strength and resolve we could win the cold war and extend freedom’s promise." Thatcher was an icon for conservative figures in the US‚ both as partner of Ronald Reagan‚ the most popular Republican president since 1945‚ and as a champion of small government and balanced budgets. But her popularity extended well beyond the American right. With Reagan‚ she was widely viewed as being instrumental in the collapse of the Soviet Union. The former president Bill Clinton praised her achievement in becoming the
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In 1983‚ just two days after U.S. Marines were killed in Lebanon by a suicide bomber‚ President Reagan sent 5‚000 Marines to Grenada to take over the country from the communists. Grenada had become an independent country in 1974‚ and was ruled by Prime Minister Sir Eric Gairy until 1979. In this year‚ attorney Maurice Bishop took over by a basically non-violent coup‚ and became Prime Minister. Bishop was a socialist and wanted the country to become a socialist country. Even so‚ the country did extremely
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2012 Alex Savitt Economics 256W 4/23/2012 2012 Alex Savitt Economics 256W 4/23/2012 Demand-Side vs. Supply-Side Economics Demand-Side vs. Supply-Side Economics Ever since the 1980s when President Ronald Reagan implemented a form of economic fiscal policy known as supply-side economics‚ there has been a continuing debate over whether a supply-side fiscal economic agenda or a more demand-side‚ Keynesian fiscal economic policy is more effective in promoting short and long-term real GDP
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Smith‚ who was responsible for giving the motto laissez-faire much more conceptual clarity. Throughout the years‚ each president has differed with respect to how much control the government should have in monitoring the market. For example‚ Ronald Reagan believed that “only by reducing the growth of government‚ can we increase the growth of the economy” (Niskanen). President Obama‚ on the other hand‚ is clearly more supportive of government intervention‚ as he has worked hard to garner support for
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Luke Nyman Modern History Mrs. Mason April 11‚ 2008 JOE McCARTHY From 1950 to 1954‚ Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the most heard of and talked about figures in a time of many important political happenings. He was held in a complete and immortal infamy for creating a terrible “Red Scare” and smearing numerous innocent victims. McCarthy was branded so completely a demagogue‚ a bully‚ and a liar‚ so that even more than 50 years later his name remains fully associated with witch-hunts
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Oprah Winfrey is a monumental looked after charismatic leader. Although she was awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor award‚ The Presidential Medal of Freedom‚ and is known for being the richest and most powerful woman in the world‚ this doesn’t account for the influence she’s had on her faithful followers. She’s had over millions people from all over the world follow her throughout her successful career. Oprah’s success is owed to the many trials she faced in her life. As a child Oprah was
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Populist language has been utilized by American politicians since the nineteenth century‚ and that trend certainly did not end during the 2016 presidential campaign. Michael Kazin defines populism as‚ “a language whose speakers conceive of ordinary people as a noble assemblage not bound narrowly by class‚ view their elite opponents as self-serving and undemocratic‚ and seek to mobilize the former against the latter.” The majority of Bernie Sanders speeches included this language‚ and this helped
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the government could do without suffering the consequences the encounter between the U.S‚ Iran‚ and Nicaragua led to the exploration of new relationships in the exchange of hostages for arms. The Iran-Contra Affairs in the 1980s emanated from the Reagan Administration’s foreign policies. The Administration believed that changes to Nicaragua and Iran endangered U.S. national interests. The Administration supported the contras who desired to overthrow this revolutionary regime. In 1979‚ a radical Islamic
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President Ronald Reagan and is still widely practiced to date. This essay will discuss Reaganomics in details. The work will also state the advantages and disadvantages of Reaganomics. The importance of the policy was to lower the increase in government spending‚ to reduce taxes such as capital gains and federal income. The policy also aimed at decreasing inflation through tightening the money supply. The other pillar of the policy was also to reduce government regulation. President Reagan believed that
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Abigail is fueled by her lust for John Proctor and her own selfishness‚ using the “devil” to further her self centered desire for power‚ and control in Salem‚ with that desire for John inciting her actions. What started as Abigail’s plan to get rid of Elizabeth Proctor‚ ended in what was bigger than Abigail could have imagined - the Salem witch trials. Abigail is a remorseless girl‚ who will do anything to get what she wants. Abigail lusts over John Proctor‚ a married man which turns the town into
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