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- 9761: Has Political Islam Failed in Algeria?
- ... the election and the overwhelming defeat of the FLN, Chdli still thought that he could keep his position without the FLN in parliament. Yet, the army stepped in and took power with a military coup d'etat against him on Jan 11, 1992. This anti-democratic move of the army that was keeping an eye on the event and ready to intervene was the worst move in Algerian history. This started ...
- 9762: Gun Control Is Needed
- ... with gun control. First, there was the Gun Control Act of 1986, which banned all fully-automatic weapons from the hands of citizens. Then in 1988 there was the Brady Bill, which made a seven-day waiting period mandatory for all handgun purposes, this law passed the House of Representatives in 1991, but part of it was ruled unconstitutional in 1994. Most recently there was the ban on assault weapons, which ...
- 9763: Rosa Parks
- ... black community planned the strategy to challenge parks arrest, because she sat in a white seat in a bus. To protest the unfair treatment and to show their strengh, they decided to stage a one- day boycott of the city's buses on the coming Monday. As Nixon said, " The only way to make the power structure do away with segregation is to take some money out of their pockets," and ...
- 9764: Judicial Choices
- ... views. By the time of the Reagan-Bush era, nominees needed to have some quality to counteract the fact that they were conservative to receive a conformation for the liberal Congress. Ronald Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor, a woman, and George Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, a black man, to ease liberal apposition. No longer does the president think who is the best person to be on the court when determining ...
- 9765: Dual Executive/President
- ... time to campaign. A dual presidency with a domestic and foreign leader could divide these campaigning duties. In addition, a dual presidency is better adapted to handle simultaneous crises. A dual presidency is a modern day answer to the realities of the American presidency. Essentially, the idea of a dual executive is rooted in the concept of a plural executive. Back in the time of the writing of the Constitution, some ...
- 9766: Roy Lichtenstein
- ... his studio turned out more and more paintings, scupltures, and prints. Some more of his movement and exhibitions during this period were. He had a retrospective of his drawings in 1975 at the Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, also shown at Berlin. In 1979 he received his first public commission for a sculpture. He made the Mermaid for the Theater of the Performing Arts, Miami Beach, Florida. He painted the ...
- 9767: Diplomatic Immunity
- ... solutions present many problems. Rejection of a diplomatic mission produces unwanted tension between nations and jeopardizes current progress. Many times the crime goes unpunished. Something must be said for the diplomats doing their job every day and making this world a little safer to live in. Most diplomats are courteous law abiding citizens of the sending country. Out of respect for the host country and to protect the integrity of the ...
- 9768: Ecuador and Democracy
- ... Country of Contrasts (Oxford, 1964). Luzuriaga, C. Income Distribution and Poverty in Rural Ecuador (Arizona State Univ. Press, 1983). Redclift, M.R. Agrarian Reform and Peasant Organization in Coastal Ecuador (London Univ. Press, 1978). Schodt, D.W. Ecuador (Westview, 1986). Whitten, N.E., ed. Cultural Transformations and Ethnicity in Modern Ecuador (Univ. of Ill. Press, 1981).
- 9769: Communism
- ... United States have set all these standards during the majority of the last century, by being a government that represents freedom. All over the world people who were trapped in Communist governments hope that one day they too can be as fortunate as the people living in America; to them this freedom is part of their American Dream. The world during most of this and last century was ruled by two ...
- 9770: Is Gimpel a Fool?
- ... out, but he doesnt. He leaves, but he does leave them money. Gimpel also begins off in the beginning of the story as a baker. People come in and make fun of him every day, but he stays there and doesnt quit. Later in the story it says that he owns his own bakery. People also think of him as a rich man at that time. This shows how ...
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