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Vanuatu Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Vanuatu Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Vanuatu Relations GEOGRAPHYVanuatu is a 'Y'…

Know Your Telemarketing Rights

Source: Federal Trade Commission. Web: www.ftc.gov. In its publication “Ditch the Pitch: Hanging Up on Telephone Hucksters,” the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) outlines your rights in dealing with…

Dee Ward Hock Biography

Dee Ward Hockfinancial services pioneerBorn: 1930Birthplace: Utah Lack of a formal education did not prevent Hock from foreseeing the future of financial services, where he catapulted his own…

Robert Calvi Biography

Robert Calvi(Gian Roberto Calvini)banker, financierBorn: 1920Birthplace: Milan, Italy Having worked his way up through Banco Ambrosiano, he became its chairman in 1975. A Bank of Italy…

William Fiero RUSSELL, Congress, NY (1812-1896)

RUSSELL William Fiero , a Representative from New York; born in Saugerties, Ulster County, N.Y., January 14, 1812; completed preparatory studies; engaged in mercantile pursuits and banking;…

The Journals of Lewis & Clark: April 20, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark April 19, 1805April 21, 1805April 20, 1805 Saturday April 20th 1805. The wind continued to blow tolerably hard this morning but by no means as…

Cloudsplitter

Author:Russell BanksPublisher:Harper Flamingo Banks's ambitious portrait of abolitionist John Brown, whose famed (and failed) attempt to liberate slaves in the 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry…