Albert Arnold "Al" Gore‚ Jr. (born March 31‚ 1948) served as the 45th Vice President of the United States (1993–2001)‚ under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election. Gore is currently an author‚ businessman‚ and environmental activist. He was previously an elected official for 24 years‚ representing Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives (1977–85)‚ and later in the U.S. Senate (1985–93)‚ and finally becoming Vice
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1990’s with the passage by then President Bill Clinton of the High Performance Computing Act. What this act did was to provide funding for a high speed fiber optic network which would go on to become the internet that we use today. This enabled home computers to become more useful which in turn caused the number of personal computers in the U.S to skyrocket to over ten million in a five year period. (Rapaport‚ 2009) In all this a new department in the Clinton Administration was formed‚ The National Telecommunications
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University of Phoenix Material End of the 20th Century Matrix Choose ten items from the following list and identify their significance during the 1990s and beyond: |Earned Income Tax Credit |Economic prosperity under Clinton | |E-mail |Creating a budget surplus | |NAFTA |The Internet
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believe that Hillary Clinton will win the presidency. I believe this for many reasons‚ some of the most important being that her opponent Donald Trump’s ratings are progressively going down‚ Hillary is an experienced politician‚ and current job approval is over 50%. Although Donald Trump poses a threat‚ I believe that on November 8th‚ voters will put their trust in Hillary Clinton‚ and she will become the next President of the United States. One reason why I believe that Hillary Clinton will win the election
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To Be Black and Blue James Baldwin’s short story “Sonny’s Blues”‚ is an honest‚ unflinching look at pre-civil rights era‚ American life in the predominately black neighborhood of Harlem. Baldwin’s short story speaks on issues of family conflict‚ drug addiction‚ class separation‚ and coping with life amidst the concentrated poverty of the public housing projects. These same problems occurred in most of the industrial cities of the north during the post-World War 2 era as many people were competing
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Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) What is Family and Medical leave Act (FMLA)? The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) that was passed in 1993‚ is a national policy that grants workers up to twelve weeks of unpaid leave in four situations. These four situations are for pregnancy; to care for an infant‚ such as newborns‚ newly-placed foster children‚ and adoptions; to care for a relative with a serious health condition; or to allow an employee to recover and recuperate from a personal serious
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A Critique of “What will the left look like after Obama?” by Stephen Marche In the past eight years America has seen immense changes‚ good and bad. Obama has legalized same sex marriage‚ lowered the unemployment rate‚ and began the end to the drug war. But is it all due to Obama‚ and what he has done over the last eight years? By Marche‚ calling president Obama‚ “[America’s] Biggest winner” Is he giving him too much credit? Is it something president Obama deserves‚ after fighting against a rigid
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“The honorary duty of a human being is to love” (Maya Angelou). Maya Angelou is an African-American was born on April 4‚ 1928‚ in St. Louis‚ Missouri. Maya Angelou’s five autobiographical novels were met with critical and popular success. Her volume of poetry‚ Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water ’Fore I Die was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. In 1993‚ Angelou wrote a poem for Clinton’s inauguration. In 2008‚ she earned a NAACP Award. Maya’s life growing up was not so easy. When she was young her
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Political Stances I believe the three policies that need to be discussed are guns‚ taxes‚ and US-China trade relationship. In the world today there are so many different views on all of theses topics. There needs to be someone who can come up with an answer and not change it. The debate of all the possible options have been going on for years and it needs to be done. No one will be happy no matter what the verdict is so the government might as well make a choice and people will learn to live with
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television decreased ratings of both the candidates and the presidential elections because of an increase in commercialism and superficiality. Ratings of the presidential debates have decreased 27.9% from 1960‚ between Kennedy and Nixon‚ to1996‚ between Clinton and Dole (Source D). Americans see the frivolity of the elections how absurd some of the image-centered actions are. Before TV‚ when there was only the radio as means of hearing
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