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The Question: Why does the US keep introducing dollar coins even though nobody seems to use them? The Answer: It does seem pointless at first…Million-Dollar Math Problem
—By Borgna Brunner After a seven-year, three-billion-mile expedition through the solar system, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft capsule landed in the Arizona desert on Jan. 15, 2006, with an…Susan B. Anthony Dollar
Library of Congress Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) is the first woman to appear on U.S. coinage. Anthony worked for nearly 70 years to bring suffrage (the right to vote) to women in the…X Prize Foundation
(Encyclopedia) X Prize Foundation, private, nonprofit prize institute est. 1995 by commercial space entrepreneur Peter Diamandis. Based in Santa Monica, Calif., and funded by foundations and private…Schuller, Robert Harold
(Encyclopedia) Schuller, Robert Harold, 1926–2015, American Protestant minister and television evangelist, b. Alton, Iowa. Schuller gained attention (1955) when he used a drive-in theater to preach…Top NYSE Stocks by Dollar Value
2005rankIssue (symbol)2005 dollar value(in millions)1.Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM)$110,500.52.Citigroup, Inc. (C) 77,714.83.Pfizer, Inc. (PFE) 76,547.14.General Electric Co. (GE) 73,185.35.…International Finance: The Dollar and the U.S. Economy
The Dollar and the U.S. EconomyInternational FinanceIntroductionAbout Foreign ExchangeEffect on Imports, Exports, and GDPTrade Deficits: Bad or Good?The International Monetary SystemThe Dollar and…Jáchymov
(Encyclopedia) JáchymovJáchymovyäˈkhĭmôf [key], Ger. Joachimsthal, town, NW Czech Republic, in Bohemia, in the Erzgebirge [ore mountains]. The productivity of its uranium mines, once extensive, has…HICKEL, WALTER JOSEPH
(Encyclopedia) Hickel, Walter Joseph, 1919–2010, U.S. secretary of the interior (1969–70), b. Claflin, Kan. After moving to Alaska in 1940, he founded (1947) a construction company and built it into…Stevenson, Teófilo
(Encyclopedia) Stevenson, Teófilo, 1952–2012, Cuban heavyweight boxer, b. Puerto Padre. One of the greatest amateur boxers ever to enter the ring, he won gold medals at the Munich (1972), Montreal (…Trending
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