Library of congress was established by an act of congress on April 24‚ 1800. It was originally housed in the United States capitol. The collection‚ which stared out small at 740 volumes‚ slowly increased to over 3‚000 volumes by 1814. That year‚ though‚ the British along with the capitol burned those books during the assault on Washington.<br><br>To rapidly replace the collection‚ Thomas Jefferson offered his personal library to congress at no cost‚ describing the nature of his books like so: "I do not
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The Legislative Branch The legislative branch is the most powerful branch in government. The legislative branch is in charge of making and passing laws. They have the power to override a president’s decision‚ stop laws from being passed‚ and basically control all decisions the governments makes. The legislative branch‚ also called the congress‚ consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate. The reason for two houses of congress is to balance out the concerns of smaller but more populated
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Franchesca Marise Te HUMAART C37 Art Congress Lecture- Laad-Linang: Sining Tungo sa Malikhaing Edukasyon As a student of HUMAART‚ the lecture I attended impress me through the words of wisdom of the speaker who is a muslim national artist. Despite his cough and sickness‚ Dr. Abdulmari Asia Imao still chooses to speak and share his knowledge towards arts. He impressed me when he started to talk about his life experiences which include all of the hardships and downfall before he became a national
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"Typical broken family - too many single moms. American men are not socially responsible"...what is your opinion on this statement? ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form There’s too many factors to consider‚ and I don’t think one sex is the "faulter factor." Seeing how your a cop‚ what would you say is the biggest factor in the break down of families today? Its not just limitted to poverty‚ and drug abuse..would you say its becoming normal/acceptable for
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create another boring‚ clichéd advert. On the other hand‚ selling the values almost everybody shares – love‚ happiness‚ peace‚ safety and family is even easier. The H&M commercial‚ “Come Together” by Wes Anderson represents creative and interesting approach to this topic. The commercial is quite new‚ as it was published in the last days of November this year. It is in a form of a film with Wes Anderson as a director. He is known for such movies as ”Grand Budapest Hotel” or “Moonrise Kingdom”‚ where
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Language Arts 3-4 H 16 October 2012 We Create Our Own Monsters Monsters are different for everyone. Some may think monsters are purple‚ hairy‚ one-eyed freaks. Others may think they are atrocious beasts with chain-saws and bloody faces out to kill you! But monsters don’t just have to be a literal thing that we can see and feel. Many monsters are figurative‚ meaning that it’s not an actual real life monster but are features and characteristics made up of our own fears. Many times the things that
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HOW TO HELP OUR COUNTRY By Ramon J. Farolan Philippine Daily Inquirer Sunday‚ 31 July 2005 There’s a booklet making the rounds in Metro Manila ‚that every Filipino who loves his country should get hold of and read‚ and hopefully put the points it raises into practice ‚in order to help our nation. It doesn’t dwell on a shift to a parliamentary form of government or a federal system ‚which are politicians are so fond of talking about as the answer tour problems‚ or as a way of providing a
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very difficult topic. "Is it possible to love someone too much?" If you look at the question you first must define what love is and what it means to you before you can determine if it is actually possible to love someone too much. <br> <br>The Webster Dictionary defines love as "profoundly tender‚ a passionate affection for another person". In my opinion‚ to love someone is to care not only about them as a person but also about their well being. You can love a person even if that individual does not
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Surviving “We are so busy making a living that we forgot to make a life.” This statement is one of the best descriptions of Hong Kong dwellers. There are multitudinous researches have stated that Hong Kong is one of the fastest pace of living‚ one of the cities having the most expensive land price in the world‚ one of the most stressful city…etc. I believe these “one of the” can explain why Hong Kong people are so unhappy. In the following paragraph‚ I would like to discuss the contradiction
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The Legislative Branch Bicameral system -House of Representatives ‘Members elected based on population ‘Elected every two years -The Senate ‘Two senators from each state ‘Elected to six-year terms Power of Congress -Raise revenue taxation -Determine how revenue is spent -Regulate commerce -Establish laws necessary for congressional objectives The purpose of legislation Three purposes: -Protective -Remedial -Fairly applied to all The legislative process The
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