... out of their wits by the strange expanse of floating vegetation They entered the zone ofthe trade winds, and as the breeze, day after day, steadily wafted them westward, the boldest feared it ... clan The civil head ofa clan was a "sachem"; the military heads were "chiefs." The sachem and the chiefs were elected or deposed, and the affairs ofthe clan regulated, by a council of all the ... [Illustration: THE COUNCIL OF SALAMANCA.] CHAPTER I THE VOYAGE WESTWARD. The little fleet went first to the Canary Islands and thence due west across the Sea of Darkness, as the Atlantic was called The...
... great distances some board members would have to travel to get to meetings in Philadelphia, the presence of at least seven directors on behalf ofthe government, the Bank oftheUnitedStates also ... commerce and often tattered, militia of industry, repaying war debt, restoring the value ofthethe American colonies had currency, and lowering inflation defeated the army of one ofthe greatest nations ... involves the overall growth of money and credit and the level of short-term interest rates The Federal Reserve is now the central bank oftheUnitedStates CONTINENTAL CURRENCY The currency authorized...
... points of American History and Biography Holmes's American Annals is invaluable, and the early volumes ofthe North American Review contain a great deal of interesting historical matter The American ... of Persia and India were borne by caravans to the Red Sea, thence on camels across the desert to the Nile, and lastly by ship over the Mediterranean to Europe.] The great problem ofthe age was ... fresh, green plants, were often seen, and the clouds near the horizon assumed the look of land, but they disappeared, and only the broad ocean spread out before them as they advanced The sailors,...
... Some of these early heralds of Catholicism manifested more interest in the Indians than in the Negroes, and advocated the enslavement ofthe Africans rather than that ofthe Red Men But being anxious ... friends to educate themselves In the Middle and Southern States, however, much ofthe sentiment in favor of developing the intellect ofthe Negro passed away during the early part ofthe nineteenth ... The first real educators to take up the work of enlightening American Negroes were clergymen interested in the propagation ofthe gospel among the heathen ofthe new world Addressing themselves...
... those who have made our civilization From left to right appear the French-Canadian, the Alaskan, the LatinAmerican, the German, the Italian, the Anglo-American, and the American Indian, squaw and ... remained in England, as in the case ofthe Virginia Company, they operated through agents sent to the colony When they came over the seas themselves and settled in America, as in the case of Massachusetts, ... MORRIS ALEXANDER HAMILTON AN ADVERTISEMENT OFThe Federalist CELEBRATING THE RATIFICATION FIRST UNITEDSTATES BANK AT PHILADELPHIA LOUIS XVI IN THE HANDS OFTHE MOB A QUARREL BETWEEN A FEDERALIST AND...
... the Committee on Financial Services ofthe House of Representatives Speaker ofthe House of Representatives Vice President oftheUnitedStates and President ofthe Senate ... Urban Affairs ofthe Senate and the Committee on Financial Services ofthe House of Representatives that, with respect to the year to which the report relates— (1) identifies applicants for registration ... final form, not later than 27 0 days after the date of enactment of this section; and ‘‘(B) shall become effective not later than 27 0 days after the date of enactment of this section ‘‘ (2) REVIEW...
... TO THE COUNCIL AND MEMBER AGENCIES.— The Data Center shall make data collected and maintained by the Data Center available to the Council and member agencies, as necessary to support their regulatory ... CONSIDERATIONS.—In making a determination under paragraph (1), the Council shall consider— (A) the extent ofthe leverage ofthe company; (B) the extent and nature ofthe off-balance-sheet exposures ... pending the appointment ofa successor, or during the absence or disability ofthe head ofa member agency or department, the acting head ofthe member agency or department shall serve as a member...
... bad deal forCanada and should have been obvious when it was laid on the table Even the American public knew what theywere getting when they obtained the free trade agreement An American economic ... colony oftheUnitedStates and we are acting forthe betterment ofthe Mother country.We are the servants ofa new mercantilism The foreign subsidiary in Canada clearlyexists to further the interests ... Canada $35 billion each and every year in revenue takenout ofthe country .26 "Americans have drained from Canada more wealth than they have hauled out of all othercountries combined" And the...
... some arsenic that had been eaten with the slim-neck clams began to be seen, and before the beans had gone half-way round the board the children ofthe forest were seen to excuse themselves, and ... for at thatte time the Crosse betweene the wilde hyena and the common hogge ofthe Holy Lande, and since called the Razor Backe Hogge, had not been made, and so many ofthe courtiers dyede." ... have a handle in governing itself." He then called at Jamestown the first legislative body ever assembled in America; most ofthe members whereof boarded at the Planters' House during the session...