Were did noise piercings originate from ?

In an industry in which there are several providers of a type of good, why can one business not charge much higher prices for their goods?

How was the u.s. economy different from european economies following world war 1?

Why were presidents andrew jackson and martin van buren unwilling to annex texas? a. they did not want texas to be admitted to the union as a slave state. b. they feared that the annexation of texas as a slave state would lead to political problems within the union. c. they thought that texas was too large to be admitted to the union as one state. d. they did not believe in the idea of manifest destiny.