Word: hollanders
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...effect, international currencies. But banking and Catholicism were then uneasy partners: the church condemned usury -- defined then as any interest on loans -- in language harsher than bishops today use to denounce contraception. The reformers were more lenient. Gradually Europe's great centers of commerce were established in predominantly Protestant Holland and England. Innovation followed upon fiscal innovation. Grain futures were traded in Amsterdam in the 16th century. Paper currency began to replace metal coins. The first check may have been written in London...
...Joseph de Maistre. The ) Mongol invasion (1237-1480) and its aftermath of cruel autocracy had isolated Russians totally from Western developments, particularly the Renaissance and the Reformation. That long isolation embraced every aspect of Russian life. Russia's first modern technology, in the 17th century, was all imported from Holland and Germany. Russia didn't have even a single university until...
...families who pay from $5 to $15 a night, if they can afford it. The local projects are supported by local fund drives, and all the money collected goes directly to the houses; McDonald's pays all administrative costs of the program, which extends to Canada, France, Germany, Holland, Australia and New Zealand...
...stroke will be sophomore Didzis Voldins, followed by junior Bill Cooper, junior Ethan Ayer, Senior Captain Steve Trafton, junior John Cooper, sophomore Colin Chant, Sophomore Adam Holland, Junior Lars Mellemsetrer in the bow seat and sophomore coxswain David Weiden...
Currently, Parker's lineup has sophomore Didzis Voldins at stroke, junior Bill Cooper in the seven seat, followed by junior Ethan Ayer, senior Captain Steve Trafton, Bill's twin brother John, sophomore Colin Chant, sophomore Adam Holland, junior Lars Mellemseter in bow and sophomore coxswain David Weiden...