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...from: Lidija Rangelovska – write to: palma@unet.com.mk Visit the Author Archive of Dr. Sam Vaknin in "Central Europe Review": http://www.ce-revi... ...samvak.tripod.com/ ISBN: 9989-929-40-8 Created by: LIDIJA RANGELOVSKA REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA C O N T E N T S I. A II. B III. C IV. D V... ... to address the British people and the Empire through the BBC. The government's constitutional experts wrote: "If the King disregarded it, const... ... to broadcast in disregard of that advice would be appealing over the heads of his constitutional advisers. "The last time when this happened in En... ...ments, burnt alive or drowned forcibly. The massacres were carried out by military officers with dictatorial powers, aided by criminals especially ... ...to (428-347 BC). An Egyptian priest was supposed to have described it to the Greek statesman Solon (638-559 BC). The priest insisted that Atlanti... ...incy Adams would define Bolívar's military career as 'despotic and sanguinary' and state baldly that 'he cannot disguise his hankering after a crow... ...exclusively Nazi song, crooned in smoke-filled bars in occupied Europe by drunk SS officers. "Lili Marlene" was played, sung, and broadcast by a... ...rn", or "rice corn". Most of the world's popcorn ("prairie gold") is produced in Nebraska, Iowa and Indiana, in the United States. The kernel is ...

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...Overpopulation is responsible for many of our planet's problems--global warming, the lack of fresh water, poverty, high gasoline and food prices, air and water pollutions, the scarcity of natural resources, the excess of wastes and their proper disposal, and even ...

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...0 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia— Book 4 A Look at Human Values 1 ―. . . ... ...uman Values 1 ―. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS‖ --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 4 A Look at Human Values by Lemuel Gulliver XVI ... ............................................................ 130 THE WELFARE STATE—CRADLE TO GRAVE BENEFITS ........................................... ... ..................................... 143 WORKING AND RESTING IN THE WELFARE STATE .............................................. 145 POVERTY IS RELATI... ...l law and the sanctity of the family.‖ —―Did you hear about the Nebraska senator who sued God? He wanted to show that anyone can sue anyon... ... about whether the United States is a Christian nation. However with the Constitutional requirement of the separation of church and state it would ... ...ted values are seldom universally desired and, with the exception of some Constitutional values like freedom of speech and freedom of religion, are s... ...e have a considerable expense. Then we have the parole system with parole officers and their bureaucratic expenses.‖ —―We can all experienc... ...e any legislators passing laws that require the president or the military officers to tell recruits or draftees that they might feel pain during thei...

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...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ... his duties as one of the three land appraisers of the Laiul Cffioo of the State of New York. Mr. Hoover is an editor of the Union-Sun, a daily paper ... ...ments has been recognized by V/llllams men for over thirty years. Main and State Sts., Over Cutting & Co. NORTH ADAMS. - - - MASS. ABSOLUTELY FIREPROO... ...s Telsfhonb 245-3 OBITUARIES '57 —Simeon Howard Calhoun, a former mayor of Nebraska city, died in Denver, -Col. on March 4, at the age of 73. Mr. Calh... ... nt ri.OO p. m. iJr, Hcjtitzscli is coMBidered nil an tliority on (Jerinan constitutional law and hJHtory, and hsH, in many pnhlications, dealt also w... ...the Worcester club, Worcester on Thursday evening, April 18. The following officers for the ensuing year were elected : President, George T. Dewey "79... ...0 class meeeting. 1.80 p. m.—Meeting of the Adelphic Union, J, H, Election officers for 1907-8. 3.00 p. m.—Annnal meeting of New England Intercollegia... ...ty by the federal govern- ment was presupposed by all the contestants. The constitutionali ty of such a revaluation, more- over, was not questioned. T...

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...Excerpt: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to det...

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...altimore, and General Halleck as general- in-chief at Washington. General Milroy, as immediate commander, was put in arrest, and subsequently a court of inquiry examined chiefly with reference to disobedience of orders, and reported the evidence....

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...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legisl...

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...profound silence be preserved as possible. While I was at the hotel to-day, an elderly gentleman called upon me to know whether I was really in favor of producing a perfect equality between the negroes and white people. While I had not proposed to myself on this occasion to say much on that subject, yet as the question was asked me I thought I would occupy perhaps five min...

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...Excerpt: Mr. President and Gentlemen of the convention:-- If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could better judge what to do, and how to do it. We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object ...

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...Introduction: Immediately after Lincoln?s re-election to the Presidency, in an off-hand speech, delivered in response to a serenade by some of his admirers on the evening of November 10, 1864, he spoke as follows: ?It has long been a grave question whether any government not too strong for the liberties of its people can be strong enough to maintain its existence...

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...Excerpt: This is America--a town of a few thousand, in a region of wheat and corn and dairies and little groves. The town is, in our tale, called ?Gopher Prairie, Minnesota.? But its Main Street is the continuation of Main Streets everywhere. The story would...

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...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democra...

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...CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii?xiv Preface xv 1. ?WE HAVE SOME PLANES? 1 1.1 Inside the Four Flights 1 1.2 Improvising a Homeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION O...

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...THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page i List of Illustrations and Tables ix Member List xi Staff List xiii–xiv Pr... ...omeland Defense 14 1.3 National Crisis Management 35 2. THE FOUNDATION OF THE NEW TERRORISM 47 2.1 A Declaration of War 47 2.2 Bin Ladin’s App... ...(1988–1992) 55 2.4 Building an Organization, Declaring War on the United States (1992–1996) 59 2.5 Al Qaeda’s Renewal in Afghanistan (1996–1998) ... ...86 CONTENTS v Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:25 PM Page v 3.5 . . . and in the State Department and the Defense Department 93 3.6 . . . and in the White... ...the operational personnel at NEADS or FAA facilities. NEADS commanders and officers actively sought out information, and made the best judgments they ... ...m Khartoum to Port Sudan on the Red Sea coast. Meanwhile, al Qaeda finance officers and top oper- atives used their positions in Bin Ladin’s businesse... ...hotly contested as the one over executive versus legislative powers.At the Constitutional Con- vention, the founders sought to create a strong executi... ... to W ash- ington, and the Vice President agreed. Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska was chosen because of its elaborate command and control facilities... ...bed some of the problems that arose in the 1980s when a White House staff, constitutionally insulated from the usual mechanisms of oversight, became i...

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...Excerpt: Dear Speed, yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would su...

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