In 1928, Thomas Midgley, Albert Henne, and Robert McNary synthesized the first chlorofluorocarbons (trademarked as Freon in 1930), ushering in safe refrigerators and air conditioning (other coolants eventually replaced Freon).

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Maslow helped a bit by giving a list of people he felt had reached self-actualisation: Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, William James, Albert Schweitzer, Benedict Spinoza and Aldous Huxley, as well as 12 unnamed people alive at the time Maslow did his research.

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The Sheldon's holdings sound a roll call of America's significant painters, from luminaries such as Albert Bierstadt, Willem de Kooning and Thomas Eakins to others such as Fairfield Porter, Maurice Prendergast and Ben Shahn.

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Others developments have included canal-side planting in Piccadilly Basin, the creation of an orchard in St John's Gardens and a Northern Quarter pocket park on Thomas Street, and a revamp of Albert Bridge Gardens.

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As it happens, Maury Klein does not cite Fisher's quote, but otherwise he tells the story of the crash clearly and well, with some especially good pen portraits of characters such as Thomas Lamont, Jesse Livermore, Charley Mitchell and Albert Wiggin (who actually made money short-selling).

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