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91Bribe Payers Index — (BPI) is a measure of how willing a nation appears to comply with demands for corrupt business practices. The first BPI was published by Transparency International on October 26, 1999.The BPI 2006MethodologyThe BPI is a ranking of 30 of the… …
92Employment Protection Legislation — (EPL) refers to all types of employment protection measures, whether grounded primarily in legislation, court rulings, collectively bargained conditions of employment or customary practice [OECD Employment Outlook, June 1999, Chapter 2,… …
93Microfoundations — In economics, the term microfoundations refers to the microeconomic analysis of the behavior of individual agents such as households or firms that underpins a macroeconomic theory (Barro, 1993, Glossary, p. 594).[1][2] Most early… …
94Fire safe cigarettes — [Fire Safe Cigarettes] [http://www.firesafecigarettes.org] ] Cigarettes are the leading cause of residential fire deaths in the United States, which resulted in an estimated 800 civilian deaths, 1,660 civilian injuries and $575 million in direct… …
95consumption — /keuhn sump sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of consuming, as by use, decay, or destruction. 2. the amount consumed: the high consumption of gasoline. 3. Econ. the using up of goods and services having an exchangeable value. 4. Pathol. a. Older Use.… …
96sports — /spawrts, spohrts/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a sport or sports, esp. of the open air or athletic kind: a sports festival. 2. (of garments, equipment, etc.) suitable for use in open air sports, or for outdoor or informal use. [1910 15; SPORT +… …
97Short linear motif — The Human papilloma virus E7 oncoprotein mimic of the LxCxE motif (red) bound to the host Retinoblastoma protein (dark grey)(PDB 1gux) In molecular biology Short Linear Motifs (also known as SLiMs, Linear Motifs or minimotifs) are short stretches …
98The Black Swan (Taleb book) — The Black Swan   …
99Life-Cycle Hypothesis (LCH) — The Life Cycle Hypothesis (LCH) is an economic theory that pertains to the spending and saving habits of people over the course of a lifetime. The concept was developed by Franco Modigliani and his student Richard Brumberg. LCH presumes that… …
100Ionians (The) — The Ionians Malcolm Schofield THALES AND OTHERS The Greeks agreed that philosophy had begun with Thales. However they did not know much about his views.1 What survives is mostly a potent legend. Herodotus tells stories of his practical ingenuity …
