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Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist serving as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury since January 26, 2021. She previously served as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She is the first woman to hold either post, and has also led the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Dr. John. Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk. [1] Active as a session musician from the late 1950s until his death, he gained a following in the late 1960s after the ...
Ship's cat. Years active. 1941–1955. Oscar (known by his nickname, Unsinkable Sam, or by the Germanized spelling of his name, Oskar) was a ship's cat who purportedly served during World War II with both the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy and survived the sinking of three ships.
Jerry Yellin. Jerome " Jerry " Yellin[1] (February 15, 1924 – December 21, 2017) was a United States Army Air Forces World War II fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima and who flew 19 Very Long Range (VLR) combat missions over Japan. He has been credited with flying the final combat mission of World War II in a North American P ...
In 1934, Nichols wrote a bestseller advocating pacifism, Cry Havoc!, [6] but by 1938, he had abandoned his pacifism and supported the Allies in the Second World War. [6] In 1966 he wrote A Case of Human Bondage about the marriage and divorce of writer W. Somerset Maugham and his interior-decorator wife, Syrie, which was highly critical of Maugham.
July 10, 2023 at 12:22 AM. The world is big enough for US and China, Yellen says as she concludes Beijing trip. The world is big enough for both the United States and China to thrive, US Treasury ...
“The American economy is fundamentally strong, and Treasury securities remain the world’s preeminent safe and liquid asset.” The U.S. Federal Reserve has implemented significant interest ...
Following the establishment of the Second Polish Republic after World War I and during the interwar period, the number of Jews in the country grew rapidly. According to the Polish national census of 1921, there were 2,845,364 Jews living in the Second Polish Republic; by late 1938 that number had grown by over 16 percent, to approximately 3,310,000, mainly through migration from Ukraine and ...