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- 11241: Fidel Castro's Reign In Cuba
- ... refuse to handle the crude petroleum that the Cubans were receiving from the Soviet Union. The companies such as Shell and Standard Oil had been buying crude from their own plants in Venezuela at a high cost. The Cuban government demanded that the refineries process the crude they were receiving from Russia at a much cheaper price. These refineries refused at the U.S. advice stating that there were no provisions ...
- 11242: Federalist and Anti-Federalist Views
- ... to tax as well. Hamilton denounced the proposition of the national government raising revenue only through customs duties on foreign imports and exports. He pointed out that these duties would have to be raised prodigiously high, encouraging smuggling, bringing higher prices on essentials, and yielding a market monopoly for domestic manufacturers. The Anti-Federalists saw many flaws in the formation of a union, chiefly in specific respect to the proposed Constitution ...
- 11243: Theodore Roosevelt's Impact On The Presidency
- ... the world. Under his leadership, the United States continued to intervene in the domestic affairs of weaker countries of economic and strategic interest to the nation. Roosevelt did these things in an independent and sometimes high-handed manner. After the Spanish- American War ended many Americans were brought home in need for a quick route between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans. The Isthmus of Panama was an ideal location for ...
- 11244: Solidarity-A New Hope Of Breaking Communist Ruling
- ... devastated by the war. He saw other countries trying to divide Poland in a half or completely trying to take it off the map. At the age of fourteen, he entered a two-years technical school in order to become an electrician. In 1959, he began his career as electrician working in a close-by repair shop. A few years later in search of better working conditions, he moved to Gdansk ...
- 11245: Conscription in Canada
- ... at home by helping in farming and munitions would have bee better than having conscription. The French-Canadians were not prepared to fight. They doubted the English ways and had much reason too. The Ontario school issue, which minimized the right to teach the French living in Ontario their native language. The early failure to establish a French -Canadian military unit and the fact that many of the recruiters of the ...
- 11246: Government Spending & Budget
- ... taxes in 1993 and cut defense programs, but his overall plan was for an increasing budget without deficit reduction. Startling Facts about the budget: As of 1996, the national debt was at an all time high of $5 trillion dollars, with interest running at a whopping $250 billion per year (Rau M-1). This equals out to an individual responsibility of more than $50,000 per taxpayer. Nearly 90% of that ...
- 11247: Juvenile Crime and Prevention
- ... activities. It recently created a task force on violence. The Department's Crime Prevention Office offers community cadre training, among other programs, and in conjunction with the Department of Education has developed a program called School/Community Violence Prevention: Focus on Gangs. In addition, the attorney general has urged video game businesses to restrict violence and label their products for better consumer information. The Department of Education, in addition to the ...
- 11248: The Death Penalty
- ... of trouble in his/her childhood. So, the light sentences imposed on criminals have no relationship with the increasing rate of crimes. In most societies, such as China and Singapore, there are still have a high rate of crimes although they have the death penalty is not a solution to the problem and it cannot be atone for his crime. Some people also argue that the criminals are "financial burden" to ...
- 11249: Watergate
- ... guilty would be suspended. The nation really still did not know exactly what was going on. It was apparent that something important was happening when Ehrlichman and Haldeman resigned. The public then really took a high interest in what was happening. For a while Nixon tried everything he could to get out of what he had gotten himself into. He had totally destroyed his administration. Nixon went through the trial with ...
- 11250: The Higher Education Act Is Unfair To Students
- ... are need-based programs. Denying this aid to students convicted of a drug charge is not the answer. This could possibly push the student into illegal activities to gain the money needed to return to school. We should be helping drug offenders solve their problems instead of causing the student more trouble. The statement this law makes is unreal. If you go by this law, convicted murderers, rapist and even drunk ...
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