One will never know how much of an impact a person has had on society until they become familiar with their story. ... In the article Big Stick Abroad, Roosevelt bullied smaller weaker countries, strengthened amity between the United States and Britain, and constructed the Canal across Central America in addition to many other things. ... For years Roosevelt believed that the United States and Britain didn't have any conflicts and that they shared a great mission of being the representatives of the "English-speaking race. ... The U.S. involvement in the Panama secession from Colombia...

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Bush uses humor to get people to relax and lower their gaurd, that way they won't tell him a bunch of baloney, just the truth and not what they think he wants to hear. ... If you asked anyone close to him, they would tell you that Bush is a very instinctive decision maker, infact, Bush will tell you that himself. ... What good is a decision if nobody makes sure that it is carried out? ... He wants one man to talk to to make sure things are going as planned. ... Decision making is one the most important things Presidents do, so being able to make deicisions correctly is one of the best a...

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They were established by the same people. Even thought they resemble each other, we can see that they different than first thought once you look into both documents closely. ... Although this seemed to working at the time, there were too many things that were in need of change to give the government a stronger hold on things that would arise. ... There would no longer be the separation by the states, thinking that they were there own countries instead they would now have to abide by the laws being imposed on them whether they liked them or not. ... There was no President or executive to ca...

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Assassination itself has a great impact in society and in the out come of things. ... He was carried to a boarding-house but doctors couldn't do anything, therefore and he died nine hours later on April 15 at 7:22am. ... Fidel Castro is another dictator who has done many evil things to his people. His political prisoners are some of the most badly treated in the world; where they are forced to stand in their small jail cells for long periods of time. ...

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But despite the overwhelming opinion of not only the people of Bush's own nation that he was president of but the international community as well, he carried on his agenda for a war in Iraq just as King Creon carried through his decision to execute Antigone for her crime. ... The people of Iraq are now angry at the presence of the U.S. and more and more attacks are being carried out against troops and coalition supporters. ... They were not convinced that his motives were not for the common good of the world, but they believed that he was only doing it to set up another puppet in the m...

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Most Americans did not save their money and felt that the excess money they had would continue to come into their hands. They also put much hope in the stock market as some of the key manufactures", such as automobile makers, stocks continued to grow. ... The PWA invested federal funds into extremely large construction projects, building everything: schools, libraries, roads, and even aircraft carries and destroyers for the navy. They employed approximately 650,000 workers but did not stimulate a rapid recovery like had been hoped. ... It is the minimum requirement of a more permanently sa...

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There is no way that a third world country like Iraq would ever favor the U.S. on anything because they have been deprived of so many things for so many years that they can't think out of their communist box that they live in. ... Those types of conditions are horrendous and the military should take into consideration all the equipment these soldiers have to wear and carry to survive in an everyday warfare. ... It's funny how they assume they can work the next day when they get a flu shot or anthrax shot which are the worst vaccines anyone can have. ... Who"d know how many things can...

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Many people believe the values of America previously, are not the same as they are today. ... His public actions directly affect us; so personal morals are necessary in order to carry out policies correctly. ... Although these presidents accomplished important things their values and morals indirectly affected their actions. ... After all, they are in charge and should be held accountable. ... That quote basically sums it all up, we can't continue this way because it's only going to make things worse. ...

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In this section it states that congress is able, "To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government." ... If the Federal Government did not fund these and other things then they might not ever get done. ...

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They emphasing on farm relief, prosperity,and protective tariff. ... He carried all but eight states. ... He did do many things that poeple did know about such as his leadership in war and famine relief, his impressive work in the Department of Commerce and even in his old age he worked hard as head of the Hoover Commission to bring efficiency and order to the federal bureaucracy. ...

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Unfortunately, the term pork does not carry the same high value on Capitol Hill as it does on various restaurant menus. ... The system of democracy that is currently in place allows individual Americans the right to vote for certain representatives whom make and carry out the laws that the vast majority live by. ... At a time when this great country is fighting a war against terrorism among other things, the average American would most likely support a slight hike in taxes and Government expenditures. ... Sandra Barros, member of the Student Libertarian Action Movement, asserts "They {younger ...

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The framers of the Constitution came together to make sure they made the best government possible. On one hand, they did not want they people to have much power and they did not want any one person in the government to have all the power. For this to work, they decided to split the government into three different branches. ... The delegates first made the necessary and proper clause, which said that Congress has the power to "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution." ... With the advice and consent by enough Senators, the President can do any number o...

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One of the things that founding fathers wanted to do to establish a more perfect union was to "provide for the common defense" of the citizens of this country. ... They hope that they would learn from this experiment how fighter pilots would react in combat to potential lethal doses of radiation. ... They would probably base this premise on the necessary and proper clause, which states, "Congress has the power to make any laws necessary and proper to carry out any other responsibility it has. ... Because the Constitution gave Congress the power to coin money, I feel that they would allow th...

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They often worked long hours (sometimes as much as sixty or seventy hours a week) in unsafe conditions "as miners, messengers, mill workers, and factory employees...... The fact that "they were intended for interstate commerce transportation does not make their production subject to federal control under the commerce power.... He believed Congress had the authority to regulate the manufacturing process and that it "could not be cut down or qualified by the fact that it might interfere with the carrying out of the domestic policy of any State."14 Additionally, Holmes fervently disagre...

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Al Gore, again, was expected to crush Bush as his knowledge of foreign policy, like most things was intimidating. ... Bush simply turned and gave him a disdainful look and carried on talking. ... In elections people will vote for a man they feel they can relate to, and George Bush clearly trounced Al Gore in this area. ... In fact, Clinton even ignored the Kyoto agreements that the rest of the world carried out. ... The fact that Bush was a born-again Christian also helped as 95% of Americans say they believe in God and 63% attend church at least once a week. ...

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The focus of this paper will be on the types of manipulation used by both the Bush and Gore campaigns, and why they use it. ... This manipulation carried out by the Governor is an individual based manipulation that is designed to convince the public he is not a standard conservative. ... The camp has tired to juggle these two things by playing up the Clinton/Gore record while down playing the closeness of the President and Vice President. ... By showing Al Gore in Vice Presidential duties they are manipulating the trappings of established power, yet on an individual basis they are distanc...

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According to Pemberton, they "wanted a conservative who could win, and Reagan seemed the most likely candidate" (p.65). The California Republicans wanted Reagan to run for governor because they knew he was a credible leader who could influence the people. ... Though Reagan considered foreign and domestic policy, his advisor's agreed that these things had to take a secondary role to the economic situation. ... His victories included "tax and budget fights, success in the PATCO strike, ...

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The Enron scandal involved a great deal of "contributions- in order to get things done in their favor. ... They wrote a letter to the Senate explaining that the lease had been brought about in the public interest because crude oil in the reserves was unsuitable as fuel for naval ships so it was necessary to exchange it for fuel oil and provide for the construction of storage tanks to minimize evaporation. They also argued that drilling was necessary because millions of barrels of oil had already been lost from the California reserves due to drilling from adjacent lands and that Teapot Dome fac...

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Johnson accomplished many things. ... He sent envoys to European, Asian, African, and Latin American capitals carrying a message of America's desire for peace. ... We ask that talks begin promptly, that they be serious talks on the substance of peace. ...

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Among other things, he seems to have been dragging his feet about helping the U.S. in the contra war. ... They too came to hate Noriega, not least because he was responsible for the economic warfare that was causing their children to starve. ... In fact, there's one CIA-trained battalion in Honduras that all by it had carried out more atrocities than Noriega did. ... Could they have some sort of conscious? Did they somehow know that weapons of mass destruction didn't exist? ...

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As a child and throughout his lifetime, Theodore suffered from severe asthma, becoming so bad that they would nearly suffocate him. His father, who refused to have a sickly child, would constantly carry him around, hoping that Theodore's lungs would become stronger. ... He fell madly in love with her, and they married on October 27, 1880. ... Because he was able to carry his own weight, Roosevelt won the respect of many cowboys that would help him in his future career. ... They were one of the first regiments to land in Cuba, and their greatest victory was the taking over of San Juan Hi...

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As a child and throughout his lifetime, Theodore suffered from severe asthma, becoming so bad that they would nearly suffocate him. His father, who refused to have a sickly child, would constantly carry him around, hoping that Theodore's lungs would become stronger. ... He fell madly in love with her, and they married on October 27, 1880. ... Because he was able to carry his own weight, Roosevelt won the respect of many cowboys that would help him in his future career. ... They were one of the first regiments to land in Cuba, and their greatest victory was the taking over of San Juan Hi...

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(Fisher, 1993, P116) This has led to justifiable Presidential complaints, about the fragmented nature of the Executive branch, which make it very difficult to carry out an effective, coherent program. ... Often whole agencies are now so independent they can function with great autonomy from the president. ...

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He was also a perfect gentleman who detested dirty jokes and sent for dueling pistols any time anyone made any sign that they were interested in his wife. ... After this speech more arrests were made and the city became better and more well run which scared many party leaders as they were making less money from the corruption which they controlled. He brought down many saloons which party leaders controlled because they sold alcohol on the Sabbath, a law which was very unpopular. ... Many of the politicians did not like what he was doing because they were "Gilded Age" politicians who thought...

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If one were to discuss life after the Second World War, if they were not a historian would perhaps not talk much about Harry S. ... These two authors go on to state that in this doctrine it is clear and evident that communism in evil and since Russia is the largest proponent of communism they not only pose a legitimate threat to every country in its surroundings, but more importantly to the security of the United States itself . ... Since the Truman Doctrine was carried out and regardless of what side you take on its importance, it is apparent that the new foreign policy at the very least fue...

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