In 1971, a couple of those Americans, antagonistic Goldwater Republicans abhorred by Richard Nixon and what the GOP had become--socially conservative and the pusher of big government--gathered in the home of MIT graduate and founder of a new political economic classification known as the Nolan Chart, David Nolan. ... During the 1970s and 1980s, antiwar, anti-authoritism, antigovernment and anti-tax feelings came together to revive a long-stagnant political tendency." (6:6) In the following paragraphs I will discuss Libertarians stand on hot-button contemporary issues scourging the nation--ev...

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County School Board of New Kent County, Virginia, 1968 v/s The court found a "freedom of choice" plan to be inadequate because it failed to achieve desegregated schools and because it placed the burden of eliminating segregation on parents and children rather than on the government which had fostered it. ... Rodriguez, 1973 v/s The court refused to strike down the property tax as method for financing schools, holding that education was not a constitutional right, and that variations in expenditures could not be proven to be "invidiously discriminating" against a specific class of persons....

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(Smith) The first definite record of the marijuana plant in the New World dates from 1545 AD, when the Spaniards introduced it into Chile. ... (Erriod's Cannabis Vault) Marijuana was introduced into New England in 1629 and from then until after the Civil War, the marijuana plant was a major crop in North America. ... At various times in the nineteenth century, large hemp plantations flourished in Mississippi, Georgia, California, South Carolina, Nebraska, and other states, as well as on Staten Island, New York. ... (New York State Journal of Medicine) Some who smoke marijuana feel no effe...

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When developing my research I came across this cartoon from the New York Times in 1949.8 The message is clearly that coming from an American point of view it has to hold up the world through a globalisation of its ideas and way of life, in order to keep the world out of the hands of the USSR and Stalin. ... Heralding John Winthrop's famous metaphor as the new state being a "City upon a hill"9 the puritan founders have implemented an idea that the New England community would grow to become a model for the rest of humanity. ... In January 1946, Walter Lippmann, a hugely influentia...

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Probably not, unless it's "tax-and-spend liberal."" Is there a literate adult living in this country who hasn't heard or read that dull, deceptive phrase literally hundreds or even thousands of times? ... The New York Times gave it to cultural critic Janet Maslin, who mildly criticized its "insult slinging- and "sarcastic overkill- but was too awed by its thirty-six pages of footnotes to determine whether any of them were accurate. ... Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles Times "repeatedly identified by Coulter as a mainstay of the liberal media monopoly "her book's friendly ...

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Eugenics seems to have been a group of people using at times shaky genetics to spread fear and oppression of the lower classes. ... The ardent question then became, what to do with the poor and how to deal with the new immigrants that were mostly seen as less civilized then western Europeans. ... An article from 1873 about the sanitary conditions of New York City and its effects on children quoted Spencer saying "that the savage habit of exposing superfluous to parish from starvation, repulsive as it seems to the modern mind, was one method by which the human race was perfected.... The ex...

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In January of 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided on the case of Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 93 S.Ct. 705, 35 L.Ed.2d 147. The Decision made by the United States Supreme Court gave every woman a federal constitutional right to an abortion. Since that decision in 1973, the issue of abortion has been at the center of much controversy and has left many Americans divided over the issue of abortion. As the legal scholar Ronald Oworkin once said, "No judicial decision in our time has aroused as much sustained public outrage, emotion, and physical violence or as much intemperate professi...

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He cites statistics showing hospital admissions for asthma at six or more per thousand people in the South Bronx neighborhoods, and 1.8 per thousand statewide in New York. ... Kozol said in the discussion with the Children's Express New York Bureau, "Most black kids in America grow up and don't know any white people."(Children's News Express Bureau) Kozol stated in that same discussion that "New York City, which is one of the most racist cities in world, has dumped all its toxic industries in the neighborhoods where poor black and Latino children live. The ri...

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With those harbors and airports which are capable of high rates of transportation, China has the ability to transport up to 9.5 times more goods in a year than the other three mentioned countries combined. ... " (Transparency International, the New York Times) According to the Corruption Perceptions Index of 2012, published by Transparency International, China outscored all the other three democratic countries, ranking 80th in the world (the lower the number is the less corruption is within the country).  ... The government can respond to investments faster; they can give out tax cuts an...

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By studying the progresses of the times, it is easy to track and gauge the fashions and people's interests in clothing. ... Because of this new development, workers could begin in a factory job immediately so as to maintain the economy. ... By watching the entertainers and their studio audiences, TV viewers could get ideas for new fashions of the times. ... Christian Dior became a worldwide success from his stunning appearance of the New Look in 1947. ... Dior presented new styles often and had a skill for presenting dramatic styles. ...

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Napoleon Bonaparte: The Legacy of the French Revolution The debate over Napoleon's role in the French Revolution is an incredibly fierce one. On one side you have people who claim he was a tyrannical despot who destroyed civil liberties. These people argue that he crow...

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On January 1, 2010 under the Tax Relief and Healthcare Act of 2006 the Recovery Audit Program was designated permanent in all fifty states. ... The winners are as follows: Diversified Collection Services, Inc. won Region A, which consists of the following states: Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Washington DC, and Pennsylvania. ... Connolly Healthcare won Region C, which consists of the following states: West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Ar...

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Article 2 of the U.S. ... The framers of the new presidency were clearly trying to remedy the inadequate provisions for leadership under the Articles. ... Now there was a concern that F D R had started a new tradition > Congress moved quickly to stop this. ... Article 2 of the Constitution outlines the nature and scope of presidential power. ... Article 2 charges the president to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed". ...

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One example is the addition of a new hub in the Philippines, at Subic Bay. ... " The company was one of the first to harness the power of the Internet, launching its Web site in 1994 with a bold new package tracking application one of the first true corporate Web services. ... Fedex connects some of the most important areas of the world that make up 90% of the world's gross domestic product, some of the new hubs were built in the Philippines at Subic bay and in Europe at Charles de Gaulle, in Paris. ... The company has added several optimum hubs, the Euro One Hub in Paris, the Asia...

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