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This executive order by Governor Richard W. Riley creates a commission and designates Commissioners for writing a study on the annexation of an area of Allendale County to Hampton County.

A publication of the VMI Office of Communications and Marketing containing news and events information. Volume I, Number 7

A publication of the VMI Office of Communications and Marketing containing news and events information. Volume II, Number 5

A publication of the VMI Office of Communications and Marketing containing news and events information. Volume VI, Number 1

Abstract
We study the consequences of alphabetical author order in economics for job placements of economists, based on a context that enables a clean identification. Results using two different data sets both show that, relative to Chinese physicists and statisticians, Chinese economists with surname initials located later in the alphabet tend not to stay in the US and are more likely to work in China. Such effects of surname initials on job placements are clearly identified and represent a result of alphabetical author order, because in Chinese culture, names are seldom listed alphabetically in contexts other than joint publications in international economics journals.

The Washington Conference regulated the inter-war naval race between the world powers. In the era when it was still believed that battleships were the epitome of naval power and a sign of a country's strength, this conference led to limitations on the building of such weapons by the naval powers of Britain, the USA and Japan. This collection of essays deals with many aspects of the conference; the factors that caused it, the interests of the participating nations both present and future, and the results