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Play a neat word game at Free Rice and for every word you get correct, they will donate rice to help feed the hungry.
  US President Franklin D. Roosevelt Forbids Hoarding of Gold (1933)Executive Order 6102 required US citizens and businesses to turn in all but a small amount of gold to the Federal Reserve in exchange for $20.67 per ounce. It came in the midst of a banking crisis, when the stability of paper currency was in doubt. Consequently, many tried to withdraw their money and redeem it for gold, which was considered safer. However, there simply was not enough gold in the US—or the world—to cover the nation's debts. How many people were prosecuted for violating the order? More... Discuss |
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2 comments:
I can get lost in that game.,,I like how it tickles at places in my brain that haven't been asked to do anything in a long time, lol.
I keep a folder on my desktop; this month it's "Work-June". When the month goes by, I create a new one and drag the old one into it.
Now I've got over two years of nested folders!
I was going through it the other day and found this, it was in a folder "ToTG-To Do" and was a year old. LOL
Anyway, thanks again for the link.
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