appointment he applied directly to the Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus (”an order from a court to an inferior government official ordering the government official to properly fulfill their official duties or correct an abuse of discretion. (See‚ e.g. Cheney v. United States Dist. Court for D.C. (03-475) 542 U.S. 367 (2004) 334
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This is because vocal communication is not limited to the medium of physical exchanges or one-on-one endeavors such as grooming (Cheney & Seyfarth 1990). Within the realm of interpersonal relations‚ language also has been seen to be used for the purpose becoming a means of bonding people into a union based solely on companionship (Malinowski 1923). However‚ Malinowski (1923) also
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Ashley Hunter Professor Scheffer ENG 111-05 12 April‚ 2013 Waging War For What? I’m sure most‚ if not all of you‚ are all familiar with the recently ended Iraq War. Well how would you like to hear that this 8 year long war was not even justified? According to the just war theory the well-known Iraq War is considered not a just war. Why you may ask? Well the just war theory has many different criteria and regulations that have to be met in order to consider a war just. Focusing in on a few of
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Fracturing of America Even though Hydraulic Fracturing is changing our dependence on fossil fuels‚ it could very well be changing our most precious resource‚ our water supplies. The average fracturing site uses an estimated 70 to 140 billion gallons of water to fracture 35‚000 wells in the United States annually. This is approximately the yearly water consumption of 40 to 80 cities each with a population of 50‚000. This water is infused with chemicals that seep back into our groundwater and contaminate
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A History of American Civil Liberties A History of American Civil Liberties The United States of America has a colorful history that much like an elaborate tapestry‚ is formed of events and advancements which make up its past. Each historical incident has contributed to the melting pot of culture and also the future of Americans. The history of civil liberties in the United States has significantly shaped our modern-day society. This paper explores the monumental occurrences
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Sandra Parker Liberal Arts November 2nd 2012 The Uses of Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda Models in Bill Moyers Buying the War Noam Chomsky is known to be the father of linguistics. He is an American linguist and political critic who created along with Edward S. Herman a set of five filters known as the propaganda model. These five filters discuss and focus on how power along with wealth effect the media and what we as general public receive as our daily news. The five filters
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The troop size for vervet monkeys consists of two to about twenty adult males and females‚ along with infants (Isbell 1998). Groups tend to have anywhere from one to eight adult males and two to eight adult females (Cheney & Robert 1998). In the Amboseli National Park‚ the average group size was 24.1 individuals (Struhsaker 1967). Multiple males in a group‚ although uncommon in other mammals‚ is a result of other lower-ranking males joining groups to minimize predation
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Gulf oil “by any means necessary” (45-46). Creation of Central Command (46-47). Consequences of the Carter Doctrine: huge arms sales to Saudi Arabia (47-48)‚ tilting toward Iraq in Iran-Iraq war (48-49)‚ ousting Iraq from Kuwait (49-50). Aug. 6‚ 1990 Cheney-King Fahd meeting leads to Operation Desert Shield (51-52).Desert Storm (52-53). Containment of Iraq: No-fly zones‚ $40b in arms to Saudi Arabia (53). 9/11 attacks and Osama bin Laden’s hostility “provoked primarily by the deployment of American
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Abstract Following the Paris Peace Accords‚ Operation Homecoming returned 591 American prisoners of war (POWs) to the US. At the time‚ over 1‚300 prisoners were listed as missing in action (MIA). An additional 1‚200 were killed in action (KIA) and body not recovered. In the ensuing 20 years‚ activist groups pushed the American government to look into the matter‚ and several investigations were launched. While no governmental investigation has determined that American POWs were left behind‚ there
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Political and legal factors Christian Birke Factors in the political and legal environments appear to represent an important influence on decisions made within companies. It seems as though changes in this environment can directly affect company performance. With ExxonMobil operating in nearly 200 countries worldwide (ExxonMobil‚ 2001) the list of possible political and legal aspects appears to be endless. Importance should be given only to implications that can gravely affect operations. Making
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