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Remaking Culture on Wall Street
Since 2008, financial firms have paid, in aggregate, in excess of $320 billion in fines related to misconduct. Nearly ten years later, while many large financial firms have …
Assessment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Since 1959, the National Research Council (NRC), at the request of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has annually assembled panels of experts to assess the …
Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis
The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections has been a prime example of the new openness under glasnost in discussing previously taboo subjects. Using new revelations …
America Becoming
The 20th Century has been marked by enormous change in terms of how we define race. In large part, we have thrown out the antiquated notions of the 1800s, giving way to a more …
Alternative Technologies to Replace Antipersonnel Landmines
This book examines potential technologies for replacing antipersonnel landmines by 2006, the U.S. target date for signing an international treaty banning these weapons. Alternative …
Curves on the Highway
For the woman who has always had the urge to embark on a lengthy cross-country journey by herself, Curves on the Highway is both an inspirational guide and a practical how-to book. …
Living and Dying on the Periphery
The phrase "e;southwestern US/northwestern Mexico archaeology"e; tends to evoke images of multistoried villages and cliff dwellings. But on the eastern periphery of the …
The Spirit of Mercy on the West Texas Wind
In the late 19th century, Carmelite priests and nuns came to a largely uncivilized, remote area of West Texas to establish a religious, educational, and agricultural center among …
Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program
The water impounded behind a dam can be used to generate power and to provide water for drinking, irrigation, commerce, industry, and recreation. However, if a dam fails, the water …
Treatise on Gunshot Wounds
A Treatise on Gunshot Wounds is a comprehensive and authoritative medical text authored by Thomas Longmore, a distinguished British military surgeon. First published in the 19th …
French on Shifting Ground
In French on Shifting Ground: Cultural and Coastal Erosion in South Louisiana, Nathalie Dajko introduces readers to the lower Lafourche Basin, Louisiana, where the land, a …
Rethinking the Components, Coordination, and Management of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Laboratories
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) applies scientific results that have been provided by various parts of its own organization and by external organizations. The agency …