Twenty years ago last February; President Clinton signed the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. The FMLA allows many employees who have been in their jobs for a year‚ working for employers with 50 or more workers‚ to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid‚ job-protected leave to care for a new baby or a spouse‚ child or parent with a serious health condition – or to address their own serious health problem. Since it became law in 1993‚ workers in this country have used it to take leave. Those leave-takers
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Donald Trump’s microphone during Monday’s presidential debate against Hillary Clinton had audio issues‚ the Commission on Presidential Debates said Friday‚ providing a measure of vindication for the Republican nominee. Trump had complained that his microphone was “defective‚” suggesting that the debate may have been rigged by floating a conspiracy theory that his microphone had been tampered with. “They gave me a defective mic!” he told reporters in the spin room Monday night. “[I] wonder‚ was that
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domestic policy after the 90’s. During the 90’s‚ a time of new cultural expression and power‚ the US was willing to use any economic‚ political‚ or military force necessary to uphold the new global system. After the Reagan legacy‚ President Bill Clinton created the "New Democrats‚" which‚ "sought to replace the party’s older industrial and agricultural bases with a new‚ if unwieldy‚ coalition of women‚ minorities‚ social liberals‚ and technological progressives‚" (Griffith/Baker 533). In looking
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down? Political Science Quarterly. 113. 471-491. Domke‚ D.‚ McCoy‚ K. & Torres‚ M. (1999‚ October). News media‚ racial perceptions‚ and political cognition. Communication Research. 26. 570-607. Dover‚ E. (1998). The presidential election of 1996: Clinton ’s incumbency and television. Westport‚ CT: Praeger. Edwards‚ G. (1999‚ June). Who influences whom? The president ‚ congress‚ and the media. American Political Science Review. 93. 327-342. Harris‚ R. (1999). A cognitive psychology of mass communication
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the fact how difficult it is for a President to give a pink slip to anybody in his office. Thirdly‚ it is mentioned in the article that Bush has different ruling strategy from Clinton and Carter. The author says that Clinton was very chaotic and Carter was a micromanager. While Bush‚ found a middle ground. Besides‚ Clinton had two modes of dealing the congress which Bush did not possessed: sweet talk and cave-in. Bush just hoped to use his charm to attract support. Fourthly‚ the author dwells upon
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in the Oklahoma City area to be released from their duties for their safety. President Bill Clinton was the president at this time and was in a meeting when he learned about the bombing; he then addressed the nation of the tragedy that had occurred. President Clinton wanted to ground all planes in the Oklahoma City area to prevent the bombers from escaping by air‚ but decided against it; President Clinton declared a federal emergency in Oklahoma City to help the victims. The bombing in Oklahoma
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In 1995‚ President Bill Clinton issued a presidential decision directive‚ ordering agencies of the executive branch of government to prioritize resources devoted to combating the threat of global crime‚ improve internal coordination‚ collaborate with other governments to develop a global response‚ and aggressively and creatively use all legal means available to combat
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Birth Order theories have been around since the 1920’s. Alfred Adler‚ a contemporary of Sigmund Freud‚ was the first to emphasise the importance of birth order and how it affects our lives. Today’s psychologists tend to believe that birth order is simply one variable that affects‚ but does not determine what you are like. It is very clear however‚ that there is a lot more to your child’s personality than what they’ve inherited from their gene pool. Do you believe your child’s birth order
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United States history which include 100‚000 new police officers‚ 9.7 billion for prisons and $6.1 billion for prevention programs (H.R. 3355). Vice-President Joe Biden (at the time Senator-Delaware) originated the bill which was passed by President Clinton. Many believed this bills were a blessing because of its timing. During the 1990’s‚ violent crime was on the rise and homicides soared at least 5% each year. These statistics show 9.8% of deaths per 100‚000 Americans. As with any bill‚ there are
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Kris Lukas Period 2 In Milan Kundera’s book‚ Testaments Betrayed‚ he contends that people act very differently when they are in public compared to their private lives. Milan appropriately emphasizes the need for separation between one’s public and private life‚ and asserts that the real criminals are the ones who attempt to break that boundary. Logically‚ people will say and do things when they are alone that would be beyond the realm of appropriate behavior when they are in public. Therefore‚ I
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