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  2. The City of God - Wikipedia

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    The City of God is marked by people who forgo earthly pleasure to dedicate themselves to the eternal truths of God, now revealed fully in the Christian faith. The Earthly City, on the other hand, consists of people who have immersed themselves in the cares and pleasures of the present, passing world. [ 4]

  3. Andrew Carnegie - Wikipedia

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    Carnegie as he appears in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.. Andrew Carnegie (English: / k ɑːr ˈ n ɛ ɡ i / kar-NEG-ee, Scots: [kɑrˈnɛːɡi]; [2] [3] [note 1] November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist.

  4. Adam Smith - Wikipedia

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    Adam Smith FRS FRSE FRSA (baptised 16 June [ O.S. 5 June] 1723 [ 1] – 17 July 1790) was a Scottish [ a] economist and philosopher who was a pioneer in the thinking of political economy and key figure during the Scottish Enlightenment. [ 3] Seen by some as "The Father of Economics" [ 4] or "The Father of Capitalism", [ 5] he wrote two classic ...

  5. Water storage - Wikipedia

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    Water storage. Water storage is a broad term referring to storage of both potable water for consumption, and non potable water for use in agriculture. In both developing countries and some developed countries found in tropical climates, there is a need to store potable drinking water during the dry season. In agriculture water storage, water is ...

  6. Ogallala Aquifer - Wikipedia

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    The Ogallala Aquifer (oh-gə-LAH-lə) is a shallow water table aquifer surrounded by sand, silt, clay, and gravel located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. As one of the world's largest aquifers, it underlies an area of approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km 2) in portions of eight states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas). [1]

  7. 1973–1975 recession - Wikipedia

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    The 1973–1975 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall post–World War II economic expansion. It differed from many previous recessions by involving stagflation, in which high unemployment and high inflation existed simultaneously.

  8. The Economy of God - Wikipedia

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    The Economy of God. The Economy of God, first published in 1968, is one of Witness Lee 's principal works and is a compilation of messages he gave in the summer of 1964 in Los Angeles. These messages build on one of Watchman Nee 's classics, The Spiritual Man, which reveals that man is composed of three parts - spirit, soul, and body.

  9. Economy of Salvation - Wikipedia

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    The Economy of Salvation, also called the Divine Economy, is that part of divine revelation in the Roman Catholic tradition that deals with God 's creation and management of the world, particularly his plan of salvation accomplished through the Church. Economy comes from the Greek oikonomia (economy), literally, "management of a household" or ...