This article is about the Obama administration saying that it would give people eight more days‚ until Dec. 23‚ to sign up for health insurance coverage that takes effect on Jan. 1 under the new health care law. The administration also said it would delay the 2015 insurance enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act by a month‚ pushing it beyond the 2014 midterm elections. The decision means that people who have not signed up for insurance by the end of March will have to wait
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Report: ‘Government’s role in environmental protection’ Table of Contents Introduction 3 Role of Government 3 Direct Regulation 4 Transferable Emission Permits 4 Effluent Fees 5 Problems faced 5 Environmental problems in Russia 6 Measures taken by Government 7 References: 8 Introduction Nowadays we live in the era of scientific-technical progress and economic growth. The 20th century was the century of economic development‚ improving standard of living‚ increasing industrial
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goods from Russia‚ but did not actually occupy it as they did in China. The lack of occupancy in Russia eventually led to the downfall of the Mongol rule there seeing that there was no opposing force to govern them‚ thus putting power back to the Russians‚ and creating what we know Russia as today. Not only was the political aspect of China and Russia influenced‚ but the economy was influenced as well. The conquests of Kublai Khan and his successors joined the Eastern world with the Western world
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The purpose of this work is the comparison of business environment of Russia and China. Russia and China have a lot in common. Both countries are geographical giants with a rapidly growing economy‚ attracting foreign investors and companies of all sizes looking for new markets. At the same time‚ the economic features of the two countries are very different from each other.In this work‚ both countries will be discussed in terms of foreign investment. With the increasing globalization of the world
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For the first three years following the Revolution‚ the institutions of Russian capitalism were smashed to pieces. Besides‚ in Russia agricultural production shrank‚ industrial production was paralyzed‚ and transportation was disorganized. The shortage in the Soviet economy first appeared in the form of hunger and absolute paucity. Everyday life was transformed into the struggle for existence‚ and people had to make tremendous effort to obtain foods‚ fuels and other necessaries of life through long
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revolution and the great defeat in the Russo-Japanese War. By the 20th Century‚ the Russian people were seeking for radical change. Knowing about this‚ the government looked for a distraction from its internal problem and also to gain pride and fame by expanding its nation to Asia. They believed that no one could take them in a war and with a victory; they hoped the people of Russia would give back the government their support. Russia declared war with Japan in 1904 to take control of Manchuria and
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The Russian Empire founded in 1720‚ it was the third largest empire in world history‚ and it stretched over three continents. The 20th century in Russia started with the catastrophe of the Russo-Japanese War. With the lost‚ Russia was economically devastated and the national morale was virtually non-existent. The Russian people had had enough of the impotent Tsar Nicholas II. Russia‚ unlike the rest of Europe‚ was backward society. In Russia‚ they still had many serfs. The Russians knew they needed
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Are Russians Impolite? Reasons for Such Stereotyping and a Look into Russian Politeness in Comparison with English. Despite the fact that the phenomenon of politeness is widespread in the entire world‚ after looking into different cultures it is possible to notice that in each one it reveals itself in various ways; it can have a small number of differences or it may differ starting from the basics. This is determined by a range of cultural specifications‚ customs‚ and way of life (Wierzbicka 2003)
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The Russian Revolution was a time of change. It completely changed the world with the fall of the autocracy and the monarch ruling without question and the first ever communist state. Through the use of ideology‚ the Bolsheviks could achieve their goal without the use of violence. The people involved would each play a key role in the revolution. The events that led up to the resulting violence at the end of the revolution were also very important to consider. The events towards the end of the revolution
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Colonial government wasn’t so different from how it is now. Sure‚ we’ve changed some things‚ but we still have a baseline from way back when. Today‚ we still have a legislative‚ executive‚ and judicial branch. In the legislative branch they had something in England called ‘Parliament’. Basically Congress but with a different name. Just like Congress‚ Parliament was a bicameral legislature‚ a lawmaking body made of two houses. However‚ in Jamestown the houses were called House of Burgesses and Council
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