- boundaries and challenge the status quo cost him his position and acceptance ... The thesis of his work was that individuals live in terror of their ...20 KB (3,151 words) - 19:31, 13 February 2024
- often taking years and sometimes decades of careful preparation – including ... ) was born on June 13, 1935, in Gabrovo, Bulgaria, as the second of ...37 KB (5,196 words) - 21:40, 10 December 2023
- and is known as the "Father of Railways." The Victorians ... west of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was the second child of Robert and ...23 KB (3,591 words) - 00:40, 14 November 2022
- from its headwaters in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado south into Mexico ... Prior to the construction of major dams along its route, this river ...24 KB (3,618 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- to Australia. According to the Mercer cost of living survey, Sydney is Australia’s ... Intelligence Unit's Worldwide cost of living survey, Sydney is the ...33 KB (4,682 words) - 01:54, 27 February 2023
- was trusted and supported by the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia ... was soon aroused by the aggressive movements of the Federal government (President ...15 KB (2,251 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
- British Poor Laws were a body of laws designed during the Elizabethan ... sick, and infant poor, and the establishment of supportive work programs for ...17 KB (2,625 words) - 08:51, 24 November 2022
- in the twentieth century. When one side of a conflict participates in ... The threat of total devastation to the earth and humankind through ...24 KB (3,815 words) - 17:18, 4 November 2022
- Terraforming (literally, "Earth-shaping") of a planet, moon ... Based on experiences with Earth, the environment of a planet can be ...32 KB (4,766 words) - 14:58, 30 April 2023
- quot;) is a chemical compound consisting of large molecules, each of which ... Polymers form a large, diverse group of materials. Within each living ...26 KB (3,690 words) - 08:46, 24 November 2022
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther ... by many as the greatest American leader of the twentieth century. His ...17 KB (2,502 words) - 08:36, 10 March 2023
- to maintaining an online library and archive of Web and multimedia resources ... The IA makes the collections available at no cost to researchers, ...28 KB (4,060 words) - 10:40, 6 March 2024
- The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive ... For example, the works of William Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe ...28 KB (4,097 words) - 17:00, 2 January 2023
- and later as Jackie Onassis, was the wife of President John F. Kennedy, ... #039;s gallant courage during the tragedy of her husband's assassination ...21 KB (3,354 words) - 08:15, 18 March 2024
- [[Image:Skyscrapers of Shinjuku 2009 January.jpg|thumb|right|250 px ... crime, higher mortality rates, higher cost of living, worse pollution, more ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- the evolutionary approach to the study of economic institutions. His ... 30, 1857 in Cato, Wisconsin, into a family of Norwegian immigrants. His nephew ...16 KB (2,316 words) - 23:02, 30 April 2023
- ) or Madame Blavatsky, born Helena von Hahn, was a founder of the ... with the imperial project in India freed her of the obligation to value everything ...24 KB (3,559 words) - 13:46, 27 October 2022
- conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces ... which resulted in a humanitarian crisis of huge proportion. Images of ...31 KB (4,828 words) - 22:13, 28 November 2023
- means world conqueror), was the ruler of the Moghul Empire from 1658 ... he interpreted them—were the foundations of his reign. He backed up his ...35 KB (5,433 words) - 17:51, 22 August 2023
- or both, or generally to violate standards of ethical behavior. Government ... The history of competition law reaches back further than the Roman ...26 KB (3,912 words) - 06:41, 31 July 2023
- Amherst is a member of the Five Colleges consortium, which allows ... the town of Amherst to escape the high cost of living in Connecticut, was recruited ...16 KB (2,313 words) - 06:57, 25 July 2023
- #039;s body, such as the chitinous covering of a crab, the silica shells ... to such vertebrate structures as the shell of turtles and the hard covering ...22 KB (3,138 words) - 06:10, 13 September 2023
- having authored An Inquiry into the Cause of the Wealth of Nations (1776 ... however, his writings span a broad spectrum of topics ranging from astronomy ...16 KB (2,570 words) - 05:45, 15 June 2023
- substance that when introduced to the body of a living organism has a non ... treatment, cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease, pain, or other abnormal ...18 KB (2,517 words) - 21:12, 30 January 2024
- The Shakers are a Christian sect, an offshoot of the Religious Society ... dances and work ethic, as well as their eschewal of marriage. ...23 KB (3,664 words) - 10:17, 26 January 2023
- , established in 1945, is an agency of the United Nations. Its purpose ... and offices throughout the world. Most of the field offices are "cluster ...15 KB (2,159 words) - 01:23, 3 May 2023
- Eastern country situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest ... is the nation's comparably low-cost of living, and tax-free incentives ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- April 30, 1945) was the longtime companion of Adolf Hitler and briefly his wife. ... the German nation itself, conceived in terms of an abstract entity. In this ...16 KB (2,578 words) - 04:47, 23 March 2024
- was a prolific and popular American writer of the early nineteenth century ... but he successfully captured the spirit of "rugged individualism ...22 KB (3,344 words) - 01:33, 8 February 2023
- Industrialization (or industrialisation) is the period of social and ... markets for consumer goods and services of all kinds tend to expand and ...23 KB (3,165 words) - 17:35, 25 September 2021
- Karl Friedrich Benz, for whom an alternate French spelling of Carl ... and intended to be sold for a lower cost to encourage mass production ...26 KB (3,947 words) - 07:15, 5 October 2022
- The River Gambia flows through the center of the country and empties into ... Like its neighbor, The Gambia relies heavily on the export of groundnuts ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- Gustav von Schmoller (June 24, 1838 – June 27, 1917) was the leader ... and mathematical approaches to economics of Classical and Neoclassical ...28 KB (3,881 words) - 01:03, 27 July 2023
- ) is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel, often ... In the Bible, water-rich Beersheba was once the home of each of the ...24 KB (3,637 words) - 10:25, 26 September 2023
- Malta, officially Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated ... turbulent history. Situated in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it has ...35 KB (5,045 words) - 06:40, 5 November 2022
- 1961 - ) is a Colombian politician and one of the most outspoken and daring ... The daughter of Colombia's former ambassador to the United Nations ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before ... A divorce must be certified by a court of law, as a legal action is ...63 KB (9,390 words) - 15:32, 29 January 2024
- Windsor Castle, in Windsor in the English county of Berkshire, is ... and Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, it is one of the principal official residences ...30 KB (4,758 words) - 10:59, 15 May 2023
- was an American researcher in the fields of cognitive psychology, computer ... closer and more accurate representations of the full dimensions of human ...18 KB (2,630 words) - 09:55, 22 January 2024
- data, recipes, and articles on a number of topics including gardening ... Released the second Tuesday in September of the year prior to the ...19 KB (2,821 words) - 10:31, 11 March 2023
- up to World War I. The society laid many of the foundations of the Labour ... The Fabian Society represented the more evolutionist element of socialism ...17 KB (2,508 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- December 4, 1952) was a German psychoanalyst of Norwegian and Dutch descent ... on September 16, 1885 in the German city of Hamburg. Her father, Berndt ...26 KB (3,913 words) - 16:28, 15 November 2023
- small invertebrates are important members of the zooplankton, particularly ... As this taxonomic group advances in its individual need of growth ...32 KB (4,630 words) - 04:36, 4 March 2023
- is the Islamic rite of pilgrimage in Mecca, the city in Saudi Arabia ... It is the most overt demonstration of the solidarity of the Muslim ...29 KB (4,558 words) - 16:54, 21 January 2024
- other than the human species as bearers of rights. This means that animals ... The philosophy of animal rights has given rise to a socio-political ...32 KB (4,972 words) - 06:14, 28 July 2023
- The Partition of Ireland took place on May 3, 1921 under the Government ... problems, leaving minorities on both sides of the border. If the world is ...32 KB (4,882 words) - 18:46, 23 March 2023
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- a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company ... Carnegie's writings provide insight into his philosophy of successful ...35 KB (5,539 words) - 20:11, 26 July 2023
- The Young Turk Revolution of July 1908 reversed the suspension of ... by the Sultan in 1878. However, the process of replacing existing institutions ...19 KB (2,797 words) - 14:10, 28 November 2022
- the social behavior or the social relations of a society, community of people ... many other social sciences. Among many forms of creating social change are ...31 KB (4,566 words) - 15:00, 27 April 2023
- The Buddhas of Bamyan ( بت های باميان - but hay-e bamiyaan) were two monumental statues of standing Buddhas ...24 KB (3,495 words) - 18:33, 22 November 2023
- she changed the public's perception of people with disabilities. She ... true value comes from the height and depth of her mind. ...17 KB (2,745 words) - 08:35, 21 January 2024
- The Republic of Uganda, or Uganda, (usually pronounced yoo-GAN-duh ... Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a portion of the south of the country, including ...18 KB (2,666 words) - 23:11, 24 March 2024
- Male Circumcision is a surgical procedure that removes some or all ... it include that circumcision is a form of ritual sacrifice or offering ...30 KB (4,501 words) - 22:23, 10 December 2023
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- Anthony Trollope ( April 24, 1815 – December 6, 1882 ) became one ... Baretshire is focused on the inner workings of an imaginary cathedral ...17 KB (2,461 words) - 05:26, 31 July 2023
- Hubei province, central China, downstream of the Three Gorges. The world ... the Three Gorges Dam generates 95±20 TWh of electricity per year ...109 KB (14,087 words) - 23:55, 3 February 2024
- The Great Turkish War refers to a series of conflicts between the ... Some see the subsequent decline and fall of the Ottomans in terms ...18 KB (2,776 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- Qinghai is a province of the People's Republic of China located ... Qinghai, a province remote to the centers of power in China and newly ...18 KB (2,519 words) - 04:02, 7 December 2022
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- pioneered important concepts in the fields of cell biology and microbial ... The endosymbiotic theory concerns the origins of mitochondria and ...19 KB (2,756 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- Copenhagen, the capital and largest city of Denmark, is located on ... " in the tenth century the city of Copenhagen was officially founded ...28 KB (4,058 words) - 02:55, 8 January 2024
- Oslo is the capital and largest city of Norway. It is also a municipality ... tenth according to the Worldwide Cost of Living Survey provided by Mercer ...29 KB (4,349 words) - 04:40, 18 November 2022
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- observations in Africa challenged attitudes of racial superiority and provoked ... at a time when women were thought incapable of doing what men did. Her achievements ...29 KB (4,571 words) - 16:02, 7 November 2022
- 1924 - February 4, 2020) was the President of Kenya from 1978 until 2002 ... he claimed, a distinctive African tradition of leadership. He claimed to be ...24 KB (3,582 words) - 06:24, 15 January 2023
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- [[Image:Costumes of Slaves or Serfs from the Sixth to the Twelfth ... Serfdom is the socio-economic status of unfree peasants under feudalism ...31 KB (4,884 words) - 09:56, 26 January 2023
- [[Image:British Museum from NE.JPG|thumb|300 px|Main entrance of the ... The British Museum in London, England, is one of the world's ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
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- in his writings, particularly the absurdity of existence in a brutal and apparently ... Though Camus’ work is often associated with that of another important ...25 KB (3,796 words) - 04:59, 17 June 2023
- Saint Ignatius of Loyola, also known as Ignacio (Íñigo) López de ... the hierarchical Church was in dire need of reform, and some of their greatest ...26 KB (4,095 words) - 19:47, 22 December 2022
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- Hoover Dam is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon of the ... Elwood Mead who oversaw the construction of the dam. Listed on the National ...19 KB (3,049 words) - 13:41, 2 February 2024
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- thanatos, "death") is the practice of terminating the life of a human ... Of related note is the fact that suicide, or attempted suicide, is ...39 KB (6,081 words) - 04:44, 23 March 2024
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- Intellectual property (IP) refers to the intangible creations of the ... The main purpose of intellectual property law is to encourage the ...48 KB (6,876 words) - 22:55, 5 February 2023
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- The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815, was Napoleon Bonaparte ... armies to oppose him. The principal armies of Napoleon's opponents were ...52 KB (8,210 words) - 01:42, 26 September 2023
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- The Comoros (officially the Union of the Comoros) is an island nation ... as a nation formed at the crossroads of many civilizations. It has ...32 KB (4,718 words) - 17:40, 9 March 2024
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- novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Brontë literary family. The daughter of a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England, Anne ...38 KB (6,119 words) - 06:49, 28 July 2023
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- , the legendary gypsy jazz guitarist, is one of the most innovational European ... Born into and raised along the caravan trail traveled by a tribe of ...19 KB (3,034 words) - 16:27, 29 January 2024
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- Sodium (chemical symbol Na, atomic number 11) is a member of a group ... lamps provide bright illumination at low cost. An alloy of sodium and potassium ...21 KB (3,204 words) - 21:54, 30 January 2023
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- healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of health via the prevention, ... Health care is a vital aspect of human society. Through the health ...26 KB (3,556 words) - 15:09, 25 January 2023
- “The Sea Around Us”, and “The Edge of the Sea” were immense successes ... our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe around us, the ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted ... War choked off the Great Society. While some of the programs have been eliminated ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
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- The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Germany and its Allies ... defeats during the summer and autumn of 1941, Soviet forces counter ...43 KB (6,775 words) - 01:36, 26 September 2023
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- Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country ... quot; was applied to the Ndebele territory of Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was then ...31 KB (4,520 words) - 05:42, 13 June 2023
- Manitoba is one of Canada's 10 provinces; it is the easternmost ... Winnipeg is ranked as the third lowest cost of living city in the North American ...41 KB (6,242 words) - 11:07, 9 March 2023
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- Omar Nelson Bradley KCB (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was ... Bradley was the first official Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...24 KB (3,509 words) - 00:36, 18 November 2022
- in Hertfordshire and became the founder of the diamond company De Beers ... Africa's natural resources, proceeds of which founded the Rhodes Scholarship ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 20:13, 4 January 2024
- Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the Caribbean ... social, and economic problems. As a result of mismanagement, very few natural ...32 KB (4,700 words) - 19:05, 27 April 2024
- in the late twelfth century as the Poor Men of Lyons, a band organized by ... Today, there are several active congregations of Waldensians in Europe ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- A famine is a phenomenon in which a large percentage of the population ... and social development. In spite of the much greater technological ...36 KB (5,441 words) - 00:40, 25 March 2024
- David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (January ... . The same year, he introduced National Insurance to cover the cost ...46 KB (7,168 words) - 08:06, 28 January 2024
- died in Adyar, India where she was President of the Theosophical Society from ... satisfied if I could have touched the hem of [her] garment" ...34 KB (5,469 words) - 04:59, 31 July 2023
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