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The Journals of Lewis & Clark: August 26, 1805

by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark August 25, 1805August 27, 1805August 26, 1805 Monday August 26th 1805. This morning was excessively cold; there was ice on the vessels of water…

International Finance: About Foreign Exchange

About Foreign ExchangeInternational FinanceIntroductionAbout Foreign ExchangeEffect on Imports, Exports, and GDPTrade Deficits: Bad or Good?The International Monetary SystemThe Dollar and the U.S.…

Jack Abramoff, 2006 News

high-powered Republican lobbyist, made a deal with federal prosecutors in January to plead guilty to fraud, public corruption, and tax evasion—all felonies—and to testify against politicians…

The Devil's Dictionary: Dog

by Ambrose Bierce DIVINATIONDRAGOONDOG -n. A kind of additional or subsidiary Deity designed to catch the overflow and surplus of the world's worship. This Divine Being in some of his…

Wynton Marsalis

The Midnight Blues — Standard Time Volume 5 Columbia This moody, ambitious album finds Marsalis reaching new musical heights — and lows. On tracks like “The Party's Over” and “I Got Lost in Her…

Trouble with Normal

ABCFriday 8:30–9:00 p.m. Cast:Jon Cryer, David Krumholtz, Brad Raider, Paget Brewster, Larry Campbell The underlying premise of the Trouble with Normal is that in a high-tech age, we have…

Sanjay Kumar Biography

Sanjay Kumarcomputer software executiveBorn: 1962 Birthplace: Colombo, Sri Lanka Kumar moved to the United States from Sri Lanka with his family when he was 14. He eventually became director…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Contract

by EmilyDickinsonIIIThe LetterThe Contract The Contract I gave myself to him, And took himself for pay. The solemn contract of a life Was ratified this way. The wealth might disappoint,…