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… confirmation hearings are underway in the Senate Judiciary Committee, a rite of passage for Supreme Court nominees. … sound reasons why any vetting of court nominees should become more limited and less political. Senators should … to answer questions about her opinions on issues likely to come before the court. The Founding Fathers did not think …

… by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Israel completed its withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which abuts … and in territories on the West Bank of the Jordan River completed local elections under the supervision of … building blocks toward peace which suggest better days to come in the region. Dr. Jonathan Goldstein is a professor of …

… to get voters registered. He realized that if he were to become the city’s first African American elected mayor he … demonstrates the distance that the people of Chicago have come since Washington’s election. Like it or not, though, …

… in southeast Asia, fully hopeful of joining the world community of free and independent nations. Burma is little … intervening years, Burma’s hope for freedom has been embodied in that brave woman. Thinking that more than a decade … in southeast Asia, Burma’s $1,200 per capita annual income is now a fifth of that of neighboring Thailand, below …

… his party's $12.6 million, thanks to the Federal Election Commission, which ruled in a recent 5-1 decision that … and its meaning. Why is Patrick Buchanan a populist? It comes from the fact that he has always seen himself as a … in response to economic crises. George Wallace found an audience in a country worried by inflation and economic …

… With charges of fraud flying, Congress set up an electoral commission to settle the issue of who would be the next president. The commissioners were supposed to be like the original … Electors: dispassionate and independent. In reality, the commission split along party lines with an eight-to-seven …

… Carter. By giving him this honor at this time, the Nobel Committee seized the opportunity to express its concern over … initiated toward Iraq. Both the timing and the citation accompanying the prize hinted at more than Carter's undisputed … unfortunate association with the corrupt bank of Credit and Commerce International in the late 1980s has been long left …

… it remains unclear how exactly Morris chose his case studies. Merely examining five actual presidents (Washington, … of the presidency itself has changed, making his comparisons something of an apples and oranges exercise.  … detractors” might say. Again, historians who have studied these questions would find most of this facile and …

… a villain and his henchmen threaten the safety of a western community, whose cowardly citizens cringe in the face of … Lebanon to save it from destructive fighting, American soldiers became the targets of warring parties; 241 Marines died in a terrorist bombing, and Reagan quickly pulled out …

… ahead of any other national team. In view of the tremendous competition associated with the world’s favorite sport, … many Europeans and Latin Americans, such as socialism and communism, failed to draw a significant following in Brazil. … much of the population. Some critics of Brazilian society complain about the people’s passion for soccer and lack of …

… ancient Mesopotamian history. The bearded warrior kings and completely shaven priestly classes established a clear … Ages evolved into the Renaissance , the history of beards becomes far more tangled.  Influential figures like Henry VIII … XIV.  From here on the place of facial hair in society becomes more difficult to locate, as it was employed by both …

… or on appealing to independents? Some of those factors may come into play, yet the recent history of vice-presidential … perform under the pressure of a presidential campaign could complicate their chances.   It’s not that citizens base … repeated questions regarding his qualifications before he compared his experience to that of John Kennedy in 1960. …

… industrial power in the Railroad Age. Like so many complex cases decided under that statute, this one will take … modern conditions. But the procedures of the act, which commit antitrust decisions to the judiciary and the … Thomas Penfield Jackson. If the name of another, less gutsy, judge had been called, there might never have been a …

… slave trade. While the anniversary passed without too much comment in the United States, it was commemorated widely in … Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, is also a founding member of the Black & Asian Studies Association in the UK. After Abolition makes the claim …

… Howard Dean’s current bid to chair the Democratic National Committee is a test case of his political viability. It’s … consumption, but originally directed at a much smaller audience. Several politicians provide excellent examples of … by his spirited speech. Should the Democratic National Committee chairmen elect him as its new head Feb. 12, it …

… by a massive drought. Millions were forced to flee their communities in search of food, but there was little to find. … for children.   Herbert Hoover, then U.S. secretary of commerce, responded.   Hoover quickly gained support from … bandits. The word desperation is an understatement when it comes to the plight of Somali refugees.   The first …

… 2, Section 2, couldn’t be clearer: “The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United … there any grant of the sweeping powers now claimed for the commander in chief. Indeed, the congressional power to … of resorting to violence. The Framers made the president commander in chief for efficiency and to avoid a dangerous …

… massive arms race. The U.S. government conducted special studies to see how much damage Soviet atomic bombs could … Bush faces the prospect of North Korea or even Iran becoming a nuclear power. China, India, Pakistan, Great … reduce tensions between the two superpowers. Today, a comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty (banning all types of …

… including 35 churches and numerous homes in this state. McComb, Miss., came to be known that summer as the bombing … Hamer’s famous, riveting testimony before the credentials committee at the 1964 Democratic National Convention, for … of success of Operation Iraqi Freedom, we should compare the means and results of the two attempts to achieve …

… concern about the war’s impact on global agricultural commodity markets: the disruption to Ukrainian agricultural … consumption of meat and dairy products.   Through subsidies, as well as price and trade controls, meat production … expansion of the livestock sector was reversed as subsidies were largely eliminated. Russia, Ukraine, and …