Read moreRead more about When Teddy Roosevelt Was Shot in 1912, a Speech May Have Saved His Life Ironically, Senik says, Cleveland likely succeeded at a comeback where so many other politicians failed “because he wasn’t much of a politician.” “Woodrow Wilson once wrote of Cleveland that...
While comprehensive data on gender inequities in pay wasn't collected until 1950, research shows women were earning a mere 30 cents per dollar compared to men during America's early years, when its economy was largely driven by agriculture. During the Industrial Revolution (1820 to 1850) women...
In fact, changes in climate sometimes take tens of thousands of years. That means if you happen to have a winter that isn't as cold as usual, with not very much snow -- or even two or three such winters in a row -- that isn't a change in climate. That's just an anomaly --...
In fact, changes in climate sometimes take tens of thousands of years. That means if you happen to have a winter that isn't as cold as usual, with not very much snow -- or even two or three such winters in a row -- that isn't a change in climate. That's just an anomaly --...
5 years to recover from each trough of production and to reach old production levels. Unlike these two cases of increasing production leading to price recovery, the period after WWI was different. Moreover, the crisis after WWI was not the most severe in comparison with the other two, ...
1. The Septim is made of gold. Gold is very valuable in today's market, so how much would the Septim be worth if we are talking about what it's made of? The Septim can be compared to a modern gold coin in terms of size. A modern day gold coin is 143 US Dollars. So a Septim...
In the 1890s, it was an American custom for a friend to give a girl a string with a button on it. Friends and family would add to the string, much as charms are added to bracelets today. The magic number was a thousand buttons. This guaranteed that the right husband would then appea...
©2006 Bob Schatz Belmont Mansion was designed in the style of an Italian villa in the 1850s. Nashville has a respect for its past and shows it by restoring and maintaining such older buildings as the Tennessee State Capitol, Belmont Mansion, the Governor's Residence, and the Village Chap...
Even before housing prices boomed, much of the area population has commuted from long distances. Rules of the road: With many circles, one-way streets, and security-blocked streets, caution is the primary rule of the road in Washington. When it comes to round-abouts or street circles, ...
They made a profit of about $0.10 (ten cents) per gross on a price of $1.50 per gross (margins were so low because they were competing with British manufacturers who had much lower manufacturing costs so could sell their pens cheaper). In another decade Esterbrook was selling...