Word of the Day
For the next thirteen years, with indefatigable zeal he rummages the libraries for charts and details of the spice trade and Pacific voyages. -- Alan Gurney, Below the Convergence
With few options left, President Cleveland met with New York financier J.P. Morgan, who pledged a whopping $60 million in gold. Adjusted for inflation, that would be about $1.5 billion today. - "Apple has more cash than the U.S. Treasury", Los Angeles Times, 29th July, 2011