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Now generally known as SMP, it began as a research project inspired by a 1961 conference chaired by Bryan Thwaites at the University of Southampton, which itself was precipitated by calls to reform mathematics teaching in the wake of the Sputnik launch by the Soviet Union, the same circumstances that prompted the wider New Math movement. It ...
Symbolic Manipulation Program, usually called SMP, was a computer algebra system designed by Chris A. Cole and Stephen Wolfram at Caltech circa 1979. It was initially developed in the Caltech physics department with contributions from Geoffrey C. Fox , Jeffrey M. Greif, Eric D. Mjolsness, Larry J. Romans, Timothy Shaw, and Anthony E. Terrano.
Dorothy Alanna Fink is an American endocrinologist and government official who served as the acting United States secretary of health and human services from January 20, 2025 until February 13, 2025.
The word pussy historically refers to cats.. Pussy (/ ˈ p ʊ s i /) is an English noun, adjective, and—in rare instances—verb. It has several meanings, as slang, as euphemism, and as vulgarity.
Bangor Savings Bank is a state-chartered bank in Maine and New Hampshire, United States. The company, which is headquartered in downtown Bangor, was founded in 1852 and has 69 branches across the two states. [1] As of December 2023, the bank was the largest Maine-based bank with roughly $7.3 billion in assets. [2]
From January 2008 to February 2008, if you bought shares in companies when Ivan Seidenberg joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -3.1 percent return on your investment, compared to a -6.0 percent return from the S&P 500.
In 2008, the iPhone reached 1.1% of worldwide mobile phone market share, [207] and 8.2% of the smartphone market. [208] During this time it was quickly becoming relevant in North America, and in market share was ranked second in the U.S. in 2009, behind the BlackBerry ; [ 209 ] in 2010 the iPhone 3GS was the best-selling smartphone in the U.S ...
Between 2004 and 2013, the World Bank committed to lend or give at least $338 billion, according to bank data. Its private-lending affiliate, the International Finance Corporation, committed to invest at least $116 billion during the same period in corporations and other banks in pursuit of the overall goal of alleviating poverty.