Indias low sex ratio is attributed to womens lower status in society. The sex ratio nationally was 972 females/1000 males in 1901 and 927/1000 in 1991. The sex ratio declined over the decades except for a small rise in 1981 from 930 in 1971 to 934 in 1981. Life expectancy for males ...
A floppy disk, also known as a "floppy" or "diskette," is a type of removable storage media used to store data on computers. The disks are usually made from plastic and metal and can hold anywhere from 100 KB to 1.44 MB of data. It was first developed in 1971 and became widely use...
“The period from 1880 to 1914 is known as the classical gold standard. During that time, the majority of countries adhered (in varying degrees) to gold,”writesMichael D. Bordo atEconLib. “It was also a period of unprecedented economic growth with relatively free trade in goods, labor, ...
In 1971, Univac sued Honeywell for patent infringement. In the ensuing countersuit, the judge invalidated the ENIAC patents to Eckert and Mauchly, claiming, among other things, that the ENIAC was in public use more than a year before the patent was applied for. The testing of the machine by...
According to Hinton herself, composing That Was Then, This Is Now, which was published four years later in 1971, helped her overcome writers' block: "That Was Then was written as a cure to writers' block. So many readers say the ending made them throw the book against the wall - and ...
Every time you visit Disney World, there’s something new to see. What began in 1971 as the Magic Kingdom now includes the high – tech, movie-mad Disney and Animal Kingdom . Each time the park expands(扩大), so do your chances to spend money. How can you save ? As a family guid...
M: In 1971 You Would Be.; What with A Clockwork Orange at the Cinema, Micro-Skirts on the Catwalks and the Doors on the Radio, a Girl Was Spoilt for Choice in 1971Byline: CHARLOTTE LEWISThe Mirror (London, England)
Education and Early Career (1971 to 1984) Bernard Arnault was born in 1949 in Roubaix, an industrial city in the north of France, where his father, a prominent manufacturer, owned a civil engineering and property company, Ferret-Savinel. Arnault's mother, who had a "fascination for Dior,"...
In addition, Nixon proposed an additional 10% tax on allimportsthat were subject to duties. Similar to the strategy of suspending dollar convertibility, the levy was intended to encourage the U.S.' primary trading partners to raise the value of their currencies.1 ...
Boston Stock Exchange (BSE): made up of theBoston Equities Exchange (BEX)and theBoston Options Exchange (BOX)and was acquired by Nasdaq in 20079 Cboe Options Exchange (Cboe) Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT): owned and run by CME Group Inc. ...