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111Barnett formula — The Barnett formula is a mechanism used by Her Majesty s Treasury in the United Kingdom to adjust automatically some elements of public expenditure in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales to reflect decisions affecting other parts of the country …
112money market — the short term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates. [1925 30] * * * Set of institutions, conventions, and practices whose aim is to facilitate the lending and borrowing of money on a short term basis. The money… …
113community care — An imprecise and much abused concept embracing a diverse set of policies for dependent persons particularly those chronically dependent by virtue of age, mental illness, or mental or physical handicap which involve, in some way or another,… …
114North Yorkshire Moors Railway — Three LNER Class A4 locomotives at Grosmont loco shed. Locale North Yorkshire …
115Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Ireland) — The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources ( ga. An Roinn Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Achmhainní Nádúrtha) is a department of the Government of Ireland that is responsible for the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors and… …
116Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 — The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted in 2006 to replace the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (RRA).The bill which became the Act was brought before the British House of Commons …
117Structured settlement factoring transaction — A structured settlement factoring transaction describes the selling of future structured settlement payments (or, more accurately, rights to receive the future structured settlement payments). People who receive structured settlement payments… …
118National Conversation — The National Conversation was the name given to the Scottish Government s public consultation exercise regarding possible future changes in the power of the devolved Scottish Parliament and the possibility of Scottish independence, a policy… …
119Erik XIV — ▪ king of Sweden born Dec. 13, 1533, Stockholm, Swed. died Feb. 26, 1577, Örbyhus king of Sweden (1560–68) who expanded the powers of the monarchy and pursued an aggressive foreign policy that led to the Seven Years War of the North (1563–70)… …
120Indonesia — <p></p> <p></p> Introduction ::Indonesia <p></p> Background: <p></p> The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; Japan occupied the islands from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared …
