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Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 1950–2011
Find the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers based on U.S. city average, by expenditure category. /**/ Group 2011…Consumer Price Indexes for All Items for Selected Countries, 1997
(1990 = 100) Country Index Australia 116.4 Austria 121.0 Canada 115.3 Chile 217.8 Czech Republic 297.9 Denmark 115.1 Egypt 200.4 Finland 114.0 France…cartel
(Encyclopedia) cartelcartelkärtĕlˈ [key], national or international organization of manufacturers or traders allied by agreement to fix prices, limit supply, divide markets, or to fix quotas for…Mutharika, Bingu wa
(Encyclopedia) Mutharika, Bingu waMutharika, Bingu wabēngˈg&oomacr; wä m&oomacr;täˈrēkä [key], 1934–2012, Malawian economist and political leader, b. Nyasaland (now Malawi) as Brightson…Neuharth, Al
(Encyclopedia) Neuharth, Al (Allen Harold Neuharth), 1924–2013, American media executive, b. Eureka, S.Dak., grad. Univ. of South Dakota (1950). In 1954 he began working as a reporter for The Miami…Dinesen, Isak
(Encyclopedia) Dinesen, IsakDinesen, Isakēˈsäk dēˈnəsən [key], pseud. of Baroness Karen Blixen, 1885–1962, Danish author, who wrote primarily in English. In 1914 she married Baron Blixen and went to…Ebbers, Bernie
(Encyclopedia) Ebbers, Bernie (Bernard John Ebbers), 1941–, American business executive and white-collar criminal, b. Edmonton, Alta, grad. Mississippi College (1967). After running a small motel…antique
(Encyclopedia) antique. The term has been used collectively to designate classical Greek and Roman works of art, particularly sculptures; as an adjective to indicate an object, a period, or a style…enragés
(Encyclopedia) enragésenragésäNräzhāˈ [key], term applied to a small group of Parisian radical extremists in the French Revolution. Rising prices and food shortages provoked them in Feb.–Mar., 1793,…Waite, Morrison Remick
(Encyclopedia) Waite, Morrison RemickWaite, Morrison Remickwāt [key], 1816–88, American jurist, 7th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1874–88), b. Lyme, Conn. Admitted to the bar in 1839, he…Trending
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