Reported quarterly, the GNP (Gross National Product) of the U.S. represents the total market value of American goods and services bought for final use during a one-year period.
Considered the most comprehensive measure of U.S. economic activity, it includes consumer purchases, private investment, and government spending.
New York socialite Samuel Ward McAllister created the term in 1892, when he planned a party to be held in Mrs. William Astor’s ballroom. Since the ballroom held only 400 people, McAllister limited the invitations to those he decided were the inner elite of New York society.
Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910) was the first woman in the U.S. to receive an M.D. degree. She received her degree in 1849 from Geneva Medical College in New York.
The Declaration of Independence cited 27 separate grievances against the king of Great Britain, George III. These grievances included refusing his assent to “wholesome” laws, making judges dependent on “his will alone,” and bringing in foreign mercenaries to wage war on the colonies in a way “totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.”
From 1929 to 1931, the tallest building in the world before the Empire State Building was opened was the Chrysler Building in New York City. In the 1920s, its architect, William Van Alen, was commissioned to design the world’s tallest building. Simultaneously his former partner, H. Craig Severance, was commissioned by another company to do…
No GM chairman ever said, “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country”. The line actually was, “What’s good for the country, is good for General Motors, and vice-versa,” and it was said by Charles Wilson, a former GM head who was at the time the secretary of defense under President Eisenhower.
World Trade Center. 1,350 feet high, 110 stories Empire State Building. 1,250 feet high, 102 stories (with the 164-foot television tower included, it is 1,414 feet high) Chrysler Building. 1,046 feet high, 77 stories AT&T Building. 950 feet high, 67 stories 40 Wall Tower. 927 feet high, 71 stories