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- 1011: Nigeria and Ogoni's Campaign
- ... to Shell cannot be underestimated, accounting for almost 14% of the company's production which equates to the greatest production outside of the USA. Therefore, both Shell and the Nigerian government have an interest in maintaining the status quo and continuing with business as usual. Since the beginning of Shell's operations in the Niger Delta, the company has wreaked havoc ... operations. But since the inception of the oil industry in Nigeria more than twenty-five years ago, there has been no concerned and effective effort on the part of the government, let alone the oil operators to control the environmental problems associated with the industry." In one of the most recent spills in Ogoni, oil leaked from a Shell flowline for ... Shell and dispute both the quantity and quality of community assistance. Vast amounts of money have been generated from oil production in this region. From 1970 to 1988, the Federal Government received a total of $183.1 billion from oil extracted from the Delta. From the Ogoni region alone it has been estimated that Shell has extracted over $30 billion ...
- 1012: Teddy Roosevelt
- ... the United States. In replacing McKinley in light of the current catastrophe, Roosevelt wanted to reassure the nation that not all was lost, that the anarchists would not overthrow the government, and that the country would go on. He sought not to rock the boat, but promised to pick up the mantle where McKinley had left it. As part of carrying ... have the chance to appoint a new judge to fill a vacancy. His selection of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. helped to decide the case in favor of Roosevelt and the government. His attack on the Northern Securities Company in February of 1902 sent a chill through Wall Street. Roosevelt knew that he must be careful in his dealings, because as a ... believed it was the moral duty of the United States to hang on to the Philippines until the Filipinos could be brought to a higher standard of civilization and self-government. This issue, however, came to a head when it was revealed that American military authorities in the Philippines had been engaging in all kinds of horrific torture in order ...
- 1013: What Went Wrong with America's Schools?
- ... the unifications, local school boards raised about 60% of their own school funds, mostly with real estate taxes. The bulk of the rest of the needed funds came from state government. By 1980, though, local school boards were receiving 60% of their funds from the government and generated only 40% of their own funds. Those schools that received increased government funds first were some of the first to decline. This added to the theory that a schools performance is hindered by the bureaucratic controls over them that are less ...
- 1014: Peter The Great
- ... other foreigners had opened his mind to the technological West. Overall, Peter early in his childhood, was cut off from the typical old Russian environment, ideas, customs and traditions of government of a Muscovite Tsar. This lack of knowledge of political and moral ideas, about the people, government and a ruler's obligations to his subjects was reflected in his reign. Peter's growing interests in foreigners and the western atmosphere which he was found of, disturbed his ... he was not interested in ruling the country. He appointed a group of ministers with whom he left state matters for another five years before he took the reins of government into his own hands. From 1690 foreign influences were increased in Peters way of life. In 1691 for the first time a Russian tsar, Peter the Great adopted Western ...
- 1015: Censorship and the First Amendment: The American Citizen's Right to Free Speech
- ... into freedom of the press (Harer 21). Since that case, the progression through time has expanded matters to the complicated issues we see today. The founders of the United States government tried to protect this liberty by assuring a free press, to gather and publish information without being under control or power of another, in the First Amendment to the Constitution ... establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of; or abridging the freedom of speech, or the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble, and petition the government for a redress of grievances (Lowi A24). Although there are strong cases made for and against censorship, the rising trend calling for censorship can threaten our basic rights to free ... of the debate is the First Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantee's our right to read, speak, write, and communicate freely. This right cannot be interfered with by the government at the state or federal level. However, the First Amendment does not protect some forms of expression including libel and slander, false advertising, obscenity, and inciting a riot (Harer ...
- 1016: The Great Depression
- ... virtually all of the industrialized world. Seeing the order in which events actually occurred dispels many myths about the Great Depression. One of the greatest of these myths is that government intervention was responsible for its onset. Truly massive intervention began only under the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, who was sworn in after the worst had already hit. Although ... believed, is an especially severe recession in which people hoard money no matter how much the central bank tries to expand the money supply. In that case, he suggested that government should do what the people were not: start spending money. He called this "priming the pump" of the economy. I think that most economists believe that only massive U.S ... Warren Harding (1920-1923), Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) and Herbert Hoover (1929-1933). Under their conservative economic philosophy of laissez-faire ("leave it alone"), markets were allowed to operate without government interference. Taxes and regulation were slashed dramatically, monopolies were allowed to form, and inequality of wealth and income reached record levels. The country was on the preferred gold standard, ...
- 1017: Herbert Hoover
- ... been chronic for nearly a decade. The resulting Agricultural Marketing Act, passed by Congress in 1929, promoted the idea of marketing cooperatives among farmers to increase their efficiency while the government purchased surplus commodities until--it was intended-- individual cooperative action could maintain farm prosperity without government intervention. The Wall Street crash of October 1929 and the onset of the DEPRESSION OF THE 1930s shattered Hoover's dreams and his popularity. He refused to mobilize fully the resources of the federal government to save the collapsing economy. What actions he did take, such as approving creation (1932) of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to loan funds to ailing corporations, seemed too little ...
- 1018: The Presidencies of Jefferson and Madison
- ... and stated that there should be changes made in the constitution. He believed that the states should govern their own domestic policy but when foreign policy was involved, the federal government must make the most complete decision for the union. By presenting these ideas, it contradicts how Jeffersonian Republicans are usually characterized. Jefferson wrote to Samuel Miller a Presbyterian minister regarding ... peace. The Embargo Act prohibited all United States ships from leaving for foreign ports to export American goods. This caused many New Englanders to become disgruntled with what the federal government had done to them. Many New Englanders felt that the government was using the constitution to attempt to control foreign commerce in an unconstitutional way. Nowhere in the constitution does it say that the government can order an embargo. Jefferson ...
- 1019: Japanese Capital Structure And
- ... firms have been operating in. More specifically, the levels of debt are likely to have been induced by the lack of alternative sources of finance because of the effect of government regulations, and the different ownership structure in Japanese firms (with institutional lenders being major equity holders). So, the higher leverage has been a consequence of the conditions that Japanese business ... after-tax cash flows. Loans on the other hand were easily obtained through an affiliated bank at reasonable interest rates, and provided a tax shield through the deductible interest payments. Government Regulations and the Bond Market Table 1 shows how the domestic bond market in Japan began to open up during the 1980 s. Until that time, strict bond issuing criteria that applied internationally kept most firms out of the domestic and foreign bond markets. Government regulations worked against issuing corporate bonds. The government saw corporate bonds as a competitive threat to the its own bonds since interest rates would have to be raised in ...
- 1020: Should the President Be Impeached?
- ... need to be answered. Is impeachment a remedy to the situation ? Should the president be impeached and convicted? The impeachment process is part of the checks and balances of our government. The power of impeachment allows congress to remove the president out of office. In this particular case if Bill Clinton is convicted, he is thrown out of office, and Vice ... of perjury, which is a crime, but when compared to murder it is no longer a high crime. The impeachment of our president is unlikely, and a waste of our government time and spending. If the president was to be impeached and convicted, it will take a negative impact on the nation as a whole. The presidency is not just a person but a branch of government. By convicting a branch of government we are slowly destroying the democracy that we stand for. The nation's voter turnouts have been declining in the recent decays. Citizens ...
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