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... diversity in the nineteenth century 179 southern africa During the early nineteenth century the African peoples of southern Africa used two strategies in attempting to overcome segmentation and create ... decen- tralisation was accentuated by the separate jihads that had brought local emi- rates into being and by the continuation of warfare on the borders throughout the nineteenth century. Yet ... himself’. 11 The western savanna also experienced two jihads during the nineteenth century, but they created less stability. The first, in 1818, was in the internal delta of the Niger, hitherto controlled...

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... that the pensions of the members of the Growing from Crises. The Portuguese Saving Bank Montepio Geral in the nineteenth- century Introduction We started in the last fall a doctoral thesis ... habits? The dilemma was whether to increase incentives to large depositors in the CEMG and invest in the booming market, running the risk of illiquidity, or to persist in the policy of favoring ... noted also that the depositors had no interference in the administration of the caixa. At best, as stated in the regulations of the CEMG, the depositors who were also members of the Montepio...

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... While the 1850s was a decade of crisis for the savings bank movement in the U.K., it was a crucial decade in their spread on the other side of the Atlantic. In New York City the Bank for Savings ... banks were located in New England and in the Middle Atlantic states: vast swathes of the west and south still contained none. 14 As in the U.K. the promoters of the new savings banks tended ... the fore in establishing and running banks in the New World setting than in the Old. Even when—as in the case of the EISB—clergymen were instrumental in a bank’s foundation, they tended to keep...

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... question of losing and winning.’ 46 The portrayal of Petronella in a dramatic scene and her reported speech given at the council are illuminating. Her advice is poor, since the battle that she urges, ... definition in the twelfth cen- tury, and the origination of a new language to effect this. 5 The roots of this new attention to the language which articulated queenly power, innovated in the writings ... portrayal  23  Lincoln in 1217 was a significant factor in turning the tide of events in favour of King John. According to a later tradition recorded at the local shire court, after the death of Gerard...

Ngày tải lên: 14/02/2014, 20:20

... as stated in its 2004 court filing, “Plaintiff Costco Corporation, brings this action to promote competition in the sale of wine and beer in the State of Wash- ington. Costco seeks to create lower ... connection with the process of ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment, or with the contribution of information infused into the crafting of regulatory systems that was extended by a singular forward-looking ... efforts of Congress during the Summer of 1935, which I was able to monitor in Washington D.C., was directed at hearings and debates over what became the Federal Alcohol Administration Act of August...

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... cooperative strategies, but they exact a price the cost of coordi- nation. In fact, coordination costs may be obstacles to organizing cooperative strategies in the first place. Thus, lowering coordination ... [USGS]) was charged with monitoring, among other things, the salinity level in private wells; this arrangement lowered the coordi- nation costs to make it possible for the many water users in Southern ... they trust that others will do the same, producing greater benefits for everyone. He also points to the striking positive correlation between group communication and coop- eration, noting that,...

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... of being lost.[20] While the treasure of the King of Spain was being transferred to the galleons in the harbour, the merchants were making their trade. There was little liberty, however, in commercial ... of these mistaken economic theories. Owing to the lack of workmen, the increase of imposts, and the prejudice against the mechanic arts, industry was being ruined; while the increased depopulation ... completed in ten or twelve. At the beginning of the eighteenth century the volume of business transacted was estimated to amount to thirty or forty million pounds sterling.[21] In view of the prevailing...

Ngày tải lên: 21/02/2014, 14:20

... to the recommended childhood schedule. In diagnosing the problems facing the vaccine financing system, the Insti- tute of Medicine’s Committee on the Evaluation of Vaccine Purchase Financing in ... care setting. Assuring access and sustaining incentives that contribute to the availability of safe and effective vaccines are the twin goals that must guide vaccine finance strategies in the 21st century. ... funding agencies. Library of Congress Cataloging -in- Publication Data Financing vaccines in the 21st century : assuring access and availability / Committee on the Evaluation of Vaccine Purchase Financing...

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... somewhat, such con- siderations will diminish and more structural issues will assert them- selves in Russian- Chinese relations. In particular, the growing Chinese migration to and influence in the ... Force Strategic Sourcing Program 408 Outsourcing 408 Privatization 409 Gain Sharing 410 Innovative Contracting 411 Reengineering 412 Summary 412 Pursuing Strategic Sourcing and Supply-Chain Alignment ... encompassing apparently contradictory undertak- ings: eliminating the U.S. nuclear arsenal in keeping with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty yet, at the same time, espousing continued adherence...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20

... imposing. The King called again on the nation, and again the nation answered. In England altogether there were 150,000 men in arms in field or garrison. In the King's fleet at Portsmouth there ... vessel they learnt that the harbour at St. Domingo was formed, like so many others in the West Indies, by a long sandspit, acting as a natural breakwater. The entrance was a narrow inlet at the ... were killed; the rest were seen flinging themselves into the water and swimming off to the ships. At the same instant the guns of the galleons and of the shore batteries opened fire on the Jesus...

Ngày tải lên: 08/03/2014, 18:20

... which in ancient times would have been the most inflammatory of insults, essentially an invitation to single combat. But Romney was utterly unfazed and did not bother responding at all. At the same ... the sake of the common good. In the increasingly diverse society of the 20 th century, ideas of what constituted the common good splintered. And with that splintering came uncertainty about who ... argue that it’s actually what holds men back from discovering their manhood. For example, the Mankind Project, which holds weekend retreats with the goal of initiating men into manhood, argues that the...

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... monitoring, tracking, third-party validation, and dissemination. There is an inevitable conflict of interest in the voluntary programs, and that may be putting some limitations on the products of these ... with the National Academy of Sciences the responsibility for advising the federal government. The National Academy of Engineering also sponsors engineering programs aimed at meeting national ... by the National Academy of Sciences to secure the services of eminent members of appropriate professions in the examina- tion of policy matters pertaining to the health of the public. The Institute...

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... the battle of Bennington, and who for twelve years was a member of the United States Senate and was present as President pro tempore of that body at the first inauguration of Washington. Another ... in London and that George Astor, an elder brother of John Jacob Astor, was associated with the latter in their sale. Indeed, one of them, formerly owned by the Clinton family and now in Washington's ... childhood is that of hearing my three maiden aunts, my father's sisters, playing in turn the inspiring Scotch airs upon the Astor piano that stood in their drawing-room. One of their songs was especially...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 01:20

... directly in point: (1) the quotations from the Old Testament in the New; (2) the quotations from the Old Testament in the same early writers whose quotations from the New Testament are the point in ... often in the works of that writer than in all the rest of the New Testament put together. In narrating the institution of the Lord's Supper Justin has the clause which is found only in St. ... present form. In these cases therefore it is possible that when Justin has a detail that is found in St. Matthew and wanting in St. Luke, or found in St. Luke and wanting in St. Matthew, he is...

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