Some of that anger may have been in the genes: his father, an immigrant baker of German extraction who played little part in his children's upbringing, was said to have a quick temper.

ECONOMIST: August Wilson

For their part manufacturers seem largely unaware that a provision in Dodd-Frank concerning the extraction of minerals from in and around the Congo will mean that they will have to begin filing information on their entire supply chain to the SEC.

ECONOMIST: The Dodd-Frank act

When this is completed the more novel part of the fracking extraction process comes into play, applying techniques innovated in Texas in the 1990s.

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