part of the world in such profusion that on October 28 its scope was extended to cover the whole of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. By the middle of December it had reached nearly £1,700,000 (adjusted for inflation, this was the equivalent of roughly £100 million in 2020)...
Trade between the rival Western and Eastern blocs was significantly depressed during the Cold War, relative to trade within these blocs. Thus far, today’s fragmentation is not significantly different from the initial years of the Cold War. However, compared to the average “between-bloc trade sh...
The US Supreme Court has granted a request by Virginia officials to move forward with its removal of roughly 1,600 alleged noncitizens from the state’s voter rolls – granting a request from state officials to pause a lower court order that blocked Virginia from continuing a systematic voter ...
For Settle, “It was the first glimpse of the stratification, almost Chinese in its complication and formality, which covered everything from a hairdo to a state of health to sugar in tea and by which each Englishman holds himself apart, himself his castle, from his fellows.” Although she ...
s roughly as aware of their existence as the software that runs modern slot machines is, often with similar psychological results. The reason so-called “AI” spouts out suchdangerous gibberishis that it isincapableof telling truth from falsehood, preciselybecauseit is not “intelligent” in any...
The flowers, roughly 2 inches in diameter, grow from wiry, stiff stems. Perpetual flowering carnations are taller—up to 3 feet in height—stouter and produce larger flowers. Miniature and spray varieties are also grown for florist use. An herbaceous perennial, carnations can also be grown as...
They had a gathering in a playground with friends from middle school (this was the one with cookies) and another gathering at Ranvita’s house with friends from high school, at which everyone made a different pasta or potato dish to share. The first Saturday in June, roughly the same ...
The Industrial Revolution brought about rapid economic growth, but the United States was still reeling from the effects of World War I. The clash between rural values and urban values culminated in the rise of the temperance movement and the Prohibition era, and the rise of gangsterism. In 1925...
from the lower banks, while the upper banks will be open to the public for free — another first in recent Olympic history. The surfing events will take place almost 10,000 miles away, in Teahupo’o, Tahiti, a village whose name roughly translates from Tahitian to “Wall of Heads” for...
Now Complete the railway is a game changer for both trade and transportation in the region. The passenger service has cut travel time from Mombasa to Nairobi from more than 10hours to roughly five hours with a $10 economy ticket. In its second year of service, the Kenyan railway transported...