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(Encyclopedia) bond, in finance, usually a formal certificate of indebtedness issued in writing by governments or business corporations in return for loans. It bears interest and promises to pay a…
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A Mixed Bag I remember reading in the book that when the Union troops were coming through towards Charleston, some of the people took it as a divine retribution... it seemed as…
(Encyclopedia) Scandinavian art and architecture, works of art and structures created in the Scandinavian area of Europe.
The Swedish sculptor Carl Milles, who worked extensively in the United…
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