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 FROM THE Anecdote FILE MORE >>
THAT SYMBOL ON YOUR DRUG PRESCRIPTION The origin of the symbol, Rx, found in the upper left-hand corner of every prescription goes back 5,000 years. ...
THAT SYMBOL ON YOUR DRUG PRESCRIPTION
The origin of the symbol, Rx, found in the upper left-hand corner of
every prescription goes back 5,000 years.
The Egyptians used the magic eye of Horus as an amulet to guard
them against disease and suffering. The eye has two tails hanging
from the center, and centuries later it reappeared in a form
resembling our numeral "4". Physicians scribbled it on their
prescriptions to invoke the assistance of Jupiter. By slow
transformation, the numeral changed into Rx.
Dr. T.R. Van Deller, Chicago Tribune
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HOW THE DOLLAR SIGN WAS BORN The dollar sign was originally an abbreviation for pesos. Two hundred years ago, when we were still using Spanish money ...
HOW THE DOLLAR SIGN WAS BORN
The dollar sign was originally an abbreviation for pesos. Two hundred years ago, when we were still using Spanish money (believe it or not, we didn't get around to minting our own money until 1794, nearly 20 years after the Declaration of Independence), it was only natural to shorten 200 pesos to ps 200. As time went on, the P and S began to get smushed together. Eventually people started writing the up-and-down stroke of the P on top of the S, and the dollar sign was born. -- Ed Zotti, The Straight Dope
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Multinational vs. Global Companies: As explained by Harvard business professor, Michael Porter, multinational companies have three main characteristi ...
Multinational vs. Global Companies: As explained by Harvard business professor, Michael Porter, multinational companies have three main characteristics. One, they have developed individual business strategies for each foreign market. Two, the subsidiaries are essentially autonomous operations. Three, while headquarters coordinates such things as financial controls, each overseas operation is a profit center with decentralized plans and operations. Conversely, the "global" company operates as a worldwide, integrated system in which all operations, wherever they may be, are interdependent in terms of operations and strategies. Every decision -- from raw materials or sub-assembly and component sourcing to determining where it is most cost-effective to manufacture a product, to pricing policies and profit goals -- is considered in the light of a world-wide system.
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WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS
Now that the people of the world have begun to understand that our survival depends equally on ending the war with nature a ...
WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS
Now that the people of the world have begun to understand that our survival depends equally on ending the war with nature and on ending the wars among themselves, the path to peace on both fronts becomes clear. To make peace with the planet, we must make peace among the people who live in it.
"Making Peace With the Planet", Pantheon Books, 1990
Barry Commoner
Director, Center for the Biology of Natural Systems
Queens College, New York
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During our golf game today, Harold hit some good woods. Most of them were trees.
During our golf game today, Harold hit some good woods. Most of them were trees.
Qoute #4864
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A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk. -- Harry Banks
A salesman minus enthusiasm is just a clerk. -- Harry Banks
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Date: October 23, 4004 B.C.E.
Heaven and earth and man were created by the Trinity on this day at 9 a.m., according to Dr. John Lightfoot, vice chancellor of the University of Camb ...
Heaven and earth and man were created by the Trinity on this day at 9 a.m., according to Dr. John Lightfoot, vice chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1859, correcting by 15 hours an estimate made two centuries earlier by James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656). (see the October 22 listing for this date).
History #2
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Date: August 27, 55 B.C.E.
The first of two invasions of Britain by Roman troops began on beaches near Dover. Led by Julius Caesar, the first invasion did not last long because ...
The first of two invasions of Britain by Roman troops began on beaches near Dover. Led by Julius Caesar, the first invasion did not last long because bad weather damaged the Roman ships and prevented the arrival of additional Roman forces. The following year a much larger Roman force invaded and dominated Britain for many years.
History #30
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Date: July 26
This is the feast day of St. Anne, patroness of pregnant women, housewives, grandmothers and cabinetmakers.
This is the feast day of St. Anne, patroness of pregnant women, housewives, grandmothers and cabinetmakers.
History #256
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Date: January 3, 106 C.E.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO # (106BC-43BC) Roman orator, statesman and philosopher; born in Arpinum, Latinum; after Caesar was killed, he spoke in favor of ...
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO # (106BC-43BC) Roman orator, statesman and philosopher; born in Arpinum, Latinum; after Caesar was killed, he spoke in favor of a republican Rome, which led to his eventual death; introduced Greek philosophy to ancient Rome through his treatises based on Plato, Aristotle and other Greek philosophers.
History #441
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Date: May 11, 868 C.E.
The first printed book, known as the "Diamond Sutra," was published in China. Discovered in 1900, it was a Buddhist text made up of six sheets pasted ...
The first printed book, known as the "Diamond Sutra," was published in China. Discovered in 1900, it was a Buddhist text made up of six sheets pasted together andmade into a roll. It was printed by Wang Chieh.
History #474
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