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Extended Mass Layoff Events and Number of Workers Laid Off by Industry, 2004–2006
Industry Number of mass layoffs Number of workers laid off 2004 2005 2006 2004 2005 2006…Joel Thomas BROYHILL, Congress, VA (1919-2006)
BROYHILL Joel Thomas , a Representative from Virginia; born in Hopewell, Prince George County, Va., November 4, 1919; attended the public schools, Fork Union Military Academy, Fork Union, Va., and…America's Most Endangered Places 2009
Mount Taylor in Grants, New Mexico is among American sites most at risk by Elizabeth Olson America's Most Endangered Places America's Most Endangered Places 2007America's Most Endangered Places…Austin
(Encyclopedia) Austin. 1 City, seat of Mower co., SE Minn., on the Cedar River, near the Iowa line; inc. 1868. The commercial and industrial center of a rich farm region, it is noted as…Slim Helú, Carlos
(Encyclopedia) Slim Helú, CarlosSlim Helú, Carloscärˈlōs slēm hēl&oomacr;ˈ [key], 1940–, Mexican business executive. The son of a Lebanese Maronite immigrant who became a successful merchant and…Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
(Encyclopedia) Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), specialized agency of the United Nations. Formed in 1988, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., it is a member of the World Bank Group…South Korea Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note South KoreaChogye temple, Seoul, South Korea, May 5, 2006. [© AP Images] PROFILEOFFICIAL NAME:Republic of KoreaGeographyArea: 98,477 sq. km. (38,022 sq. mi…State of the Union Address: Calvin Coolidge (December 8, 1925)
Calvin Coolidge (December 8, 1925) Members of the Congress: In meeting the constitutional requirement of informing the Congress upon the state of the Union, it is exceedingly gratifying to report…State of the Union Address: Harry S. Truman (January 5, 1949)
Harry S. Truman (January 5, 1949) Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Congress: I am happy to report to this 81st Congress that the state of the Union is good. Our Nation is better able than…Columbia, river, Canada and the United States
(Encyclopedia) Columbia, river, c.1,210 mi (1,950 km) long, rising in Columbia Lake, SE British Columbia, Canada. It flows first NW in the Rocky Mt. Trench, then hooks sharply about the Selkirk Mts.…