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Ratio of Estimated Female to Male Earned Income, by Country 2008
Highest female to male ratio Lowest female to male ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Kenya 0.83 Papua New Guinea 0.72 Saudi Arabia…Pendergast, Thomas Joseph
(Encyclopedia) Pendergast, Thomas Joseph, 1872–1945, American political boss, b. St. Joseph, Mo. After holding minor political offices (1899–1910) in Kansas City, Mo., he became the acknowledged…bed and breakfast
(Encyclopedia) bed and breakfast (B&B or BnB), small business that offers guests rooms and breakfast, usually in a private home or apartment. In a B&B, service and meal preparation is…Wirral
(Encyclopedia) Wirral, metropolitan borough (1991 est. pop. 322,100), NW England, on the peninsula between the Mersey and Dee estuaries, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. Sometimes…Sloan, Alfred Pritchard, Jr.
(Encyclopedia) Sloan, Alfred Pritchard, Jr., 1875–1966, American businessman and philanthropist, b. New Haven, Conn., grad. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1895. He began his career as a…absentee ownership
(Encyclopedia) absentee ownership, system under which a person (or a corporation) controls and derives income from land in a region where he does not reside. Abuses existed in absenteeism in pre-…Oberammergau
(Encyclopedia) OberammergauOberammergauōˌbərämˈərgou [key], town (1994 pop. 5,343), Bavaria, S Germany, in the Bavarian Alps. It has been a noted center of woodcarving since the 12th cent.…McKenna, Reginald
(Encyclopedia) McKenna, Reginald, 1863–1943, British politician and banker. Elected to Parliament as a Liberal in 1895, he entered the cabinet as president of the board of education in 1907. As first…Colquhoun, Patrick
(Encyclopedia) Colquhoun, PatrickColquhoun, Patrickkōh&oomacr;nˈ [key], 1745–1820, British economist and statistician, b. Scotland. Active in civic affairs in Glasgow (where he founded the…capital levy
(Encyclopedia) capital levy, form of taxation by which the government takes part of the capital of any person or business, as distinguished from a tax on personal or business income. It is usually…Trending
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