William Henry Gates III‚ founder‚ chairman and CEO of Redmond‚ Washington-based Microsoft Corp. Although he arouses as much animosity as admiration for his hardball tactics (there’s even a book about his mortal enemies: Gary Rivlin’s The Plot to Get Bill Gates‚ Times Books)‚ everyone‚ friend or foe recognizes Gates as the rightful Usher-in-Chief of the Information Age. It all started when‚ at age 25‚ Gates persuaded IBM to let him keep the rights to the DOS operating system they had him develop for
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hydropower plant. Subsection B: The absence of air pollution in fuel which is water for hydroelectric plants. Subsection C: The prohibition of consumption of the fuel. Section 4: Funding for this bill shall be decided by the Appropriations Committee. Section 5: This bill shall go into effect 91 days after passage. *Definitions: A hydroelectric power plant shall be defined as a power plant that generates at least 1 billion kilowatt-hours annually.Kilowatt-hours shall be defined
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they called it opportunity. Rule 6: If you mess up‚ it’s not your parents’ fault‚ so don’t whine about your mistakes‚ learn from them. Rule 7: Before you were born‚ your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills‚ cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation‚ try delousing the closet in your own room. Rule 8: Your school may have done
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Big Brothers Big Sisters heavily relies of pathos‚ pulling at the emotions of people‚ to help to support their organization. By using the emotional appeal and fear appeal they are able to explain who is effected‚ why they are effected and the outcomes of the children who participate in the program verses the children who should or could‚ but do not. A persuasion tactic that is important when using pathos is repetition. Constantly making the changes in children and opportunities pairs experience visible
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3. Explain the process how a Bill becomes Law. Malaysia was a former British colony and prior to its independence a commission was appointed to draft the Federal Constitution based on the system of parliamentary democracy practiced in the Great Britain. Similar to the Westminster System‚ Malaysia’s Federal Constitution divides the structure of government into three branches – Executive‚ Legislature‚ and Judiciary. Under the doctrine of separation of powers‚ the Legislature is the body which has
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William Jefferson Clinton‚ known as Bill Clinton‚ served as the 42nd President of the United States during a time of significant economic expansion and political conflict. Clinton’s presidency is characterized by dramatic highs and lows‚ resulting from his handling of a divided government‚ questionable character‚ and energizing personality. His legacy includes a mix of massive blunders and remarkable upturns‚ leading to widespread debate about his presidential greatness. Clinton’s presidential ranking
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The process of turning a bill into a law is probably one of the most complicating processes. The process of making a bill is a successive procedure which is not just adding a few rules to a paper and calling it a day. Before a bill is made they have to make sure all the rules are constitutional and does not infringe people’s rights. Tis’ a stressful job to vote on a rule that some people could like and others could decide. The bill must first get passed in both houses of congress by majority
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The Brady Bill Introduction The legislative process in the United States Congress shows us an interesting drama in which a bill becomes a law through compromises made by diverse and sometimes conflicting interests in this country. There have been many controversial bills passed by Congress‚ but among all‚ I have taken a particular interest in the passage of the Brady bill. When the Brady debate was in full swing in Congress about three years ago‚ I was still back in my country‚ Japan‚ where the
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The Bill of Rights was written by James Madison. Its purpose was to define the basic rights of the citizens. A total of ten amendments were added to the new Constitution for the protection of individual liberty. During its ratification‚ the Bill of Rights would be fiercely debated by the Antifederalists and Federalists. The debate was about whether enumerating some rights makes all other rights not enumerated illegitimate. The Antifederalists claimed that a man who was alone in the countryside
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the Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights is a memorial and milestone in the never ending struggle of men to recapture and uphold liberty and dignity. The need of a stronger government was the cause of the creation of the Constitution of the United States. “The Constitution established not merely a league of states‚ but a government that exercised its authority directly over all citizens.” (Almanac of Policy Issues) The Constitution protected citizen’s rights in the states. However‚ the Bill of Rights
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