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...and try cases — criminal cases — no lawyer here wanted to touch because it would be politically foolish. He’d come to Savannah and work on deals no... ...terested in lovers. Clay obviously had, also, since his trips to national media or political events hadn’t stretched on for weeks. Sammie stopped... ..., stretching her body and hooding her eyes, “it’s not nice to call them tramps. So politically incorrect.” She and Bobby snickered. Laura Kate lef... ... against Donald Martell. No DNA. So why give the prosecution time to dream up new theories?” She twisted a lock of hair behind her ear. “Why, i... ...d done since he was eleven years old and running in the swamplands. No sissies and politically-correct folks here. He circled the three-foot tall ... ...n't aggravate the good sheriff. You'll get more out of him if you go along with his theories.” “His theories seem to be based on who can do the most... ...rned out to be true. Johnelle stuck out her hand, making Laura Kate feel like a political candidate. “Hey, sugah. Good of you to come. You an...
...nary money is always and everywhere created by governments. I also explain how and why governments do so. Finally I say a few things about conspiracy theories concerning the central banks, since the latter play a key role on what we call "inflationary money". This essay is written for non economists with an interest on the subject . Even though I have postgraduate studies ...
...hor A Abortion I. The Right to Life It is a fundamental principle of most moral theories that all human beings have a right to life. The existen... ... the surface." Aldous Leonard Huxley (1894-1963), British writer I. Overview of Theories of Anarchism Politics, in all its forms, has failed. Th... ...ully hand over the management of our daily lives and the setting of priorities to a political class or elite is thoroughly discredited. Politicians ... ...t closer to the right. Anarchism is an umbrella term covering disparate social and political theories - among them classic or cooperative anarchism... ...o the right. Anarchism is an umbrella term covering disparate social and political theories - among them classic or cooperative anarchism (postulat... ...n), and communitarian anarchism (Daniel Guerin). The narrow (and familiar) form of political anarchism springs from the belief that human communiti... ...diment of said subversion. The logical outcome is to call for the overthrow of all political systems, as Michael Bakunin suggested. Governments sho... ...involvement in the economy in his influential and exquisitely-timed "Principles of Political Economy", published in 1848. Undaunted by mounting evi... ...fellow humans (the only ones possessed of moral significance). These are called the theories of indirect moral obligations. Thus, it is wrong to tor...
...its that people do not behave in accordance with the predictions of basic economic theories, such as the standard theory of utility and the theory ... ...lain, seeking to perpetuate and increase its power ruthlessly, as per public choice theories. Both views are caricatures of reality. Governments in... ...hould be amenable to scientific treatment. "Prospect theory", "bounded rationality theories", and the study of "hindsight bias" as well as other co... ...id rigid reactions to attacks from within and from without. Many current economic theories do not meet these cumulative criteria and are, thus, me... ...ty. It is never explicit or known in advance. It is always arbitrary, or subject to political and geopolitical considerations. Thus, it serves to in... ... In a May 2001 paper, tellingly titled "Does the World Bank Cause Moral Hazard and Political Business Cycles?" authored by Axel Dreher of Mannheim ... ...s Private Investment Corporation), the British ECGD, and the French COFACE - shift political risk from buyers, project companies, and suppliers to ... ...l clientele (i.e., their willingness and ability to pay) - or in deference to their political and legal clout. Differential prices are not set by s... ...ents have sprung all over the world and their philosophy permeates the ideology of political parties in many countries, not least the USA. Taxes ar...
...y Theory is proximal to the Fuzzy Set Theory, the difference between these two theories is the way the fusion operators are defined. One uses the... ...ophic logic generalizes: - the intuitionistic logic, which supports incomplete theories (for 0 < n < 1 and i=0, 0 [ t, i, f [ 1); - the fuzzy logic... ...ophic set generalizes: - the intuitionistic set, which supports incomplete set theories (for 0 < n < 1 and i = 0, 0 [ t, i, f [ 1) and incomplete kn... ...} H NP( ÕA). 4.3 Applications: #1. From a pool of refugees, waiting in a political refugee camp in Turkey to get the American visa, a% have th... ...lf of the 20th century has became very prolific for the development new original theories dealing with uncertainty and imprecise information. Mainly th... ...theories dealing with uncertainty and imprecise information. Mainly three major theories are available now as alternative of the theory of probabiliti... ...ore useful to contain both (<A> and <Anti-A>'s). For example, a less-incomplete political theory should contain socialism and capitalism, despotism an...
...e south of Europe. A The Universitv of Chica~o Press 4. Generic terms for political divisions: (I) when the term is an organic part of the name, f... ...of Anhalt, state of Illinois, county of Cook, city of Chicago. 5. Numbered political divisions : Eleventh Congressional District, First Ward, Secon... ...tion with the name of the place in which they are located. 7. The names of political parties, religious denomina- tions or sects, and philosophical... ...tism. 9. The proper (official) titles of social, religious, educa- tional, political, commercial, and industrial organiza- tions and institutions :... ...ssian War, Battle of Gettysburg; Peace of Utrecht, Louisiana Purchase. 14. Political alliances, and such terms from secular or ecclesiastical histo... ... by adding an apostrophe alone: King James's Version, Bums's poems, Marx's theories; Moses' law, Jesus' birth, Demosthenes' orations, Berlioz' com...
... often blatantly ignored when we try to force all our predictive economic theories to snugly fit the crisp profile of the rational economic person. ... ...within the umbrella term of Computational Finance. While few scientific theories advanced to date have perennially withstood the test of time, man... .... J. McGuire, T. M. Newcomb, M. J. Rosenberg, & P. H. Tannenbaum (Eds.), Theories of cognitive consistency: A sourcebook, Chicago: Rand McNally, U.S... ...and R. H. Strotz. Flight insurance and the theory of choice. Journal of Political Economy 69, 1961: 355-368. Elliot, A. J., & P.G. Devine. On th... ....), Maximum-Entropy and Bayesian Methods in Inverse Problems: Fundamental Theories of Physics, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Holland, 1985. Hull,... ...sity Press, U.K., 2002. Markowitz, H. The utility of wealth. Journal of Political Economy 60, 1952: 151-158. Martin, G. Making sense of hedge fu... ..., A. J. Why Would Nature Give Individuals Utility Functions? Journal of Political Economy 4, 2001: 900–914. Robson, A. J. A Biological Basis f...
...- OPM). This, together with the ulterior motives of members of the ruling political echelons (the infamous American Paranoia), a lack of variety and... ...usiness sector has to mollify the God of public opinion with offerings of political and social nature. The Internet is an affluent, educated, yuppie ... ...the registered book (often, a class of books) for a number of years - but politically restricted printable content, often by force. Freedom of the p... ...f inevitable natural disasters, accidents, bankruptcies of publishers, and politically motivated destruction of data - multiple copies and redundant ... ...integrates, and consumption slumps - countries tend to isolate themselves politically, react aggressively, and protect their national economies. Pro... ...g is the perfect example of a "grass roots" opposite of "The Trickle-Down Theories" that run the world today. We are truly, "Of the people, by the p... ...here irrationality in all its forms (religiosity, the occult, conspiracy theories) flourishes. The few real scholars and intellectuals left are on ... ...where irrationality in all its forms (religiosity, the occult, conspiracy theories) flourishes. The few real scholars and intellectuals left are on... ... was well suited to become a prime channel of dissemination of conspiracy theories, malicious libel, hearsay and eyewitness accounts. Instant messag...
...…………………...…………………………………….. 1 I.1 Introduction ………….……………………………………………...…………. 1 I.2 Theories on Financial Market Stability ……………………………………...… 2 ... ...d the drafting of recommendations to Senior Finance Officials Meeting (SFOM). I.2 Theories on Financial Market Stability Financial markets are... ...ural problems in the economy, and public dissatisfaction with it may in turn lead to political instability. 2. The corporate sector’s riskiness: it... ...her economies • Possibility of not implementing Dodd-Frank Act, 2010 as it is due to political bickering and wrangles has the potential to underm... ...the degree of inflation in Mexico is quite low during the study period. Based on some theories, when inflation increases, the SMCI will decrease. Th...
...line, I shall be pleased. Yours with respect, A. LINCOLN. 1846 REQUEST FOR POLITICAL SUPPORT TO Dr. ROBERT BOAL. SPRINGFIELD, January 7, 1846. Dr. ROB... ...rom which I believe the two former banks to have been free. YOUNG v.s. OLD—POLITICAL JEAL- OUSY TO W. H. HERNDON. WASHINGTON, July 10, 1848. DEAR WILL... ...ry hero. While I have General Cass in hand, I wish to say a word about his political principles. As a specimen, I take the 83 The Writings of Abraham... ...e desired to say. 99 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two ON FEDERAL POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. WASHINGTON, March ... ...st respect- fully ask to be heard. Your obedient servant, A. LINCOLN. MORE POLITICAL PATRONAGE REQUESTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE. W ASHINGTON, March ... ...Whigs, working hand in hand with proslavery Democrats, are making Choate’s theories practical. Tho- mas Jefferson, a slaveholder, mindful of the moral...
................................................... 330 BOOK IV OF SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY ...................................................... 34... ...l welfare of the society; yet they have given occasion to very dif- ferent theories of political economy; of which some magnify the importance of that... ... the society; yet they have given occasion to very dif- ferent theories of political economy; of which some magnify the importance of that industry wh... ...ried on in towns, others of that which is carried on in the country. Those theories have had a 10 The Wealth of Nations considerable influence, not o... ...fourth book, to explain as fully and dis- tinctly as I can those different theories, and the principal effects which they have produced in different a... ...ceeds to a great fortune, does not necessarily ac- quire or succeed to any political power, either civil or military. His fortune may, perhaps, afford... ...urn’s History of the Poor Laws.}. In 1688, Mr Gregory King, whose skill in political arith- metic is so much extolled by Dr Davenant, computed the ord... ...nd workmen of different kinds, make up the far greater part of every great political society. But what improves the circumstances of the greater part,...
... division of the county of Barsetshire, which, as all the world knows, is, politically speaking, as true blue a county as any in England. There have b... ...ision of Barsetshire. But this Western Division can boast none of the fine political at- tributes which grace its twin brother. It is decidedly Whig, ... ... — what woman ever understood the necessity or recognised the advantage of political honesty? But then she was neither dull nor pompous, and if she wa... ...that she had married him on the specula- tion that he would at once become politically important; and as yet Mr Smith had not quite fulfilled the prop... ...last crowned the earnest effort with which Harold Smith had carried on the political battle of his life for the last ten years. The late Lord Petty Ba... ... the wisdom of higher giants— that, in spite of their mundane antecedents, theories and predilections, they can see that articles of divine manu- fact... ...ruck her mother with awe by the grandeur of her ideas and the depth of her theories. Nor let it be supposed that she rushed away at once to the consid... ...as the epitome of all that was good and gra- cious in woman. Lady Lufton’s theories of life had been accepted by her as the right theories, and those ...
...that discourage nondemocratic governments from pursuing violent conflicts. Arguing that existing democracies must make an active effort to foster the political environment in which new democracies can develop, Sharp discusses the elements critical to promoting democratization and thus strengthening system wide deterrence at the state and international levels....
...RAL DEMOCRACY AND ITS GLOBAL INFLUENCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features of a Liberal Democracy . . . . . . . . .2 Global Political Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 2 CONVENTIONAL THEORIES OF WAR AND WAR AVOIDANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Conventional Think...
... this is only suspicion, rumor, nothing more. The source is attributed to his political opponent.” Alfredo shrugged his shoulders. “You know politici... ...here ever since.” “What were your studies, aside from what was required?” “Political Science, Holy Father.” Again things started to take shape. ... ... “Political Science, Holy Father.” Again things started to take shape. “Why Political Science?” “You know the Jesuits, they’re into everything.” ... ...een his Campaign Manager, and whom he considered to be one of the most astute political observers he had ever known. Maybe, that’s why he married her... ...rvices Committee. I guess he was looking for some answers. You know he’s very political,” he said trying to make some sense. “Alex, you’re not tell... ...ieve his theory is correct." "And what is your theory?" "Before we advance theories, let us look at the facts. Some of which have just come to my...
...f the Italian mafia. These men form an alliance to eliminate the drug cartels of the world to save the children of the future against the backdrop of political power struggle. ...
...formed by colleagues and students in computer science, English, history, and political science. But the work I am describing here is—as the last chapt... ...lder’s rights? These questions may be hard, because the underlying moral and political and economic issues need to be thought through. They may be wei... ...ic. Condorcet began by framing the question of lit- erary property as one of political liberty. “Does a man have the right to forbid another man to wr... ... of his ideas. The law of 1793 accomplished this task of synthe- sis through political negotiation rather than philosophical reasoning—that is, by ref... ...negotiation rather than philosophical reasoning—that is, by refashioning the political identity of the author in the first few years of the Revolu- tio... ...se ideas about fair use has much to recommend it, as do the many other grand theories that have been offered to explain the puzzle. And therein lies t... ...y-established hits. But if that is our conclusion, it merely proves that our theories of aesthetics are poorer than the creativity they seek to descri... ... poorer than the creativity they seek to describe. So much the worse for the theories. As Jefferson pointed out, the lines surrounding intellectual pr... ...ted on this point many times, rejecting both labor-based “sweat of the brow” theories of copyright and more expansive visions based on a natural right...
... able to read the works of the great, and not so great, intellectuals of our race. It now gives me cause to consider some of the psychological theori... ...izing that, let‘s see what I can do to help you. I‘ll have to warn you that I try to go back to the basics as much as I can. There are so many theori... ...re, like sex, our basic drive or are we driven to find higher meanings in life? Serious students of human nature have expressed each of these theori... ...ife? Serious students of human nature have expressed each of these theories. ―Perhaps by understanding some of the various psychological theori... ...or being the toughest inmate, the power gained from being in the best school or on the best team—the examples are endless. Then there are the politi... ... in our children and young adults the abilities to have power to do some things well. This can be in the vocational, avocational, familial or politi... ...is often valued by the newsmen. But is press freedom more valuable to a Muslim whose prophet has been defiled? It is religious values versus politi... ...r over men. Granting sexual favors is even a better means of gaining power over them. Men tend to get their sexual attraction from economic or politi... ...cles for the drive for power. It had forced them to achieve in business, to become the money winners, and to work at the highest academic and politi...
... and Capital was intended to give an overview of Marx’s central threories regarding the economic relationships between workers and capitalists. These theories outlined include the Marxian form of the Labour Theory of Value, which distinguishes “labour” from “labour-power”, and the Theory of Concentration of Capital, which states that capitalism tends towards the creation o...
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...y following it, arrive at a Lionship. But my attention was not confined to theories alone. Every morning I gave my proboscis a couple of pulls and swa... ... stamp, if one only goes properly about it. Of course I don’t speak of the political articles. Everybody knows how they are managed, since Dr. Moneype... ... to be now looking over my shoulder? These men, I say, theorize; and their theories are simply corrected, reduced, system- atized—cleared, little by l... ...ving foreseen these inevitable evils, and intent upon the invention of new theories, the matter was put to an abrupt issue by a fellow of the name of ... ... open my mouth; much less, then, make reply to some ingenious but fanciful theories of which, under other circumstances, my minute ac- quaintance with... ...cess in the fashionable extravagances of his time; or busying himself with political in- trigues; or aiming at ministerial power, or purchasing increa...
...tion of Charlotte Stant’s arrival, ceased to linger, though with hopes and theories, as to some promptitude of renewal, of which the lively expression... ...er to be drawn into a statement of his idea. Statements were too much like theories, in which one lost one’s way; he only knew what he said, and what ... ...is constitution, or of Charlotte’s, that might prevail there. That artless theories could and did prevail was a fact he had ended by accepting, under ... ...ling. What was supremely grotesque in fact was the essential opposition of theories—as if a galantuomo, as 182 The Golden Bowl he at least constituti... ...moothly working man, each in his way a lubricated item of the great social political administrative engrenage—claimed most of all Castledean himself, ...
...rallies broad support in the Arab and Muslim world by demanding redress of political grievances, but its hostility toward us and our values is limitle... ...he story of eccentric and violent ideas sprouting in the fertile ground of political and social turmoil. It is the story of an organization poised to ... ...c selectively draws from multiple sources—Islam, history, and the region’s political and economic malaise. He also stresses griev- ances against the U... ...a’s leaders said “desires death more than you desire life.” 15 History and Political Context Few fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world gained ... ...l Context Few fundamentalist movements in the Islamic world gained lasting political power. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, fundamentalists... ...’s praise for the attack, his long record of involvement in terrorism, and theories that Ramzi Y ousef was an Iraqi agent and Iraq was behind the 1993... ...aq and al Qaeda in chapter 2.We have found no credible evidence to support theories of Iraqi govern- ment involvement in the 1993 WTC bombing.W olfowi... ... in his memo that he had attempted in June to get the CIA to explore these theories. 74. DOD memo,Wolfowitz to Rumsfeld,“Were We Asleep?” Sept. 18, 20...
...sion, which has left us little save the option of choosing which theory or theories we will follow. The per- sonality of Shakespere is, perhaps, the o... ...ating to the Spartan Confucius. I will conclude this sketch of the Homeric theories, with an attempt, made by an ingenious friend, to unite them into ... ...n put off with a vile counterfeit got up at second hand. If we compare the theories of Knight, Wolf, Lachmann, and others, we shall feel better satisf... ...t express my fears, that many of our modern Homeric 28 The Iliad of Homer theories will become matter for the surprise and entertain- ment, rather th... ...o, Scaliger, and others. But, after all, the main fault in all the Homeric theories is, that they demand too great a sacrifice of those feelings to wh... ...geniously observed by Grote, vol i p. 463, that “The gods formed a sort of political community of their own which had its hierarchy, its distribution ...
...dom that does not pay tribute to her bankers or merchants. But London is a political capital, and that in a country where the representation of the Go... ...m- stances, the past being intermingled with the present time, in spite of theories and various opposing in- terests; and, in many instances, caprice ... ...same is true of her sales and their proceeds. Indeed, there is very little political sympathy be- tween the places at the mouth of the Hudson, and 11... ... changes, and keep alive the connection of commerce even after that of the political relations may have ceased. New Y ork, at this moment, con- tribut... ...epresented as such, but his fellow in slavery has only three fifths of his political value. This is the celebrated clause in which the Con- stitution ... ...elf-imposed, to admit any but a minority of her whites to the enjoyment of political power, aristocracy being, in truth, more closely assimilated to r... ...a little presuming, perhaps, and certainly very so- phistical. Among other theories we find the bold one, that the Territories of the United States ar...
...eantime he was drawn into all the dissipations that arise from literary or political life, and he yielded to the temptations incurred by journalists b... ...ete, and without sufficient force to bear up against the rough jostling of political life, the struggles and sufferings of which confer no credit,—a b... ...ke of sacred principles. From the time of his return to the provinces this political manoeuvrer had an intimacy with a young man, overwhelmed with deb... ...s an instrument in the hands of the husband to bring the wife to adopt his theories. Never did she let her mother know the abyss into which her fate h... ...icity given by the press to every trial, even the least important, whether political or individual. The system of the Imperial government was that of ... ...ied pair, and the young wife had occasion to know the depraved habits, the political and religious atheism and— shall I say the word?—the infamy of th...
... minds 12 The V olsunga Saga to wrest facts into agreement with their pet theories of reli- gion or what not. The whole tendency of the more modern i... ...iety was divided only into two classes of men, the free and unfree, though political power was in the hands of the franklins alone; “godi” and thrall ...
... and Conservative, Miss Middleton.” “I have not a head for politics.” “The political heads I have seen would tempt me to that opinion.” 174 The Egois... ...ruit of temperance, he had a com- fortable pride in his digestion, and his political sentiments were attuned by his veneration of the Powers rewarding... ...ne is poison. Let that pass—I should rather say, let it not pass!— but our political views are not in accord. True, we are not under the obligation to... ...iserable? T o think that it should be so, ran dead against his conqueror’s theories wherein he had been trained, which, so long as he gained success a... ...Her countenance cleared. She conversed with De Craye of the polite and the political world, throwing off her personal burden completely, and charming ... ...speak?” “Of Switzerland, Tyrol, the Iliad, Antigone.” “That was all?” “No, Political Economy. Our situation, you will own, was unexampled: or mine was...
... two ways. First, by obtaining a recognition of certain immu nities, called political liberties or rights, which it was to be regarded as a breach of... ...ircumstances which for a time encouraged it had continued unaltered. But, in political and philosophical theories, as well On Liberty — Mill 5 as in... ...e encouraged it had continued unaltered. But, in political and philosophical theories, as well On Liberty — Mill 5 as in persons, success discloses ... ...democracy is adverse, has had no difficulty in es tablishing itself; and in political speculations “the tyranny of the majority” is now generally inc... ...rannizing are not restricted to the acts which it may do by the hands of its political functionaries. Society can and does execute its own mandates: a... ...o meddle, it practises a social tyranny more formi dable than many kinds of political oppression, since, though not usually upheld by such extreme pe...
...s which arose from his sympathy with the great French Revolution. His only political feeling had been hith- erto a sentimental Jacobitism, not more or... ...domontade, but filled with living indignation, to de- clare his right to a political opinion, and his willingness to shed his blood for the political ... ...ate, before it becomes fully operative. Strange excursions and high-flying theories may interest, but they cannot rule behaviour. Our faith is not the... ... and between friends of the same sex, but in the field of the less intense political sympathies; and his ideal man must not only be a generous friend ... ...should prevail.” For his part, he would not “for an instant recognise that political organisation for his government which is the slave’s government a... ... thus did it come twice, though in a subaltern attitude, into the field of political history. NOTE. – For many facts in the above essay, among which I...