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  • 61Ardoch Algonquin First Nation — Ardoch Algonguin First Nation is a non status Algonquin (Anishinaabe) community that is located around the Madawaska, Mississippi and Rideau watersheds, north of Kingston, Ontario HistoryIn 1844, land was reserved for their use at Bob s Lake,… …

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  • 62it is the first step that is difficult — The proverb has various forms. The story to which the French saying alludes is referred to in quot. 1979. Cf. Fr. ce n’est que le premier pas qui coûte, it is only the first step that costs. c 1596 A. MUNDAY et al. Sir Thomas More 11 Would I were …

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  • 63History of video game consoles (first generation) — The first generation of video game consoles lasted from 1972 until 1977.Interactive televisionTelevision engineer Ralph Baer conceived the idea of an interactive television while building a television set from scratch for Loral in 1951 in Bronx,… …

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  • 64last-in, first-out — last′ in′, first′ out′ n. 1) bus a method of handling inventory costs at the price of the earliest items, assuming that items purchased last will be sold first Abbr.: LIFO Compare first in, first out 1) 2) cmp LIFO • Etymology: 1935–40 …

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  • 65Consumer First Energy Act of 2008 — The Consumer First Energy Act of 2008[1] is a set of initiatives laid out by the US Democratic Party on Wednesday May 7, 2008. The plan was first mentioned by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on April 27, 2006.[citation needed] The initiative has been… …

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  • 66last-in first-out — LIFO An inventory valuation method that assumes inventory is consumed (or sold) in the reverse order in which it is purchased (or manufactured). LIFO methodology, which allocates the most recent inventory costs to *cost of sales, is not… …

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  • 67next-in first-out — NIFO An inventory valuation method that allocates replacement or *current costs to *cost of sales. NIFO is unacceptable under most forms of *Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, though it may be a valuable costing technique in times of high… …

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  • 68Relative costs of American wars — The relative costs of American wars has varried greatly from conflict to conflict.Total human lossesThe total estimated human loss of American life in all of its wars combined is roughly 1.3 million people, that is including those who died from… …

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  • 69party and party costs — noun an award granted by a court in a legal proceeding to one party requiring another party to pay an amount of the first partys legal costs, excluding lawyer fees …

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  • 70last-in, first-out — /last in , ferrst owt , lahst / 1. an inventory plan based on the assumption that materials constituting manufacturing costs should be carried on the books at the market price of the last lot received. Abbr.: LIFO Cf. first in, first out. 2.… …

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