By the end of the war, Fatherâs Day may not have been a federal holiday, but it was a national institution. In 1972, in the middle of a hard-fought presidential re-election campaign, Richard Nixon signed a proclamation making Fatherâs Day a federal holiday at last.
Finding Blue Chip Stocks. A blue chip is a large, financially sound company that has proved it can weather downturns in the market. These well-established companies have long track records of positive earnings and have paid dividends in both good times and bad.he Dow-Home of the Blue Chips. Established by journalist Charles Dow in 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, often just called the Dow, is composed of 30 blue-chip stocks from every important sector of the stock market except utilities and transportation.
The pyroxene minerals are silicates. &nbsp. HORNBLENDE (a mineral in the AMPHIBOLE family) - Hardness=5.5, two cleavage directions at 60/120 degree angles, density 3.0-3.3 g/cc, commonly dark green to black (doesn't leave much of a streak); one of the more common dark-colored minerals in igneous rocks.The amphibole minerals are silicates.agnetite is an oxide mineral. &nbsp. AUGITE (a mineral in the PYROXENE family) - Hardness=5-6, two cleavages at approximately 90 degree angles, density 3.2-3.5 g/cc, commonly dark green to black; one of the more common dark-colored minerals in igneous rocks.