Pay Equity: Empirical Inquiries answers these questions in 10 original research papers. The papers explore race- and gender-based differences in wages, at the level both of individuals and of occupations.
Okra, or Gumbo, from Africa. 0kra (Hibiscus esculentus) is also called gumbo in this country, although the latter term is more often applied to soups or other dishes which contain okra. Both of these names are of African origin. Gumbo is believed to be a corruption of a Portuguese corruption, quingombo, of the word quillobo, native name for the plant in the Congo and Angola area of Africa.
1 Ancient Greeks chewed the gum from the mastic tree. 2  Ancient Mayans (in South America) chewed chicle which was made from the sap of the sapodilla tree. 3  North American Indians chewed sap from spruce trees. 4  Chewing gum was made and sold in America from 1848 but it was very different to the gum we know today. Chewing gum was made and sold in America from 1848 but it was very different to the gum we know today. 2  It was made from spruce gum. 3  Mr Thomas Adams first introduced chewing gum made out of chicle in 1871.