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The headquarters of the United Nations occupies a site beside the East River between 42nd and 48th Streets, on between 17 and 18 acres (6.9 and 7.3 ha) [a] of land purchased from the real estate developer William Zeckendorf Sr. [11] At the time, the site was part of Turtle Bay, which contained slaughterhouses and tenement buildings, as well as ...
Kraft and Nabisco sponsored a part-time Sprint Cup effort in car #81 driven by Jason Keller and John Andretti and fielded by Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Nabisco also sponsored Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the 2010 Subway Jalapeño 250 at Daytona International Speedway in July 2010 with their Oreo/Ritz brands and Tony Stewart with the Ritz brand in the 2010 ...
Descartes' Le Monde, 1664 The World, also called Treatise on the Light (French title: Traité du monde et de la lumière), is a book by René Descartes (1596–1650). Written between 1629 and 1633, it contains a nearly complete version of his philosophy, from method, to metaphysics, to physics and biology.
In number theory, a Descartes number is an odd number which would have been an odd perfect number if one of its composite factors were prime.They are named after René Descartes who observed that the number D = 3 2 ⋅7 2 ⋅11 2 ⋅13 2 ⋅22021 = (3⋅1001) 2 ⋅ (22⋅1001 − 1) = 198585576189 would be an odd perfect number if only 22021 were a prime number, since the sum-of-divisors ...
International Monetary Fund; Abbreviation: IMF: Formation: 27 December 1945; 78 years ago (): Type: International financial institution: Purpose: Promote international monetary co-operation, facilitate international trade, foster sustainable economic growth, make resources available to members experiencing balance of payments difficulties, prevent and assist with recovery from international ...
Mondelez International brands (3 C, 116 P) N. Nabisco (1 C, 13 P) Pages in category "Mondelez International" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of ...
The company was founded in 1993 by Marcus Pürner, who began with an area of 50 m 2 in his father's furniture factory in Waldershof, Germany. [2] The company has expanded its production area to 55,000 m 2 [3] and sells to more than 60 countries all over the world.
René Descartes (/ d eɪ ˈ k ɑːr t / day-KART or UK: / ˈ d eɪ k ɑːr t / DAY-kart; French: [ʁəne dekaʁt] ⓘ; [note 3] [11] 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) [12] [13]: 58 was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.