The Freedom of speech does not protect words that cause actions to hurt others, making obscene materials, burning of draft cards and students support of illegal drug use at school-sponsored events. ... The pilgrims were named Separatists back in England because they sought independence from the church. ...
The Philippines, after having promised its independence in1946, still had high economic dependence on United States' markets. ... The Bell Trade Act was approved by the legislature July 2, 1946, just two days before the proclamation of independence. ... Economic development was then to be achieved by constructing a number of infrastructures like bridges, roads, schools, health care centers, and beautification projects. ...
According to the United Nations Development Program's (UNDP) 1999 Human Development Report one fifth of children are malnourished, one fifth of children do not attend school past grade five, and child mortality is high, and fourteen percent of children make up the labor force. These numbers are surprisingly high since ten years ago the Convention on the Rights of a Child came into the international stage. ... This Convention aims high to correct and protect the human rights of a child, but the actual effectiveness has been weak. ... The militia began its terrible destruction after the ...
In fact, when I think of the word 'liberal', Rabindranath Tagore's stirring words instantly come to mind: "Where the mind is without fear and the Head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the mind is led forward by thee Into ever-widening thought and action Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, Let my country awake" Tagore made a sincere entreaty to Indians more than a century ago, albeit one that has fallen on deaf ears, time and again. ... Sixty-eight years after Independence, we may remember to hoist a massive flag every year to mark our hard-...
For decades, people have engaged in wars as a motive to bring about peace. However it has proven to do nothing but disturb and hurt the lives of millions of civilians around the world. It is an unjust and necessary evil into our society. Civil wars exist to end disputes over land, over throw religio...
His independence also threatened our interests in the Panama Canal. ... The fact was that at exactly the moment it invaded Panama because of its outrage over Noriega's abuses of human rights, the Bush administration announced new high-technology sales to China, noting that $300 million in business for US firms was at stake and that contacts had secretly resumed a few weeks after the Tiananmen Square massacre. ...
