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… with a column praising the strategic savvy and tactical competence of abdicated Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Broder … her hand.) "Her invocation of 'conservative principles and common-sense solutions' was perfectly conventional," Broder … Revolt" (1954), "Pseudo-Conservatism Revisited" (1964), and "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" …

… this region has also been central to Ukraine’s complex journey to define itself. In the Soviet era and in … build a national movement with those they viewed as their compatriots living in imperial Russia , rich and often … Catholic Church was not only banned, but replaced with an official Soviet-state sponsored Russian Orthodox Church and …

… called it "genocide." The violence and destruction is often compared to the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. These tragic events have riveted the international community and attracted unprecedented media attention. … allocated land to specific individuals—such as high-ranking officials of the kingdom—for personal ownership. Under …

… law into the 21st century by lifting the ban. Behind the official ban on open gay military service lies a policy that … because of stereotypes of effeminacy. Military men caught committing sodomy faced courts-martial. During World War II, … carnal copulation with another person of the same or opposite sex.” Gays were seen as vulnerable to blackmail and …

… to the nation he coined the phrase "military-industrial complex." Eisenhower used that address to issue a warning to … spirit as well. In this book, Koistinen explains how that complex (he abbreviates it MIC) came to be and how it has … to which many of the nation's high-tech and aerospace companies exist on Department of Defense contracts. The next …

… the terrorist attack seems too much to bear. Professional commentators, and current and former government officials agree with citizens in the street: Military force … Serbia refused to extradite him, mighty Austria felt itself compelled by great-power politics (not to mention by the …

… Every commentator in America is drawing the parallel between the … loss of life, Americans today should not allow politicians, officials and corporations to evade their obligation to … pointed to America’s growing vulnerabilities. The U.S. Commission on National Security/21st century, a task force …

… dangers they were creating. She charged public officials with being far too trusting of the chemical … by killer chemicals unwittingly unleashed by the scientific community. “Future historians may well be amazed by our … New Yorker serialized “Silent Spring,” a California reader complained to the magazine’s editor that “Miss Rachel …

… The claim of "military necessity," he argued, rang hollow. Official justifications would "never erase from our minds … Hiroshima, the personal pilot of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of Allied forces in the Pacific, recorded in his … monster." In 1963 President Eisenhower, the Allied commander in Europe during World War II, recalled, as he did …

… the effect of child hunger in war-torn Europe, started a committee to bolster the existing national school lunch … these efforts the journey to end child hunger is far from complete. There are still huge gaps in participation in the … and Dole.   For instance, communities can help set up sites for summer feeding. If enough people volunteer and …

… The broad political consensus to dismiss properly chosen officials is obtainable only when a serious offense is … that “judicious conduct,” in the best sense of those words, comes from judges insulated from popular emotions. The … has occurred when, and only when, judicial peers recommended a judge’s removal. What DeLay and the others …

… to popular enthusiasm for a simplistic solution to fiscal complexities, a responsible minority treated the … A clear understanding of the past does not absolve these officials from the obligation to make their own decisions, … checkbook where failure to limit household spending to income courted disaster. This analogy ignored the reality that …

… of violence and instability until 1922. Multiple communities of former tsarist imperial subjects imagined the … Kharkiv, a former university and industrial city, where officials oversaw an experiment creating a polity both … raised the grain quotas for newly collectivized villages. Combined with bad harvests this led to the Holodomor , the …

… Scottish missionaries, who paved the way for the launch of official colonization in Malawi in 1890s. The missionaries … showing Livingstonia as well as the previous settlement sites of Dr. Robert Laws. Laws and his disciples originally … to drive. During the rainy season, the road's stones become very slippery, making transportation difficult. The …

… afternoon filed required restructuring plans with federal officials. Chrysler wants $5 billion more in federal loans … starting to remake Maxwell Motors into his future Big Three company. In 1922, there was one registered passenger car or … of a car (or two) in every driveway.   From Keystone Cops comedies to contemporary movie chases to sophisticated art, …

… your right, you will encounter the upscale whiskey house, complete with nineteenth-century stone walls that feature … building named for the strange curved nature of its façade (officially known as Cables Wynd House). Forty years ago, … eyesore. With their place on Scotland’s list of historic sites, they now embody what Edinburgh wishes to remember …

… Internationale , but at twice the normal speed—Nazi Party officials were worried that some locals might try to sing … and the simultaneous purges, officers were rushed into commission; in 1941, only half had completed any formal military education program . A Soviet …

… rather, he wrote, “[t]he electors themselves are becoming the oligarchy.” Mill’s fear, like that of today’s … scheme would, he hoped, “prevent the labouring class from becoming preponderant in Parliament.” Society has changed even …

… this ideal, but it's important to recognize how far we've come. It's in this sense that the St. Patrick's Day parade …

… As national governments and the global scientific community struggle to contain the spread of the coronavirus … since the 9/11 truther movement . A 2020 ad for the upcoming Plandemic documentary U.S. government officials—including President Donald Trump —for weeks pushed …

… of this lesson is to reflect on the response of government officials and public health officers to previous pandemics … outbreak, and the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic to aid us in combating COVID-19 on the local, state, and national levels. … during previous epidemics and pandemics to aid us in combating COVID-19 on the local, state, and national levels? …

… duty and may face a court martial. U.S. military and Iraqi officials have decried the incident. This sort of act is … the last decades of the 20th century. Tales of Americans committing atrocities in Korea have persisted for decades. … Calley of killing 22 villagers at My Lai. He may have become a sort of folk hero during his trial and was later …