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YANKEE BOND: A bond issued with a dollar denomination in the United States by a foreign bank or corporation. This allows U.S. investors to invest in foreign securities without price fluctuations caused by exchange rates.
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SIXTH RULE OF IGNORANCE The sixth of seven basic rules of the economy, stating that obtaining information is a costly activity that requires resources with alternative uses. As such, no one knows everything and everyone is ignorant about something.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time waiting for visits from door-to-door solicitors wanting to buy either a wall poster commemorating next Thursday or a pair of gray heavy duty boot socks. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties.
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Helping spur the U.S. industrial revolution, Thomas Edison patented nearly 1300 inventions, 300 of which came out of his Menlo Park "invention factory" during a four-year period.
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"We succeed in enterprises (that) demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those (that) can also make use of our defects." -- Alexis de Tocqueville, Statesman
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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