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Brutus II

Brutus II1 November 1787by BrutusTo the Citizens of the State of New-York.I flatter myself that my last address established this position, that to reduce the Thirteen States into one…

Crime

Below is a list of crime statistics in the United States, which includes total arrests, number of persons executed, hate crime and murder victims, law enforcement…

Brewer's: Advowson

Advow′son means the right of appointing the incumbent of a church or ecclesiastical benefice. In mediæval times the “advocacy” or patronage of bishoprics and abbeys was frequently in the…

Geometry: The Importance of Being Direct

The Importance of Being DirectGeometryTaking the Burden out of ProofsThe Law of DetachmentThe Importance of Being DirectProof by Contradiction: The Advantage of Being IndirectThe Given Information:…

Glossary of Chemical Terms - M

MA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z macromolecule Name given to a very large, and in most cases biologically important molecule.Molar mass certain to be in the thousands of grams, at…

The Congress of Women: Woman as an Investor

by Mrs. Louise A. Starkweather The Progress of Fifty YearsThe Feast of Columbia, 1493-1893.Woman as an Investor Mrs. Louise A. Starkweather is a native of West Virginia. She was born March…

Marjorie Scardino Biography

Marjorie Scardinobusiness executiveBorn: 1947 Birthplace: Flagstaff, Arizona After growing up Texarkana, Tex., where she participated in rodeos as a teenager, Marjorie Morris earned a BA in…

U.S. Voting Rights

  When the Constitution was written, only white male property owners (about 10 to 16 percent of the nation's population) had the vote. Over the past two centuries, though, the term "government by…