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title: “Best Architecture In U S Cities” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-26” author: “Robert Allen”

Feet In China, beginning in the eleventh century, the practice of foot-binding was used on female infants in wealthy families. The feet were tightly bound to prevent growth. The toes sometimes dropped off and a deep cleft formed between the heel and the front of the foot. These unnaturally small feet were considered a sign of beauty. Foot-binding was done to distinguish natural-footed working women from wealthy women of leisure, whose bound feet confined them to the house because walking was so painful....

Related Links Most Popular Car ColorsLeast and Most Polluting CarsMost Congested RoadsTop Ten Best Selling Cars of All TimeWhat Your Car Color Says About You While all marketers work hard to come up with names that attract consumers, the automobile industry goes into overdrive when attempting to capture the fantasies of car buyers. A car name can make a driver feel rich, powerful, sophisticated, sporty, adventurous, rugged, or downright dangerous—who wouldn’t feel like king of the road in a Mercury Marauder or a Chevrolet Avalanche?...

At that time, there were approximately 1,600 state banks designing and printing their own notes. Each note carried a different design, making it difficult to distinguish the 4,000 varieties of counterfeits from the 7,000 varieties of genuine notes. It was anticipated that the adoption of a national currency in 1863 would solve the counterfeiting problem. However, the national currency was soon counterfeited so extensively it became necessary for the Government to take enforcement measures....

716 The number of wind, geothermal, biomass, solar and other electric power generation business establishments in 2012, more than double the number of establishments (312) in 2007. 5,347 The number of employees in wind electric power generation establishments, the most among the industries using renewable energy in 2012. $5.1 billion Revenues for the wind electric power generation industry in 2012, the highest among the industries using renewable energy resources. Hydroelectric power generation followed with revenues of $2....

See also: Mary Katherine Goddard and her widowed mother become publishers of the Providence Gazette newspaper and the annual West’s Almanack, making her the first woman publisher in America. In 1775, Goddard became the first woman postmaster in the country (in Baltimore), and in 1777 she became the first printer to offer copies of the Declaration of Independence that included the signers’ names. In 1789 Goddard opened a Baltimore bookstore, probably the first woman in America to do so....

In Jan. 2012, the WHO and the Guttmacher Institute released a study that showed a global picture of abortion trends, indicating that women are not influenced by the law in their decision to have an abortion. If it is illegal, women are seeking abortions in unsafe conditions by untrained people. In 2008, the estimated annual number of deaths from unsafe abortion worldwide declined from 56,000 in 2003 to 47,000 in 2008....

No single creed or doctrine binds Hindus together. Intellectually there is complete freedom of belief, and one can be a monotheist (one who believes in only one god), a polytheist (one who believes in more than one god), or an atheist (one who does not believe in god). Hinduism is a syncretic religion, welcoming and incorporating a variety of outside influences. The most ancient sacred texts of the Hindu religion are written in Sanskrit and called the Vedas (vedah means “knowledge”)....

Committees review and vote on the bill.Committees specialize in different areas, such as foreign relations or agriculture, and are made up of small groups of senators or representatives. The committee may reject the bill and “table” it, meaning it is never discussed again. Or it may hold hearings to listen to facts and opinions, make changes in the bill and cast votes. If most committee members vote in favor of the bill, it is sent back to the Senate and the House for debate....

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This proverb comes from the ancient Romans, who believed the apple had magical powers to cure illness. In fact, apples are filled with vitamin C, protein, pectin, natural sugars, copper, and iron. They do promote health. To “climb on the bandwagon.” Long ago, bands on the platforms of traveling wagons played music to announce a parade or political speech. To show their support, people would often jump onto the platform and join the band....

“Screeched,” which means to make a harsh sound, is the longest one-syllable word in English. “Unprosperousness”, meaning not wealthy or profitable, is the longest word in English in which each letter is used at least two times. The words “facetiously,” “abstemiously,” and “arseniously,” each contain all six vowels (including “y”) in alphabetical order. The word “duoliteral” contains all five vowels (not including “y”) in reverse alphabetical order. At 45 letters, “pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis,” which refers to a lung disease, is often considered the longest word in English....