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51Rent control — refers to laws or ordinances that set price controls on the renting of residential housing. It functions as a price ceiling.History of rent controls in AmericaIn the United States during World War I, rents were controlled through the efforts of… …
52mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …
53John Locke — Infobox Philosopher region = Western Philosophers era = 17th century philosophy (Modern Philosophy) color = #B0C4DE image caption = John Locke name = John Locke birth = 29 August 1632 Wrington, Somerset, England death = Death date and… …
54Zambia — Zambian, adj., n. /zam bee euh/, n. a republic in S Africa: formerly a British protectorate and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1964; a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 9,349,975; 288,130 sq. mi.… …
55Follow-The-Leader Pricing — A pricing strategy in which a business sets the price of its product and service offerings to be the same as its largest competitor. A follow the leader price strategy can entail either raising or lowering the price. The competitor may choose to… …
56HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …
57Henry Ford — This article is about the American industrialist. For other uses, see Henry Ford (disambiguation). Henry Ford …
58Stroke — For other uses, see Stroke (disambiguation). Stroke Classification and external resources CT scan slice of the brain showing a right hemispheric ischemic stroke (left side of image). ICD 10 …
59Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
60Debt deflation — is a theory of economic cycles, which holds that recessions and depressions are due to the overall level of debt shrinking (deflating): the credit cycle is the cause of the economic cycle. The theory was developed by Irving Fisher following the… …
