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The Top Ten: World's Worst Dictators, 2006
World's Worst Dictators, 2006 Name Country In Power Since 1. Omar al-Bashir Sudan 1989 2.…Estimated Deaths from Earthquakes, 2005
Date Region Magnitude Number killed Jan. 23 Sulawesi, Indonesia 6.2 1 Jan. 25 Turkey-Iraq Border Region 5.9 2 Feb. 2 Java, Indonesia 4.8 1 Feb. 5…Ratio of Estimated Female to Male Earned Income, by Country 2008
Highest female to male ratio Lowest female to male ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Kenya 0.83 Papua New Guinea 0.72 Saudi Arabia…Freedom in the World, 2014
Since 1972, Freedom House has published Freedom in the World, an annual comparative assessment of the state of political rights and civil liberties around the world, which uses a ranking system of 1–…Gap Between Rich and Poor: World Income Inequality in 2002
Percentage share of income (poorest and richest 20% of population) See also: Current World Income Inequality Statistics To understand how many inhabitants of a country are poor, it is not enough…Poems by Emily Dickinson (Third Series): Saturday Afternoon
by EmilyDickinsonI Had a Guinea GoldenXXISaturday Afternoon Saturday Afternoon From all the jails the boys and girls Ecstatically leap, — Beloved, only afternoon That prison doesn't…A. E. Housman: When I was one-and-twenty
When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, "Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free." But I was one-and-…Karl Shapiro 2000 Deaths
Karl ShapiroAge: 86 Pulitzer Prize–winning iconoclast poet who gained fervent acclaim for V-Letter and Other Poems and Essay on Rime, which he wrote as a soldier in New Guinea during World…John P. Henebry Biography
pilotDied: Sept. 30, 2007 (Evanston, Illinois) Best Known as: pilot of low-level bombing missions Innovative combat pilot who played a leading role in Army…Latin Abbreviations
The Question: Can the abbreviations i.e. and e.g. be used interchangably? If not, why not? I have always used them to mean "as an example," or "for example". The Answer: Thanks for e-mailing…Trending
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