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- 271: Triumph Over Difficulties
- ... sit in the back of public buses.An amazing woman named Rosa Parks refused to do so and is now is now recognized as a symbol of civil rights. A more recent example; the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal. Now well known, Kenneth Star found notoriety after publishing his report on the scandal. Monica LewinskyMonica Lewinsky gained money and a certain measure of popularity (maybe a good thing maybe not) from the numerous televised programs about the incedent and also from her book. Clinton has also been able to pull himself and his family together despite the many accusations and verbal assaults on his character. These are a few examples of the way people are able to find strength ...
- 272: Defending Against the Indefensible: Understanding Communication
- ... or when it is being applied tends to have a more closed outlook. A metaphor, used as a communication skill, is best described in a political way. Think of Reagan’s Voodoo economics, or Bill Clinton building a bridge to the 21st century. Politicians can easily scam an ignorant voter, should one not understand a metaphor. For example: Clinton refers to building a bridge, but does not tell us with which tools he intends to build it with. This particular concept is valid alone for the above reason. Whether you are talking to a ...
- 273: Will There Be a World War III?
- ... he thinking that maybe he should have gotten involved sooner? That maybe if the United States had gotten involved earlier some of this tragedy could of been prevented? So is this in fact what President Clinton is trying to do in Kosovo? He may in fact only be helping along what might turn into a World War III. It has often been said that the world is a dangerous place, and it certainly is. But not particularly to the US. Most members of the industrialized West, and especially America, are at peace. So why get involved in this situation in Kosovo? “President Clinton has asserted that, after a brief period of NATO occupation, the ethnic groups will reconcile.” (Kissinger 36) But “Ethnic groups in Bosnia have not reconciled after three years of NATO peacekeeping,” says Henry Kissinger in ...
- 274: Everyone Has Dreams, But To Carry Them Out Is The American Dream
- ... States of America is an office that exemplifies the American Dream. In my lifetime we have had two farmers and an actor become President. Jimmy Carter was a peanut farmer, and our current President Bill Clinton was also a farmer. Ronald Regan was a “B” movie actor. They all shared the same dream, to become President of the United States. And they all succeeded. What they accomplished was part of the ... pursuit of happiness.” To have the desire and the drive to carry out ones aspirations embodies the American Dream. My father had these desires and aspirations and was able to carry out his dream. Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Regan all had dreams and the dedication needed to fulfill them. Without the American Dream none of these endeavors would have been successful. The American Dream encompasses everything that helps to ...
- 275: Excellence is Your Best Weapon for Fighting Racism
- ... is poorer. Please do not be embarrassed by or ashamed of the size your home town. Many individuals from small towns have become very successful and risen to the top of their professions. If President Clinton can change his address from Hope, Arkansas to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., then you know it is possible to fulfill your aspirations, whatever they might be. President Clinton's rise to the top of his profession suggests to me that whether you are a big time runner from New York City, or a guy who runs around the block in Fall City, Washington ...
- 276: What I Can Do to Promote Liberty
- ... the way I can act out and state my opinions. If some lame law is gonna be passed that says that it would be illegal for me to dress up like a cigar and meet Clinton when he gets off a plane that would be taking away my constitutional right, because even though it may be improper and wrong, the first amendment is the freedom of speech which means I can indeed do that. Another thing I could do is to think about who I would want to run the “system” . I wouldn't vote for Clinton, but I wouldn't vote for Gingrich or Gore either. Maybe we should start an armed insurrection and overthrow the government. But that might result in total Ĺń㮩hź and we'd go into some ...
- 277: Education vs. Corrections
- ... should be one of our main concerns, especially since there is enough funds in the budget to make improvements in education, and keep prisons maintained. Congress was trying to cut education spending but president Bill Clinton vetoed several bills that congress came up with. They submitted a $792 billion tax cut bill to the white house that planned to “pay for their pet projects at the expense of our children’s education.” Clinton said the republican bill could mean layoffs for some five thousand teacher that were hired to reduce class sizes. However, Gray Davis’ notes the availability of $6.7 billion for k-12 school constructions. Up ...
- 278: Minimum Wage
- ... which established the national minimum wage at 25 cents an hour; it banned oppressive child labor and set the maximum workweek at 44 hours. Since then, Presidents Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Carter, Bush, and Clinton have signed minimum wage increases into law. When President Truman was in office, he signed the conference compromise bill, which about 1.5 million earners received wage increases of more then 5 cents an hour ... be increased because inflation was approaching a 40-year low. Inflation had largely wiped out the last increase in the minimum wage approved by Congress in 1989. In August of 1996, Congress passed and President Clinton signed a law for a two-step increase. The first step lifted the minimum wage from $4.25 to $4.75 per hour, which was effective on October 1, 1996. The second step raised the ...
- 279: China Joining The World Trade Organization
- ... The Chinese are eager to join the World Trade Organization, which is an admission ticket to the global economic community. U.S. businessmen who keen to expand their sales, want China in too, but the Clinton Administration is holding out for "commercially meaningful terms" necessitating wholesale change in the Chinese economy before saying yes. As a result, the complicated negotiations required before China can join, have been slow and painstaking and ... re not asking anything from China they can't reasonably do," says Barshefsky. "It might be a stretch, yes, but will we settle for less? No." (~{!0~}Anatomy of a WTO Deal.~{!1~} TIME.) The Clinton Administration repeats over and over to Beijing that its relations with the U.S. cannot reach "full potential" without "significant" improvement in human rights. For years, China's leaders turned a deaf ear, insisting that ...
- 280: Productivity on the Rise
- ... productivity and welfare is contributed to the adoption of the Welfare-to-Work program. This program sets limits and obtainable goals for its recipients, so they can live a more productive life. In 1996, President Clinton signed a welfare reform law that called for a productive society. Productivity, according to Webster’s Dictionary, means “to be in the state of being productive or to work toward a goal.” This is what the Welfare-to-Work program is all about, helping people escape bad and unproductive situations. The Welfare-to-Work program found a way to achieve the productive society that President Clinton felt was imperative for the United States. The Welfare-to-Work program is a simple and easy way for recipients to better themselves. The program sets limits, obtainable goals, and eliminates the long-term welfare ...
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