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Based on painstaking research and interviews, Sonnichsen's tales bring to life the bloody feuds of the young state of Texas, where personal vengeance righted intolerable wrongs and settled unbearable grievances.
The work also illustrates that new developments in social choice theory offer a better foundation than traditional welfare economics.
Deborah Brown is an orphan who is much too old to still be living in the orphanage in Massachusetts. When she is offered the opportunity to attend a matchmaking dance with her fellow orphans in Texas, she agrees, but she’s afraid of men, and certain no one will be interested in a girl who is more comfortable knitting than dancing. Aaron Tudor loves the idea of finding a sweet orphan at a matchmaking dance and marrying her immediately. He’s a rancher who has spent his whole life living in the same house, and he loves the close-knit community there. When Deborah first sees Aaron watching her at the dance, she’s more nervous than ever. He’s truly the largest man she’s ever seen in her life. Surely, he’s not as kind as people around her say. After a few dances and much conversation, Deborah agrees to marry him, but she makes him promise to wait to consummate the marriage. Slowly, over time, she falls in love with the Gentle Giant. When a range war breaks out with their ranch at the center, Deborah is frightened that Aaron will be injured. Will the two of them be able to save their ranch from the outsiders threatening it?
Modem industrial society functions with the expectation that electricity will be available when required. By law, electric utilities have the obligation to provide electricity to customers in a "safe and adequate" manner. In exchange for this obligation, utilities are granted a monopoly right to provide electricity to customers within well-defmed service territories. However, utilities are not unfettered in their monopoly power; public utility commissions regulate the relationship between a utility and its customers and limit profits to a "fair rate of return on invested capital. " From its inception through the late 1970s, the electric utility industry's opera tional paradigm was to continu...
She was America's first World Road Champion, yet today few know her name. She raced to victory as Russian tanks lined the streets on the toughest course ever offered to Women's World road competition. She won the coveted Rainbow Jersey against teams from 11 nations after crashing on the rain-drenched course. The closer she came to her dream of racing on an Italian team, the harder her family fought to force her home. This is the true story of Audrey Phleger McElmury Levonas, possibly the greatest female road cyclist America has ever produced.
Deals with the problems of climate change & the international cooperation necessary to combat the problem.