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- (from the article "Glass, Carter") ...came during the controversy over "packing" the U.S. Supreme Court (1937). One of the greatest experts on monetary matters ever to serve in Congress, Glass was the principal author of the Glass-Steagall Act (1933), which established the Federal Deposit Insurance ...
- Banking Act
- (from the article "Italy") ...concerns; Alitalia, the national airline; and the telecommunications company SIP (Societa Italiana per l'Esercizio Telefonico SpA). Many other banks were also partially privatized under the Banking Act of 1990.ItalyFinance...there are ...
- Banking Act
- (from the article "Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation") ...banks during the initial years of the Great Depression. Although earlier state-sponsored plans to insure depositors had not succeeded, the FDIC became a permanent government agency through the Banking Act of 1935.role of Mitchell
- banking game
- (from the article "card game") ...games. Skilled gambling games where players vie with one another as to who holds the best card combination or is likely to finish with the best when their hands are complete (poker, brag).Banking games. Less-skilled gambling games where players bet ...
- banking panic
- (from the article "Great Depression") The next blow to aggregate demand occurred in the fall of 1930, when the first of four waves of banking panics gripped the United States. A banking panic arises when many depositors simultaneously lose confidence in the solvency of banks ...
- bankruptcy
- the status of a debtor who has been declared by judicial process to be unable to pay his debts. Although sometimes used indiscriminately to mean insolvency, the terms have distinct legal significance. Insolvency, as used in most legal systems, indicates ... [12 Related Articles]
- Banks Island
- westernmost island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Inuvik region, Northwest Territories; it lies northwest of Victoria Island and is separated from the mainland (south) by Amundsen Gulf. About 250 miles (400 km) long and 110-180 miles (180-290 km) wide, it ... [1 Related Articles]
- Banks Islands
- volcanic group in northern Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific Ocean. The group includes the islands of Vanua Lava, Santa Maria (Gaua), Mota, and Mota Lava, as well as numerous islets. The Portuguese navigator Pedro Fernandez de Quiros was the first European visitor, ...
- Banks Peninsula
- peninsula in eastern South Island, New Zealand, extending 30 miles (48 km) into the Pacific Ocean. It is bounded by Pegasus Bay (north) and Canterbury Bight (south) and has a total land area of about 500 square miles (1,300 square ...
- Banks, Edgar James
- (from the article "Adab") ancient Sumerian city located south of Nippur (modern Niffer or Nuffar), Iraq. Excavations (1903-04) carried out by the American archaeologist Edgar James Banks revealed buildings dating from as early as the prehistoric period and as late as the reign of ...
- Banks, Ernie
- American professional baseball player, regarded as one of the finest power hitters in the history of the game. Banks starred for the Chicago Cubs from 1953 to 1971. An 11-time All-Star, Banks was named the National League's (NL) Most Valuable ... [1 Related Articles]
- Banks, Nathaniel P.
- American politician and Union general during the American Civil War, who during 1862-64 commanded at New Orleans. [1 Related Articles]
- Banks, Russell
- American novelist known for his portrayals of the interior lives of characters at odds with economic and social forces. [1 Related Articles]
- Banks, Sir Joseph, Baronet
- British explorer, naturalist, and long-time president of the Royal Society, known for his promotion of science. [7 Related Articles]
- Banks, Tony
- (from the article "Genesis") ...members were Peter Gabriel (b. Feb. 13, 1950Woking, Surrey, Eng.), Tony Banks (b. March 27, 1950East Hoathly, East Sussex), Michael...
- Banks, Tyra
- Supermodel Tyra Banks, the host and executive producer of America's Next Top Model-a weekly prime-time reality talent show that chronicled the search for a promising fashion model from a lineup of neophytes-demonstrated in 2005 that she was a star not ... [1 Related Articles]
- Bankside
- loosely defined area along the south bank of the River Thames in the London borough of Southwark. Bankside is also the name of a street in the district, which lies between Blackfriars Bridge (west) and London Bridge (east) and more ...
- Banksy
- In April 2007 London city workers painted over a mural by the graffiti artist Banksy near the Old Street Tube station in Hackney after the Transit Department determined that the 2003 mural-featuring American actors John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson ... [1 Related Articles]
- Bankura
- town, western West Bengal state, northeastern India. It lies just north of the Dhaleswari (Dhalkisor) River. As a major Grand Trunk Road and rail junction, Bankura is an agricultural distributing centre. Rice and oilseed milling, cotton weaving, metalware manufacture, and ...
- Banky, Vilma
- (from the article "Colman, Ronald") ...camera. The film launched Colman's screen career in Hollywood and defined his image as a gracious, self-sacrificing hero. He became a star of the silent cinema and was teamed with Hungarian actress Vilma Banky in such films as The Dark ...
- Bann, River
- river, the largest in Northern Ireland, falling into two distinct parts. The upper Bann rises in the Mourne Mountains and flows northwest to Lough (lake) Neagh. The lower Bann flows northward through Lough Beg and carries the waters of Lough ...
- Bannack
- (from the article "Dillon") ...divisions of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, for which it is headquarters, in an area of old mining camps. (This history is reflected in the Beaverhead County Museum in Dillon.) Nearby Bannack, now a ghost town and site of Montana's first ...
- Bannatyne Club
- (from the article "Bannatyne, George") ...verse as well. It influenced the 18th-century Scottish revival, when Allan Ramsay reprinted a number of the poems (though often in altered form) in his Ever Green (1724). In 1823 the Bannatyne Club was founded in Edinburgh for the purpose ...
- Bannatyne, George
- compiler of an important collection of Scottish poetry from the 15th and 16th centuries (the golden age of Scottish literature).
- Banneker, Benjamin
- mathematician, astronomer, compiler of almanacs, inventor, and writer, one of the first important black American intellectuals.
- Bannen, Ian
- Scottish character actor whose 50-year career included acclaimed stage appearances in plays by Shakespeare and Eugene O'Neill; television work such as the miniseries Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and a 1990s update of the popular
- banner
- (from the article "Fabales") ...thousands of species can be recognized as a member of Papilionoideae at a glance. The Lathyrus odoratus (sweet pea) flower provides an example. It has a large petal at the top, called the banner, or standard, that develops outside of ...
- banner
- (from the article "Inner Mongolia") ...The region is divided into eight leagues (meng), similar to subprovincial units in China proper, and four prefecture-level municipalities (shih). The local administrative units are banners (ch'i) in the Mongolian areas and counties (hsien) in the predominantly Han area. In ...
- banner
- (from the article "heraldry") Arms in the Middle Ages were often displayed on fork-tailed pennons attached to lances. If the forked ends were cut away, the resulting flag was similar in shape to a small banner. Especially valorous conduct could be recognized in this ...
- Banner Party
- (from the article "Afghan War") ...Mohammad Daud Khan in April 1978 by left-wing military officers led by Nur Mohammad Taraki. Power was thereafter shared by two Marxist-Leninist political groups, the People's (Khalq) Party and the Banner (Parcham) Party, which had earlier emerged from a single ...
- Banner system
- the military organization used by the Manchu tribes of Manchuria (now Northeast China) to conquer and control China in the 17th century. The Banner system was developed by the Manchu leader Nurhachi (1559-1626), who in 1601 organized his warriors into ... [2 Related Articles]
- banneret
- a European medieval knight privileged to display in the field a square banner (as distinct from the tapering pennon of a simple knight). The term was used in countries of French and English speech from the 13th to the 16th ...
- banning
- in South Africa, an administrative action by which publications, organizations, or assemblies could be outlawed and suppressed and individual persons could be placed under severe restrictions of their freedom of travel, association, and speech. Banning was an important tool in ...
- Bannister, Sir Roger
- English neurologist who was the first athlete to run a mile in less than four minutes. [3 Related Articles]
- Bannock
- North American Indian tribe that lived in what is now southern Idaho, especially along the Snake River and its tributaries, and joined with the Shoshone tribe in the second half of the 19th century. Linguistically, they were most closely related ... [1 Related Articles]
- bannock
- flat, sometimes unleavened bread eaten primarily in Scotland. Although most commonly made of oats, bannocks of barley, ground dried peas, and a combination of grains are sometimes encountered. Selkirk bannock is made from wheat flour and contains fruit.
- Bannockburn
- town, Stirling council area, historic county of Stirlingshire, Scotland. Located slightly to the east of the famous battlefield to which it lent its name, Bannockburn was known in the 18th and 19th centuries for cottage weaving and the manufacture of ... [1 Related Articles]
- Bannockburn, Battle of
- (June 23-24, 1314), decisive battle in Scottish history, whereby the Scots under Robert the Bruce defeated the English under Edward II, regained their independence, and established Bruce on his throne as Robert I. [6 Related Articles]
- Bannon, John
- (from the article "South Australia") ...in the level of economic activity, and a growing nervousness affected the business climate of the state. In the last years of Dunstan's tenure and during the administration of his successor, John Bannon, industrialization seemed to falter as tariff protection ...
- Bannu
- town, central part of North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan, just south of the Kurram River. The nearby Akra mounds have revealed finds dating to about 300 BC. In ancient and medieval times, the Kurram-Bannu route into the Indian subcontinent was used ...
- Bannu Plain
- (from the article "Pakistan") In Bannu, about one-fourth of the cultivated area is irrigated. Annual precipitation is low, amounting to about 11 inches (275 mm). Fat-tailed sheep, camels, and donkeys are raised in Kohat and Bannu; wool is an important cash crop.
- Bannus
- (from the article "Josephus, Flavius") ...his own account, he was a precocious youth who by the age of 14 was consulted by high priests in matters of Jewish law. At age 16 he undertook a three-year sojourn in the wilderness with the hermit Bannus, a ...
- Banny, Charles Konan
- (from the article "Cote d'Ivoire") Area: 320,803 sq km (123,863 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 19,262,000 | De facto capital: Abidjan | Chief of state: President Laurent Gbagbo | Head of government: Prime Ministers Charles Konan Banny and, from April 4, Guillaume Soro | ...
- Banpo culture
- (from the article "China") ...the Beishouling culture is represented by finds along the Wei and Jing rivers; bowls, deep-bodied jugs, and three-footed vessels, mainly red in colour, were common. The lower stratum of the related Banpo culture, also in the Wei River drainage area, ...
- Banpo site
- one of the most important archaeological sites yielding remains of the Painted Pottery, or Yangshao, culture of late Neolithic China. It is located at the east suburb of the city of Xi'an in the Chinese province of Shaanxi. Banpo site ...
- Banque Centrale de Mauritanie
- (from the article "Mauritania") The national Banque Centrale de Mauritanie was established in 1973. In addition there are five commercial banks. There are no securities exchanges in Mauritania, and the government controls all insurance business.
- Banque Generale
- (from the article "Europe, history of") ...Sweden in 1656; to provide a substitute for Sweden's copper currency, it issued the first bank notes. Overproduced and not properly secured, they soon lost value. Law's ambitious scheme for a royal bank in France foundered in 1720 because it ...
- Banqueting House
- (from the article "Jones, Inigo") In 1619 the Banqueting House at Whitehall was destroyed by fire; and between that year and 1622 Jones replaced it with what has always been regarded as his greatest achievement. The Banqueting House consists of one great chamber, raised on ...
- Banquo
- (from the article "Macbeth") Macbeth and Banquo, who are generals serving King Duncan of Scotland, meet the Weird Sisters, three witches who prophesy that Macbeth will become thane of Cawdor, then king, and that Banquo will beget kings. Soon thereafter Macbeth discovers that he ...
- Bansang
- town, east-central Gambia, on the south bank of the Gambia River. Bansang is a local trade centre for peanuts (groundnuts), rice, and fish among the Malinke, Fulani, and Wolof peoples, and it is a port of call for the government ...
- bansha no goku
- (from the article "Japan") ...criticized the bakufu plan to attack an American merchant ship. The resulting persecution of Watanabe Kazan, Takano Choei, and other scholars by bakufu officials in the so-called bansha no goku incident dealt a serious blow to Western studies in Japan. ...
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