Bush v. Gore (2000)
COURT CASE With the 2000 presidential election hanging on a few hundred disputed Florida ballots, the Supreme Court effectively decided the presidency itself by halting an ongoing statewide manual
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Afghan Hound
DOGS Afghan Hound The Afghan Hound is a hound distinguished by its thick, fine, silky coat, and a tail with a ring curl at the end. The breed originates in the cold mountains of Afghanistan . Its
First Airship
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Enron's accounting collapse (2001)
GREATEST MISTAKES IN HISTORY Enron, once one of America's largest energy companies, collapsed into bankruptcy after regulators uncovered a vast web of accounting fraud used to hide billions of dollars
Nobody Wanted It, Then Everyone Did: Personal computers
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