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2001 (MMI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year which marks: Australia's Centenary of Federation The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations 2001 - ...

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• 2001 - January
• 2001 - February
• 2001 - March
• 2001 - April
• 2001 - May
• 2001 - June
• 2001 - July
• 2001 - August
• 2001 - September
• 2001 - October
• 2001 - November
• 2001 - December
• 2001 - Births
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• 2001 - January-February
• 2001 - March-April
• 2001 - May-June
• 2001 - July-August
• 2001 - September-October
• 2001 - November-December
• 2001 - Date unknown
• 2001 - Nobel Prizes
• 2001 - Templeton Prize
• 2001 - Fictional references to the year

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The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (AAR reporting mark ACL) was an American railroad that existed between 1898 and July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, its long-time rival, to form the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad. The company was headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida (Wilmington, North Carolina before 1961). After several more mergers and consolidations, the former ACL is now part of CSX Transportation, also headquartered in Jacksonville. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - History. Including:

• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - History
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - North Carolina
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - South Carolina
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Virginia
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Florida and Georgia
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - forming the ACL by mergers and later history
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Seaboard Coast Line CSX Transportation
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad - Station listing

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A variant cover of New Avengers #1 (February 2005). Art by Joe Quesada. The Avengers are a Marvel superhero team, consisting of many of the Marvel Universe's most popular and powerful heroes. It is the Marvel Comics counterpart to DC Comics' Justice League of America. Avengers comics - Publication history. The Avengers first appeared in their own comic book, titled The Avengers, in September 1963 (the same month as the debut of the X-Men). The team was created by Stan Lee, Jack K ...

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• Avengers comics - Publication history
• Avengers comics - History of the team
• Avengers comics - The 1960s
• Avengers comics - The 1970s
• Avengers comics - The 1980s
• Avengers comics - The 1990s
• Avengers comics - The 2000s
• Avengers comics - Other comic book Avengers
• Avengers comics - Ultimate Marvel
• Avengers comics - The Avengers in other media
• Avengers comics - Bibliography
• Avengers comics - Published titles
• Avengers comics - List of significant issues

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The Black Eagle tank (Russian: Чёрный Орёл, Chorny Oriol) is a prototype main battle tank, that could be developed for export in the Russian Federation. Early mock-ups have been demonstrated at the second VTTV-Omsk-97 and other commercial arms exhibitions, but few details of the tank are known. There is still speculation whether the Black Eagle is for export or if it will be fielded with the Russian Army. Some rumours persist that this may be a South Korean project, as the 152 mm gun that is thought to be next generation ...

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Blue Dog Democrats are social and economic conservatives in the United States Democratic Party. In the United States House of Representatives, Blue Dogs are an actual coalition of likeminded Democrats organized as the Blue Dog Coalition, rather than just an expression such as "Yellow Dog" Democrats. The term is a reference to the "Blue Dog" paintings of Cajun artist George Rodrigue of Lafayette, Louisiana; the original members of the coalition would regularly meet in the offices of Louisiana representatives who had Rodrigue's painting ...

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• Blue Dog Democrats - The Blue Dog Coalition
• Blue Dog Democrats - List of Blue Dog Coalition members
• Blue Dog Democrats - Differences between the Blue Dogs and the Democratic Leadership Council
• Blue Dog Democrats - Differences between the Blue Dogs and the party's left wing

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William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ed.D (born July 12, 1937) is an American actor, comedian, educator, television producer and philanthropist. He was the first African-American man to star in his own television series (I Spy with Robert Culp, in the mid-1960s), and also broke racial boundaries with his stand-up comedy career in the 1960s and 1970s. After I Spy he starred in other series, some of which were successful (such as the long-running cartoon Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids), while others were not. In t ...

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• Bill Cosby - Career
• Bill Cosby - Honors
• Bill Cosby - Political views
• Bill Cosby - The Pound Cake Speech
• Bill Cosby - Cosby and Jazz
• Bill Cosby - Controversy
• Bill Cosby - Quotations
• Bill Cosby - Partial discography
• Bill Cosby - Trivia

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In finance, interest has three general definitions. Interest is a surcharge on the repayment of debt (borrowed money). Interest is the return derived from an investment. Interest is the right to one's claim in a corporation, such as that of an owner or creditor. In economics, interest is the return to capital This article covers the "financial" use of the term. In common use the term "interest" is seen as rent paid for the use of money. As with any rental, the market pr ...

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• Interest - History
• Interest - Types of compounding
• Interest - Simple interest
• Interest - Compound interest
• Interest - Types of interest rate
• Interest - Analysis of interest-rate risks
• Interest - Credit risk
• Interest - Maturity/term risk
• Interest - Liquidity risk
• Interest - Inflation and exchange-rate risks
• Interest - Mathematics of interest rates
• Interest - Force of interest
• Interest - Continuous compounding
• Interest - Finding related topics

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A bar association is a professional body of lawyers who, in some jurisdictions, are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession. In many Commonwealth jurisdictions, the "bar association" comprises lawyers who are qualified as barristers or advocates (collectively known as "the bar", or "members of the bar"), while the "law society" comprises solicitors. These bodies are sometimes mutually exclusive. In other jurisdictions, the "bar" may refer to the entire community of persons engaged in the practice of law. B ...

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• Bar association - United States
• Bar association - Commonwealth
• Bar association - History
• Bar association - State Bar Associations
• Bar association - International Bar Associations

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Borgward was a German automobile manufacturer founded by Carl F. W. Borgward (November 10, 1890 - July 28, 1963). The first "automobile" Carl Borgward designed was the Blitzkarren (i.e lightning cart, a sort of tiny three-wheeled van with only two horsepower (1.5 kW), which was, in the gap in the market, it filled, an enormous success. Traders with a small budget bought it for delivery. The Reichspost ordered many of them for postal service. In 1929 Borgward became the director of Hansa Lloyd AG and lead the devel ...

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Venture Stores, Inc., was a former chain of retail stores that operated in the American Midwest. The company operated over 70 stores, and was based out of the Saint Louis suburb of O'Fallon, Missouri. Venture Stores Inc - History. The first store opened in 1970, as a subsidiary of May Department Stores. In 1978 Venture Stores purchased 23 Turn-Style locations in the Chicago area from Jewel food stores, and expanded to over 40 locations. In 1990 Venture separated from May and became a private corpora ...

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• Venture Stores Inc - History
• Venture Stores Inc - Bankruptcy

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The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal Law of the United States. United States Code - Codification process. The official text of an Act of Congress is the text of the (printed) "enrolled bill" presented to the President for his signature or disapproval. Upon enactment of a law, the original bill is delivered to the Archivist of the United States, and duplicate copies are issued in pamphlet form as "slip laws" by the Government Printing O ...

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• United States Code - Codification process
• United States Code - Organization
• United States Code - Versions and history
• United States Code - Other relevant codifications
• United States Code - Parts of interest
• United States Code - Titles of the U.S.C.

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Article One of the United States Constitution establishes the legislative branch of the United States government, known as the Congress, which includes the House of Representatives and the Senate. The Article establishes the manner of election and qualifications of members of each House. In addition, it outlines legislative procedure and enumerates the powers vested in the legislative branch. Finally, it establishes limits on federal and state legislative power. Each of the first three Articles of the Constitution concern one o ...

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• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 1: The Congress
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2: The House of Representatives
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 1: Term and Electors
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 2: Qualifications
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 3: Apportionment
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 4: Vacancies
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 2 Clause 5: Speaker other officers and impeachment
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3: The Senate
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 1: Composition and selection
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 2: Classes of senators and vacancies
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 3: Qualifications
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 4: Vice President as presiding official
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 5: President pro tempore and other Senate officers
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 6: Impeachment trials
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 3 Clause 7: Impeachment judgements
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 4: Elections and meetings
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 5: Procedure
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 6: Compensation privilege restriction on holding civil office
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 7: Bills
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 8: Powers of Congress
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Commerce Clause
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Other powers of Congress
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Necessary and Proper clause
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 9: Limits on Congress
• Article One of the United States Constitution - Section 10: Limits on the states

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The terms railroad and railway generally describe the same thing, a guided means of land transport, designed to be used by trains, for transporting both passengers and freight. Etymologically both words derive from Old English; a road being something one rides along and way deriving from a Germanic base meaning move, journey, carry. Usage of the terms railroad and railway - U.S. practice. Historically, in the United States of America the term railroad, especi ...

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• Usage of the terms railroad and railway - U.S. practice
• Usage of the terms railroad and railway - Railroad
• Usage of the terms railroad and railway - Railway
• Usage of the terms railroad and railway - Other English speaking countries

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Cross Generation Entertainment, or CrossGen, was an American comic book publisher. CrossGen - Overview. In 1998, Tampa, Florida-based entrepreneur Mark Alessi founded a comic book publishing company based not on the prevailing superhero trend but on a variety of genres, with characters nonetheless sharing a single fictional universe. Most of the titles in the CrossGen Universe, or Sigilverse, involved characters who had mysteriously gained a sigil marking on their body, granting them unusual powers.< ...

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• CrossGen - Overview
• CrossGen - Bankruptcy
• CrossGen - Web presence
• CrossGen - Titles

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Credit risk is the risk of loss due to a counterparty defaulting on a contract, or more generally the risk of loss due to some "credit event". Traditionally this applied to bonds where debt holders were concerned that the counterparty to whom they've made a loan might default on a payment (coupon or principal). For that reason, credit risk is sometimes also called default risk. In business, almost all companies carry some credit risk, because most companies do not demand up-front cash payment for all products delivered a ...

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• Credit risk - Managing

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A credit score is a number that represents an estimate of an individual's financial creditworthiness as calculated by a statistical model. A credit score attempts to quantify the likelihood that a prospective borrower will fail to repay a loan or other credit obligation satisfactorily. A credit score is based on a subset of the information in an individual's credit report. Lenders such as banks and credit card companies use credit scores to manage the risk posed by lending money to consumers. Examples of such uses include determining ...

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• Credit score - The FICO score
• Credit score - Credit Scores available online
• Credit score - Makeup of the FICO score
• Credit score - Range of scores
• Credit score - Free annual credit reports
• Credit score - Non-traditional uses of credit scores
• Credit score - Ways of improving a FICO score
• Credit score - Credit counseling
• Credit score - Credit repair
• Credit score - Do it yourself

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In the United States, federal courts have subject matter jurisdiction over bankruptcy cases. Bankruptcy cases cannot be filed in state court. Each of the 94 federal judicial districts handles bankruptcy matters. The bankruptcy judges in each judicial district in regular active service constitute a "unit" of the applicable United States district court (see 28 U.S.C. sec. 151). The bankruptcy judge is appointed for a term of fourteen years by the United States Court of Appeals for the circuit ...

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In economics, the unit of account is a unit of measurement of market value. Goods for sale in a market are priced using a unit of account. In this manner the value is measured by the seller and expressed to the buyer. Contracts of credit or debt are denominated in a unit of account. In this manner the agreed value of the debt is measured, and the method of settling the debt is defined. Whilst all market participants are free to use any unit of account that they prefer, most markets have only a few widely accepted units of account. For example i ...

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• Unit of account - Selecting the Unit of Account
• Unit of account - Miscellaneous

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UAL Corporation (OTCBB: UALAQ) is an airline holding company, incorporated in Delaware with headquarters in Elk Grove, Illinois. The CEO of UAL Corporation since September of 2002 is Glenn Tilton. It was incorporated December 30, 1968 as a Delaware company as part of a reorganization of United Airlines, now its largest subsidiary, whose history is considerably longer. Starting in 1982, in response to the reality of a deregulated airline market place, United attempted to diversify its business to stabilize its finances an ...

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• UAL Corporation - Subsidiaries
• UAL Corporation - Company History
• UAL Corporation - Passenger and Employee Conditions
• UAL Corporation - US DOT Performance Rankings
• UAL Corporation - General Complaints
• UAL Corporation - Discrimination
• UAL Corporation - Flight Delays
• UAL Corporation - Mishandled Baggage
• UAL Corporation - Customer Service Problems
• UAL Corporation - Refund Problems

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September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). There are 107 days remaining. September 15 - Events. 608 - Saint Boniface IV becomes Pope. 921 - Saint Ludmila is murdered at the command of her daughter-in-law at Tetin. 1514 - Thomas Wolsey is appointed Archbishop of York. 1556 - Vlissingen ex-emperor Charles V returns to Spain. 1584 - San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid is finished. 1590 - Giambattista Catagna is elected as Pope Urban ...

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• September 15 - Births
• September 15 - Deaths
• September 15 - Holidays and observances

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US Airways is an airline based in Tempe, Arizona that is owned by US Airways Group, Inc.. Currently the seventh largest airline in the United States, US Airways has a fleet of 258 aircraft and serves 176 destinations in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Europe. In September 2005, the airline completed a merger with America West Airlines. US Airways operates hubs in Charlotte and Philadelphia as well as an inter-American focus city in Fort Lauderdale that opened in February 2005. It has a secondary hub at Pittsb ...

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• US Airways - History
• US Airways - Early years
• US Airways - The birth of USAir
• US Airways - 1980s: Mergers and expansion
• US Airways - 1990s: Rebranding fleet modernization and a failed sell-out
• US Airways - 2001-2004: 9/11 financial woes contraction
• US Airways - 2005 and Beyond: Another merger another re-branding
• US Airways - Fleet
• US Airways - US Airways Club
• US Airways - Destinations

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