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Consumer Fraud Complaints by Category, 2008
Learn the top 20 consumer fraud complaints as of 2008. Identity theft tops the list, with 26% of all fraud compaints, filed by 1,223,370 people that year. Protect yourself from identity theft by…Top Magazine Advertising Categories 2007
Rank Category 2007 spending Change vs. 2006 1. Drugs & Remedies $2,584,622,229 9.3 2. Toiletries & Cosmetics 2,…Top Magazine Advertising Categories 2006
Rank Category 2006 spending Change vs. 2005 1. Drugs & Remedies $2,407,753,578 8.4 2. Toiletries & Cosmetics 2,289,465,032 9.5 3. Automotive 2,…Online Spending by Product Category, 2005
CategoryQ1 2005 spending(millions)1.Travel$15,0402.Computer /peripherals/PDAs5,5993.Apparel & accessories2,5884.Office supplies1,7835.Consumer packaged goods1,1826.Consumer electronics (…history painting
(Encyclopedia) history painting, the painting of scenes from classical and Christian history and mythology. It was taught in the academies of art, from the Renaissance to the 19th cent., as the…nuisance
(Encyclopedia) nuisance, in law, an act that, without legal justification, interferes with safety, comfort, or the use of property. A private nuisance (e.g., erecting a wall that shuts off a neighbor…English springer spaniel
(Encyclopedia) English springer spaniel, breed of medium-sized sporting dog developed in England from the broader and very old category of “springing spaniels” that produced many of the present-day…Rosch, Eleanor
(Encyclopedia) Rosch, Eleanor, 1938–, American psychologist, Ph.D. Harvard, 1969. In a series of experiments in the 1970s, Rosch demonstrated that when people label an everday object or experience,…school of Paris
(Encyclopedia) school of Paris. The center of international art until after World War II, Paris was a mecca for artists who flocked there to participate in the most advanced aesthetic currents of…Minority Oscar Winners in Major Acting Categories
In 2016, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences failed for a second consecutive year to nominate any African-American actors in the major acting categories, prompting director Spike Lee…