Supporters of tax breaks that local governments award to businesses each year to prevent them from moving consider them vital economic development tools while critics denounce the tax breaks as corporate welfare that helps some localities but weakens the national economy.
Agatha Christie's travels with her archaeologist husband inspired her to write several mystery novels; travelers to Egypt can still stay at the Old Cataract Hotel, the model for the hotel inone of Christie's most famous books.
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The United States Navy announced that, beginning next year, they plan to close several of their bases in order to reduce operating expenses.
Created in 1731, Anders Celsius’ original thermometer had a scale where the value of 0corresponded to the boiling point of water; after he died in 1744 the scale was reversed to itspresent form.
The lawyers for the patent holder pressed the federal judge to impose an injunction againstthe hardware manufacturer, arguing that they should take immediate action in order toprevent further economic damages against their client.
In the small, closed Bedouin world, in which secrets are hard to keep, there is the danger ofstigmatizing a carrier and their families, subsequently lowering their chances for marriageshould word get out that a genetic disease runs in her family.
Used by many natural history museum curators in the preparation of animal skeletons fordisplay, dermestid beetles feed on the decaying flesh of animal carcasses, pulling with itsmouthparts to strip the bone of any residual fat or muscle tissue.
Named for the capital of Belgium, Brussels sprouts, which at its fullest growth scarcelyexceeds a large walnut in size, are immature buds shaped like tiny cabbages.
In their most recent press release, the new management stated that they plan to expand into the global software market via a series of acquisitions in Asia and Latin America.
Although Moliere's satirical play Tartuffe was condemned by his contemporaries, he is nowconsidered the writer of one of the most famous French plays of all time.
The artwork of Vincent Van Gogh, mostly paintings executed in bright colors with loose,expressive brushstrokes and drawings done in pen and ink, will be shown for the first time inminor museums where they can be appreciated by people who a trip to a major city may betoo expensive for.
One of the important functions of the United Nations is to decide if they should recognize thelegitimacy of a new government that assumed power through violence.
Last year, the State Assembly failed to pass a balanced budget because they could not agree on certain key provisions.
Though once powerful political forces, labor unions have lost much of their influence, which has resulted in a political climate that some analysts claim to favor management.
Law firms and other professional services groups, academic institutions, and research divisionsoften have informal talent marketplaces where senior employees strive to identify the bestemployees junior to them and the junior employees compete for the assignments that theyfind most attractive.
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