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- 6501: The Rise of Communism in Russia
- ... level individuals still spoke for themselves, and considerable freedom for factional controversy remained despite the principles of unity laid down in 1921. Works Cited Daniels, Robert V., A Documentary History of Communism. New York: Random House Publishing, 1960. Farah, Mounir, The Human Experience. Columbus: Bell & Howess Co., 1990. Luttwak, Edward N., The Grand Strategy of the Soviet Union. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. Pipes, Richard, Survival is Not Enough ...
- 6502: Actions and Behavior of the President
- ... direction, or that the president has very limited powers dictated by the Constitution and should act like a chief administrator for the Federal Government. These beliefs were reflected in their behavior while in the White House. Franklin Roosevelt believed that the Federal Government had an obligation and interest in bringing the nation out of the depression. In order to do this he initiated a number of agencies and projects to employ ...
- 6503: The Power of The Judiciary
- ... with cases that involved federal legislation. One specific example that validates this point is the issue of term limits. When Congress passed legislation allowing for the government to set term limits on members of the House of Representatives, the Supreme Court was asked to step in and rule on the fairness to do this. This was and still is a prodigious issue among federal officials, particularly the Congressman that it is ...
- 6504: The Federal Bureau of Investigation
- ... second World War increased greatly and included intelligence matters in South America. With the end of that war, and the arrival of the Atomic Age, the FBI began conducting background security investigations for the White House and other government agencies, as well as probes into internal security matters for the executive branch of the government. In the 1960's, civil rights and organized crime became major concerns of the FBI, and ...
- 6505: The Federalist Papers and Federalism
- ... of the idea of checks and balances as a way of restricting governmental power and preventing its abuse. Both Hamilton and Madison regarded this as the most powerful form of government. As conceived, popularly elected House of Representatives would be checked and balanced by a more conservative Senate picked by state legislatures. (in 1913 the 17th Amendment changed this to the popular election of senators). Hamilton observed in letter number 78 ...
- 6506: The Presidential Election of 1972
- ... should change much of anything they were doing. After all the months of campaigning, and voting were through, Richard Nixon was reelected the new President of the United States. "Nixon swept back into the White House on Nov. 7 with a devastating landslide victory over McGovern. He carried a record of 49 states for a total of 520 electoral votes."5 Nixon did have a couple of advantages that McGovern didn ...
- 6507: The Death Penalty: Justifiable
- ... stop here. It was August 3, the year was 1986. A man named Esquel Banda had just raped, stabbed and strangled a 74 year old widow by the name of Merle Laird in her own house. Banda then sucked the blood from the woman's mouth. Does that describe a kind, gentle man, who is not a threat to society? A man who values life or a man that deserves life ...
- 6508: The Bush Administration's Relation With Iraq Prior to Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait: Credibility and Misperception
- ... 11). "State Department officials...led Saddam Hussein to think he could get away with grabbing Kuwait....Bush and Co. gave him no reason to think otherwise" (New York Daily News Sept. 29). The Former White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger has written at length about how this trap was set. Bits and pieces of the jigsaw puzzle trap are also emerging elsewhere, however; and some may be summarily put together here ...
- 6509: Social Security In the Future? Maybe Not
- ... beach when I retired. I planned on traveling a lot seeing the great sites the country has to offer. All of these plans have changed instead my yougest son is putting an addition on his house so that I could move in. I am very thankful for what he is doing, but I really don't want to go. I want my privacy and I'm sure he wants his too ...
- 6510: Cold War vs. United States
- ... Another example was when by keeping the communication channels opening, and with its influences, the United States helped Israel and Palestine to sign the historic peace agreement between th ese two states at the white House in 1995. This ended the forty years of fighting between these two states. The agreement brought peace to the mid- east area at last and ended the ethnic fighting for good. Another good example was ...
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