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Life, Death And Gold: Remembering The Panic Of 1857

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The New York branch of the Cincinnati-based Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company failed in late August 1857, felled by an embezzlement scandal. Reports of financial instability in New York quickly carried between cities by the new telecommunications medium, the telegraph , which spread more fear than information.

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No Logical Relation Between Employment And Health Care: Kenneth Arrow

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Born in New York City in 1921, at 51, Mr. Arrow was the youngest person ever to receive the award. Cara Wick started her banking career in 2001. from Williams College and an MBA from the University of Iowa. by Cara Wick, President of Wick Financial. Image credit: Biography.com ]. Cara holds a B.A

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Which Are More Legible: Serif or Sans Serif Typefaces?

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2001 ; Tullis et al., 2000-2001 , Tullis et al., Although studies of screen reading show no difference between reading from screen and from paper ( Dillon, 1992 ; Bernard, 2001 ), there could be some validity to this argument. However, this has not been borne out by recent evidence ( Bernard, 2001 , Boyarski et al.,