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Measuring Global Poverty
Traditionally, poverty has been measured by the lack of a minimum income (or consumption level) necessary to meet basic needs. Measuring poverty on a global scale requires establishing a…State of the Union Address: George W. Bush (February 2nd, 2005)
George W. Bush (February 2nd, 2005) Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, Members of Congress, fellow citizens: As a new Congress gathers, all of us in the elected branches of government share a great…Quetzalcoatl: Aztec Myths and Myths About the Aztecs
The People of the Sun and the Feathered Serpent Quetzalcoatl, the feathered serpent god of the Aztecs, is recognized the world over in art and media. The god himself or monsters with his likeness…Elva Roscoe KENDALL, Congress, KY (1893-1968)
KENDALL Elva Roscoe , a Representative from Kentucky; born near Carlisle, Nicholas County, Ky., February 14, 1893; attended the public schools, the Young Men's Christian Association School of…Walt Whitman: To Think of Time, Part 5
Part 5The markets, the government, the working-man's wages, to think what account they are through our nights and days, To think that other working-men will make just as great account of…Brewer's: Wight
(Isle of) means probably channel island. (Celtic gwy, water; gwyth, the channel.) The inhabitants used to be called Uuhtii or Gwythii, the…On the Issues
How Gore and Bush stack up on education, foreign policy, health care, taxes, and social security by Beth Rowen This article was posted in September 2002. With only weeks to go…Lewis & Clark: Index
by NoahBrooks The End of a Long JourneyIndex A Alkali, natural deposits of, 60. Antelope, first seen, 29; how hunted, 69. Assiniboins, at war with Sioux, 49…Guy Jacob SWOPE, Congress, PA (1892-1969)
SWOPE Guy Jacob , a Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Meckville, Berks County, Pa., December 26, 1892; attended the public schools, Keystone State Teachers College, Kutztown, Pa., and…Coleridge: Kubla Khan, Notes
ChristabelFrance: an OdeKubla Khan Kubla Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, was a Mongolian conqueror who stretched his empire from European Russia to the eastern shores of China in the…Trending
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