.: Pigs- Politicians; Horses- Laborers; Sheep- Gullible People; etc. ) This book shows how a government that is set up to serve the people turns against them, just like communism did to the Russian people. ... Some of them lie, cheat, and steal from the animals they are supposed to serve. ... The government may have been set up to serve the animals, but when a corrupt leader came along he pressed the animals into basically slavery for his own power and glory. The government then served the ruling class not the rest. This book shows the true nature of a totalitarian government. ...

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The constitution sets up a president who is the head of the state with broad executive powers. The president is directly elected for a term of five years and cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. ... The legislative branch is a unicameral body called the National Assembly that is made up of 131 members who serve four-year terms. ... The industries set up by the Soviet Union in Armenia included consumer goods, chemicals and metal refineries, and military goods. In 1993, Armenia set up its own currency called the dram. ...

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The government confiscated all the agricultural products. ... Between the years of 1953 - 1956, these three countries had set up violence revolution in the purpose to gain independent from the hands of the Soviet Communism. ... Once again, we can see how weak was the communist government in the Eastern bloc. ... He was the head of the Soviet Communist party and the Russian Government in 1929. ... This serves the purpose of Stalin's to degrade the intellectual and cultural life of the Russians. ...

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The economic problems of Russia were serve people were starving because they couldn't afford the food or there just wasn't enough, the factory's were only producing enough ammunition to give each soldier that had a weapon three bullets a day, boots and clothing was also scarce for the soldiers. ... The living conditions of working class Russian family at the time was extremely poor with run down and unhygienic living conditions a serve shortage of food and the money to pay for any food that became available. ... What this meant, was that Lenin wanted almost every thing to be run...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. The ineffective and corrupt rule by the Tsars in the 19th Century created this backdrop and served as a stimulus for further discontent. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The continuing failures of the Provisional Government saw the Bolshevik rise to power, eventually s...

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When Tsar Nicholas the II abdicated from the throne, Russia was in turmoil, set against the backdrop of wide social disorder and economic corruption and inefficiency. The ineffective and corrupt rule by the Tsars in the 19th Century created this backdrop and served as a stimulus for further discontent. ... Although Lenin did not play a significant role in the February Revolution, his role in the second revolution, "a planned coup" where a provisional government was overthrown, was vital. ... The continuing failures of the Provisional Government saw the Bolshevik rise to power, eventually s...

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A joint Control Commission was set up to govern Berlin. ... The Polish question served as an unwanted issue throughout the entire Yalta Conference. ... The main issues discussed were the frontiers of a postwar Poland and its future government. ... As the Russians pushed the Germans out of Poland they backed the establishment of a communist government in Lublin, even though there was a Polish government-in-exile in London. ... This new government should then be called the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity- (15). ...

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For example, India is building a wide variety of new missiles with a range of 90 miles to 1,300 miles. (2) And Iraq refuses to let United Nations teams in to inspect its nuclear weapons stores. (1) In addition, the many of the countries in the former Soviet Union have set up lines of trade, both legal and not, to support their own economies. ... Even if they did the set date to lower arsenals is by 2003... The governments in question still must ratify them, a process which can take years if it happens at all. ... In many cases the collapse has, in fact, served to amplify the problems alrea...

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Christianity in our government is an important issue for which strong conservatives have always fought. ... He referred to the Soviet Union as an "Evil Empire" because of their beliefs about government and religion. ... They thought that Christianity would ruin their ideals of government, since communism doesn't allow for religion. ... In this way, Reagan served as an outstanding conservative and Evangelical leader. ... The Issue of communism in the eyes of the Evangelicals was brought up and interpreted by Reagan in a way that brought about conflict, but was important in the s...

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The Senator continued on his crusade to rid the government of all who had "anti-American" views. ... As the American government advanced further into a phase of turmoil, economic effects began rendering themselves within the nation. ... This set aside $400 million of the nation's money to aiding Greece and Turkey, and any other nation that was facing Communist pressures. ... Apart from government spending, the Red Scare had an effect on consumer spending as well. ... The Red Scare of the 1950's was a dark and regrettable era that will continually mar the landscape of American his...

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The council shall set up subsidiary bodies as may be necessary, in particular, it shall establish immediately a Defense Committee-which shall recommend measures for the implementation of Article 3 and 5. ... Any state so united may become a party to the treaty by depositing its instruments of accession with the government of the United States of America, which will inform each of the parties of the deposit of each such instrument of accession. ... The Instruments of ratification shall be deposited as soon as possible with the government of the United States of America, which will notify all ...

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This attitude in America served to heighten American concerns over Soviet influence abroad and increased paranoia in the United States. ... As Mikhail Gorbachev entered office, he faced a unique set of political, economic, and militaristic circumstances. ... Gorbachev set out to reform the Soviet Union, yet he chose to reform it from within the system. ... Either they could continue the hard-line, socialist policies set forth by Stalin and embraced by Brezhnev and fall into a pit of worthlessness, or the Soviet Union could try and integrate itself more into the world society moving toward ente...

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According to McCauley, "I am convinced that the rejection of the 500-day programme served as an encouraging signal to them. ... Furthermore, Glasnost set Gorbachev up for a great deal of criticism. ... They had lost faith in the system and government. ... This would mark the death of the Soviet government and the USSR. ... Glasnost exposed the downfalls of the government. ...

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Kerensky's Provisional Government in the Russian Revolution of 1917. ... In his rise to power, Stalin held a number of senior administrative posts within the Soviet government and party apparatus, becoming in April 1922 general secretay of the ruling Communist Party, a post which he subsequently built up into the most powerful in the country. ... For those with property, however, collectivisation meant giving up to the collective farms and selling most of the food that they produced to the state at low prices set by the state itself, leaving the farmers with a bare minimum. ... Several s...

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The peasants and the urban workforce were always linked and the growth of politics within this workforce led them to be quickly turned against the government especially the restrictions that the government had set against their protests and retaliations. ... The rebellion against the royal family was totally banned by the government and so the ones seeking reform of the government were pushed to the limits. Even though there were those seeking peaceful revolution, the banning of the government only pushed for extreme measures in the end. ... Ineffective Government Tsar's government was t...

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Das Versprechen directed by Margarethe von Trotta is a love story set to the backdrop of the divided Germany beginning in 1961 up until the historic fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. ... What makes the film original and fresh is the historical context in which it is set. ... The historical issues are not central to the Versprechen but rather serve to heighten the tragedy of the Konrad and Sophie's relationship. ... This symbolizes the way the DDR government is represented throughout the film. ... It is first and foremost a character study of the two protagonists set in the context of t...

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Just a month after being named a Chancellor, the Reichstag building was set on fire. ... This rejected Economic Freedom, Private Property, Self-Interest and as well as Competition since the state controlled the economy--since it is in Stalin's plan to have a command economy or a system in which the government makes all the decisions involving the economy of the nation-state. ... There was also no room for competition since the government controlled everything and everyone had to follow what the government ordered to meet the planned production increase, which is 20% per year. ... The Rule...

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World peace through international government and law is an ancient idea that has mightily fastened itself on the minds of people throughout the ages. Never before, however, has the human race been so close to inaugurating this Utopian ideal of establishing and empowering government on a planetary scale. As it stands today, world government can be compared to communism - both can be viewed as ideals of a perfect society, but neither has proven to work effectively in practice. ... Another opinion is that a truly effective world government would necessitate worldwide force and unprecedented pow...

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Joseph finally got the chance to meet Lenin in 1905 at a conference in Finland Lenin noticed that Stalin was very dedicated and loyal to Lenin's cause so Lenin appointed Joseph to work for his cause by raising money for the Bolsheviks by any means necessary this involved robbing banks and government money. ... In 1917 after the overthrowing or the Russian czar Stalin was able to return where as a result of the February and October revolutions he was named Commissar of nationality affairs of the communist party. 1918 was Stalin's time to shine as a military power, he served as a...

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During the early 1980s, income tax was set at 50% for anyone making over $5,720 a year. ... Instead of having to give most of it away in taxes, they were able to spend more, allowing more money to be collected in sales taxes by the government and thus increasing economic levels. ... If people have more money to spend instead of having to give it to the government, they spend money on resources they need, and in greater quantities and more regularly, allowing sales taxes to pay the government. ... Reaganomics, as the name suggests, was President Reagan's economic policy, which called for m...

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That notwithstanding, they nevertheless were working progress towards the development of the refugee protection framework as they served as precursor and provided the need foundation to the 1951 universally acclaimed international refugee protection regime . ... Together with other hybrid of international agencies, national governments and voluntary international nongovernmental organizations, the UNHCR has positioned itself to fulfil its mandate and obligations to refugees in spite of all odds. ... But these religious persecutions gradually faded as most people in Europe became more politic...

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By a vote of five-hundred and sixty-eight to four-hundred and four, the following requirements, which were approved by delegates across the country, were added to the churches standards for ministry: "Since the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching, self-avowed, practicing homosexuals are not to be accepted as candidates, ordained as ministers or appointed to serve the United Methodist Church." ... The house argued in order to prevent the El Salvadoran government from falling back into a Marxist regime, the United States needed to support the newly electe...

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In spite of the friendship displayed at the time, however, the scene was set for the ensuing Cold War between the East and the West. ... Instead, communist governments were established in all those countries, noncommunist political parties were suppressed, and genuinely democratic elections were never held. ... Neither leader had suspected that Stalin intended that all Popular Front governments in Europe would be taken over by communists. ... Churchill and Roosevelt had both agreed that they would work for the establishment of a new Polish government that represented the Polish people. ...

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Never before and never since has the avant-garde been so allied with a reigning government. ... Their culture would now officially be based upon and secured by implications of the newly formed government. ... The relationship between the government and the artist can be seen through Lenin's Plan for Monumental Propaganda. ... The Soviet ideology was thus set in place and implemented through the Russian avant-garde. ... IZO was Responsible for organizing the country's artistic ideology under the new Soviet Government. ...

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I would like to have told them that the sooner I was rid of that hate-beleaguered atmosphere the better, that I was fed up of America's insults and moral pomposity. 5 Move To Europe and Production of A King in New York All of these events would set the stage for Chaplin, now residing permanently in Europe, producing his first film. ... The years that Chaplin had served in producing it had actually ended up resulting in a lessened effect and probably damaged the perception of the film among many as the bitter ramblings of an out of touch old man. 10 Conclusion A...

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