In Keighley‚ Maxted & Co v Durant (1901)‚ A was authorized by P to buy wheat at 44s 3d a quarter on a joint account for A and P. Wheat was unobtainable at this price and‚ therefore‚ A agreed to buy from T at 44s 6d a quarter. Though he intended to buy it on behalf of himself and P‚ A contracted in his own name and did not disclose the agency to T. The next day P ratified the purchase at the unauthorized price but‚ in due course‚ P and A failed to take delivery. It was held by the House of Lords
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successfully. Points Awarded 13 Points Missed 17 Percentage 43% 1. What happens in the market for wheat when dry winter weather causes a poor harvest? A. The supply of wheat decreases and the demand remains unchanged. B. The demand for wheat increases and the supply decreases. C. The demand for wheat increases and the supply remains unchanged. D. The demand for wheat decreases and the supply increases. Incorrect! The supply curve will shift to the left along a stable demand
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Retonda Dawson SCI/241 May 2‚ 2013 Kristin Ellsworth Face the Facts What are bad fats? Bad fats are saturated fat and trans- fat. Saturated fat have chemical makeup in which the carbon atoms are saturated with hydrogen atoms. Saturated
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Until the so-called Keynesian revolution of the late 1930s and 1940s‚ the two main parts of economic theory were typically labeled “monetary theory” and “price theory.” Today‚ the corresponding dichotomy is between “macroeconomics” and “microeconomics.” The motivating force for the change came from the macro side‚ with modern macroeconomics being far more explicit than old-fashioned monetary theory about fluctuations in income and employment (as well as the price level). In contrast‚ no revolution
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It about modified starch Journal of Agricultural Science Vol. 2‚ No. 2‚ June 2010 requirements are properties such as viscosity‚ resistant to shear‚ low pH and high temperature. Accordingly‚ varieties of modified starches are used in food industry. Table 1 lists some of the modified starches that can be prepared from different sources to meet the marketing-related requirements. Today‚ modified food starch is a food additive and limits of its modification‚ use and labeling are clearly defined
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GREEN p.1 THE GREEN REVOLUTION P.Fitzgerald-Moore and B.J. Parai Foreword This chapter started life as lecture notes and graphical displays prepared by Douglas H. Norrie (with data up to 1975) for his class "Technology in Contemporary Society." In 1984 Fitzgerald-Moore amplified the notes and started an annual revision of the data. In 1996‚ the notes and graphs were turned over to Brian Parai to form the basis of a term paper under Fitzgerald-Moore’s supervision. Parai’s paper has been extensively
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and stretched all the way from Canada south to Texas. People really moved to the midwest certain that they had found the richest soil in the world and the ideal place to settle down. Men began to clear the land — using the endless prairie to grow wheat‚ and the trees to build houses‚ barns and outbuildings. During that time‚ Great Depression and World War I was going around (“United States History”). In 1930s‚ people started noticing a lot of changes in the state. After the blizzards in winter
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Many of the domestic plants that are around today all started out as wild‚ some even started out poisonous. Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond chapter seven is about how through natural and artificial selection the plants‚ that people today know and love‚ came to be. Natural selection is the process that organisms better suited for certain environments survive and produce more offspring’s. Whereas artificial selection is where organisms with desired traits cross-pollinate
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[pic] The Green Revolution The world’s worst recorded food disaster occurred in 1943 in British-ruled India. Known as the Bengal Famine‚ an estimated 4 million people died of hunger that year in eastern India (which included today’s Bangladesh). Initially‚ this catastrophe was attributed to an acute shortfall in food production in the area. However‚ Indian economist Amartya Sen (recipient of the Nobel Prize for Economics‚ 1998) has established that while food shortage was a contributor to the
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Agriculture in India has a significant history. Today‚ India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry andfisheries accounted for 16.6% of the GDP in 2009‚ about 50% of the total workforce.[1][2] The economic contribution of agriculture to India’s GDP is steadily declining with the country’s broad-based economic growth. Still‚ agriculture is demographically the broadest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic fabric of India
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