From Adam Smith to Bill Clinton The origins of trade liberalisation are directly related with the free market ideology developed in late 18th and early 19th century. ... Bill Clinton put the general idea in simple words when he was still president of the USA: "Globalisation is not a policy choice it is a fact". (Bill Clinton, 1998) Trade liberalisation's effects & consequences in theory & practise In order to identify, and hence value and present, the results of almost half a century of trade liberalisation policies regulating the global market, we first need to specify the the...

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Many urged President Bush to agree with former President Clinton's policy on stem cell research and that was; that the Congressional ban on funding embryo research would not be broken if the support was provided for only stem cell research and not for human cloning and no embryos would be destroyed to acquire these stem cells. ... Hillary Rodman-Clinton D-N.Y. questioned if the mix between human and animal cells would lead to contamination to the human cells, and if they could get more stem cells that it would be safer and a better way to conduct research that does not involve animals. ...

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Critics of Bill Clinton point out that this where he falls short of the mark as a successful statesman. "He (Clinton) is forever satisfying his own personal wants and desires. ... "The wisest order they can give him is never to risk a battle, and above all things avoid a general action- And that's really Clinton." ... This alludes to the fact that whenever Clinton has committed troops he has done so either without enough support, with restrictive rules of engagement and/or a clearly established achievement directive. The subsequent chain of events has led cynics to suggest that Bill Clint...

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Is any cliché in American public discourse quite as stale as "liberal media bias-? 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? Not unless said person resides permanently in a wilderness beyond range of all TV, radio, newspaper delivery, and the U.S. Postal Service. ...

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It was his sense of duty, and the prospect of serving with one his fellow officers in the Grenadier Guards, Henry Clinton, that aided as motivation for him to go to America. ... Sir Henry Clinton personally welcomed Cornwallis upon his arrival in America. ...

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But with the agreement that personal liberties would be addressed in the form of a bill of rights all states agreed to the new form of government. To lead the new government George Washington who previously was head officer of the Constitutional Convention was put into office as the first President of the United States of America, and shortly thereafter the "Bill of Rights" was amended to the Constitution and were put into effect in 1791. ... As far a government structure at that time it was relatively new and with the exception of the bill of rights and two additional amendments it remained...

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Proposition 227, that has reformed the thirty year old bill, has taken affect on June 2, 1998. ... Like many other initiatives or bills, Proposition 227 had raised many issues in the State and the entire nation. ... Regardless, the bill will strike mostly Latino families and schoolchildren. ... On April 27, 1998 the Clinton Administration announced its opposition to the California ballot initiative that ended bilingual education, saying that the President and other official would have actively campaign against it. ... McCurry said the Administration opposed the initiative because it would have...

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Then came an amendment to the constitution, the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights was a revolutionary measure in that it guaranteed that our federal government could never lawfully advance outside it's authorized bounds and encroach upon the natural born rights of man to act as he chooses as long as the rights of others are not violated in the process. ...

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The Sexual Revolution In 1998, President Bill Clinton's confession that he had had an inappropriate relationship of a sexual nature with White House intern Monica Lewinsky started a national discussion about how a politician's personal moral standards might affect his or her ability to lead. Clinton's indiscretions also sparked public debate about sexual ethics in the United States. ... However, Clinton's promiscuity was lightly overlooked by politicians and after a matter of months, the promiscuity disappeared. ...

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In August 1996, President Bill Clinton changed the way the American poor would support themselves financially. President Clinton signed into legislation a new reform that would replace the then current, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), with the new "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA). ... Just because there has been observation, which proves higher self-esteem and a sense of self-worth, does not conclude that the welfare reform legislation, signed by President Clinton, has been completely fail proof. ...

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President Reagan supported the Bill, but it wasn't until the early days of Bill Clinton that the bill was finally passed, requiring background checks for every gun purchase. The passage of the Brady Bill marked the start of the gun control lobby's greatest hour in the nation's capital - and gun rights advocates' most heated debates. ...

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Morrison was given a National Arts and Humanities Award by President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. In the speech the President gave during that award ceremony, Clinton said that Morrison had "entered America's heart" ("Toni Morrison Biography"). ...

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March 23, 2010 was considered a historical event; this was the day president Obama signed what is considered to be the very first United comprehensive health care reform bill, also known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Connors and Gostin, 2010, p. 2522). Connors and Gostain (2010) stated the following: "For almost a century, presidents have tried and failed to pass national health insurance ranging from President Franklin Roosevelt's exclusion of national insurance from the Social Security Act to the failure of President Nixon's and President Clinton's ...

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We live in financial globalization era, where financial markets, institutions and economies become more tightly interlinked and are more forward to full integration than ever. Unfortunately, the 2007-2008 global financial crisis has demonstrated that financial globalization can lead to catastrophic ...

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A Repeal against the Act was carried out by Catholic Nationalists under Daniel OConnell, with little success the Home rule bills were introduced which called for the return of the Irish parliament freeing Ireland from the rule of Britain. ...

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"The purpose of British troops in Iraq is to discover and destroy any weapons of mass destruction," said the defence minister, Geoffrey Hoon, regarding the deployment of troops to the Gulf in coalition with American forces. The consequential expulsion of the regime of Saddam Hussein has, no doubt, benefited a country suffering from years of sanctions and oppression. His murderous regime has denied the Iraqi people a democratic government, and crushed those who fought to get one. It will never be known the total amount of people murdered by the dictator, when their only crime was to seek the...

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In 1833 the British Parliament passed a bill led by William Wilberforce to ban transatlantic slavery. ... During an interview with Jamie Rubin for Wide Angle, Senator Hillary Clinton stated " [Human trafficking] particularly reflects the continuing disregard of women's rights and the way that women are considered somehow less than human in many parts of the world and how they are used for sexual purposes without any regard to their human dignity and rights" (King 17). ...

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is entrenched in years of social, religious, and political distress. It is necessary to understand the history of this conflict because in doing so one will understand the burden and fear that comes with trying to rationalize a solution for the future. The recent violent uprisings concerning this conflict, for example, the Palestinian Intifadas and the invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israel seems only to worsen the viewpoints by both people. Other issues that seem to be significant in this conflict are the borders, security, and control of Jerusalem. As these is...

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Over the years, American presidents have resorted to a more direct approach when it comes to connecting with the American public. At first glance, a State of the Union Address presented by President Barack Obama or George Bush may seem familiar, in parts, compared to a State of the Union Address pre...

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Introduction In forming a government for the people, by the people, and of the people, our Founding Fathers developed the idea a bi-cameral legislature. This Congress, composed of the House of Representatives and Senate, thus became known as the people's branch of government. American children are ...

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The majority of the population of Palestine had been Arabic since the seventh century A.D. so they are the people who have the right in Palestine. In short, Zionism was based on a wrong, colonialist world view that the rights of the original people of Palestine didn't matter. The Zionists wanted to ...

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Ronald Reagan and the Rise of Religious and Secular Conservative Politics in America 1960-1980 1960 and it's subsequent decades proved to be a remarkable time for the world in general, but very specifically for America. The first Roman Catholic president was elected; the birth control ...

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The importance of securing natural energy resources is taking center stage in the European Union's (EU) future plans. Turkey, a candidate for a full membership to EU, is located close to 70% of the world's oil and gas reserves. Due to it's proximity to these important resources, Turkey is in a perfe...

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Abstract The object of this study is to explore specific identity-formations that have occurred under specific cultural and socio-political contexts that have enabled women politicians in India to acquire political power. The paper will examine Indira Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamta Banerjee, and Jayalalithaa, and try to understand what led to the personalization of power in all four cases. The idea is to analyze the relationship between particular identities that these figures have acquired in popular discourse and particular modalities of power. What do the invocation of mother or sister figures sig...

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