Violet Palmer 1964
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Californian born Violet Palmer is an American professional basketball referee and the first women to officiate a National Basketball association (NBA) game. She created history on October 31, 1997, when she took the court to referee an NBA game between the Vancouver Grizzlies and the Dallas Maverick, by not only becoming the first female referee in the history of the league, but also the first woman to officiate any major American men's professional sporting event.
Publication Name: Biography Today
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 1058-2347
Year: 2005
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Clearinghouse banks and banknote over-issue
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A model of banks that serve as clearinghouses of private debt where money is used as means of payment is presented. It is noted that the private provision of banknotes or a discount window may be needed to avoid the insufficient debt clearing which comes from an inflexible currency stock. An uncontrolled total money stock may also lead to a multiplicity of equilibria which includes an inflationary banknote over-issue.
Publication Name: Journal of Monetary Economics
Subject: Economics
ISSN: 0304-3932
Year: 1996
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Oath of uncertainty
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The issue on operational control and foreign command between the US and the United Nations (UN) were raised when Army Specialist Michael G. New refused to take an assignment in the UN military unit. New said that acceptance of the assignment would be a violation of his oath to the constitution.
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 1996
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