News tagged with herbert hoover
Hoover's pro-labor stance helped cause Great Depression, economist says
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pro-labor policies pushed by President Herbert Hoover after the stock market crash of 1929 accounted for close to two-thirds of the drop in the nation's gross domestic product over the two years that followed, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Aug 28, 2009 |
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Barnard professor explores the rich, sweet history of milk
Throughout history, milk has been a symbol of motherhood and fertility, but also prosperity, health and strength. In Hindu mythology a churning ocean of milk releases the nectar of immortality. Statues of the Egyptian ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Teleprompter inventor Schlafly dies in Conn. at 91
(AP) -- Hubert "Hub" Schlafly, a key member of the team that invented the teleprompter and rescued decades' worth of soap opera actors, newscasters and politicians from the embarrassment of stumbling over ...
Apr 26, 2011 |
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NJ congressman tops 'Jeopardy' computer Watson
(AP) -- Turns out all it took to top Watson, the "Jeopardy"-winning computer, was a rocket scientist.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 01, 2011 |
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