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LAW: Generally accepted, verified, fundamental principle of nature. Laws have been tested and verified through the scientific method. As a house is constructed from concrete, lumber, and nails, a theory is constructed from laws. To be a fundamental law of nature, a principle must capture a cause-and-effect relationship about the workings of the world.
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SHORTAGE A condition in the market in which the quantity demanded is greater than the quantity supplied at the existing price. Because buyers are unable to buy as much of the good as they want, a shortage generally causes an increase in the market price, which then acts to restore equilibrium. A shortage, which also goes by the terms excess demand and sellers' market, is one of two basic states of disequilibrium for the market. The other is surplus.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time touring the new suburban shopping complex wanting to buy either an AC adapter that won't fry your computer or a case for your designer sunglasses. Be on the lookout for bottles of barbeque sauce that act TOO innocent.
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Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.
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