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111Public Library and Baths, Balsall Heath — The Public Library and Baths (gbmapping|SP078843) on Moseley Road, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England form one of many pairings of baths and libraries in Birmingham.HistoryPlanningDuring discussions, in 1890, to include the Balsall Heath district …
112Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 — ▪ United States legislation legislation passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by Pres. George W. Bush (Bush, George W.) on Oct. 3, 2008. It was designed to prevent the collapse of the U.S. financial system during the subprime… …
113emergency — /əˈmɜdʒənsi / (say uh merjuhnsee), /i / (say ee ) noun (plural emergencies) 1. an unforeseen occurrence; a sudden and urgent occasion for action. 2. a. someone who stands by in case of emergency. b. Australian Rules a player who is not selected… …
114Public Works Administration — (PWA) Established under Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act in 1933 as the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works to combat unemployment and to “prime the pump” of the economy, the PWA was funded with $3.3 billion to be… …
115Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists — The Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists (ECAS) was founded by Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd in 1946. Its aims were to warn the public of the dangers associated with the development of nuclear weapons, promote the peaceful use of nuclear… …
116Emergency Relief and Construction Act — The Emergency Relief and Construction Act (ch. 520, USStat|47|709, enacted July 211932), was the United States s first major relief legislation, enabled under Herbert Hoover and later adopted and expanded by Franklin D. Roosevelt as part of his… …
117Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 — The Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 was passed in April during the Second Hundred Days as a part of Franklin Delano Roosevelt s New Deal. It was a large scale public works program for the jobless which included the Works Progress… …
118emergency services — N PLURAL: usu the N The emergency services are the public organizations whose job is to take quick action to deal with emergencies when they occur, especially the fire brigade, the police, and the ambulance service …
119emergency power — noun : power granted to or used or taken by a public authority to meet the exigencies of a particular emergency (as of war or disaster) whether within or outside a constitutional frame of reference …
120Public Works of Art Project — ▪ United States federal arts project first of the U.S. federal art programs conceived as part of the New Deal during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Its purpose was to prove the feasibility of government patronage. It was organized in… …
