DOCTOR’S PRESCRIPTION By Santos T. Araña‚ Ph.D. PAPACY vs. PHILIPPINE PRESIDENCY I was fascinated by the process of choosing a new pontiff compared to the system a president of a republic is elected like Philippines. It cannot be avoided to compare the method because vote should be considered sacred conviction of those involve. The selection of Pope Francis witnessed by the world was a sacred occurrence in Vatican participated by Cardinals from different parts of the world
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There once was a simpleton who was running for the presidency. He was a man with no experience at being a president. Most people who would run for the presidency were knowledgeable and knew much of the world. His lack of experience showed in the polls. Although he was a simple man he had created a plan to win the presidency. At the next debate‚ it was quite average‚ all politicians talking and arguing and the people watching and murmuring in agreement. Usually‚ this simpleton stayed quiet at these
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Decisions that a president decides to take can change not only the United States but also places all around the world as a result. Because of the modern presidency model presidents now have the ability to take these decisions that at one time they would not have been able to make. In this essay I will explain and describe the modern presidency‚ give an example of a time in history when a president made a decision‚ and I will also analyze And give my thoughts on the decision. A man named Brooks
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In the mid-twentieth century‚ biologists were doing experiments with chicken eggs‚ cutting up the embryos and grafting tissues to other places to figure out what would happen if embryos’ development was interfered with. Chicken eggs were perfect for these experiments; they were large enough for biologists to carefully choose which parts to cut up and graft‚ protected by the eggshell‚ and available in large quantities everywhere. These experiments would become important to scientists studying evolution
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coast-to-coast was a journey requiring days or weeks to travel‚ often through harsh and unfriendly terrains. These conditions happened not so long ago‚ before commercial air and automobile travel. The development of railroads in America during the mid to late 19th century had a profound impact on the growth and development of the country by making personal travel easier‚ which in turn impacted the growth of corporations‚ changed how Americans perceive time and promoted the diffusion of technology and
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The right to journalists during armed conflicts is a very relevant issue not only in the present times but an issue right from the 20th century. Journalists are facing a lot of problems during the armed conflicts between countries. Even though under the Sub Commission on the Promotion and Protection of human rights‚ communication is a main sub division‚ enough rights are not given to the people in the communication field; the journalists. North Korea is a nation which gives right to the press and
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During the 19th century‚ nation states throughout the Middle East adopted defensive developmentalist strategies that were intended to stabilize governments in a period of Western dominance. Under defensive developmentalism‚ the state imposed policies that were designed to centralize and extend its authority over its region and population. The goal of these intrusive policies was twofold. For one‚ they were meant to build up the state so that it can defend itself from internal and external forces
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Party Driven Elections Political parties are the driving force behind elections in the United States. Since the Reconstruction‚ no third-party candidate has even been close in winning the Presidential Race (Schattschneider 186). Also since then‚ only 163 third-party candidates have been elected to government office without being affiliated to the two major parties( Schattschneider 189).George Washington was the only man to be President as a true independent. Many people may look at this and
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The relationship between workers and the owners during the 20th century was not a good relationship‚ The workers did not like the way they were being treated and that the companies were making more while not paying the workers more. The workers would not support/ work well for the owners or corporations because they would work many hours a week and still not make very much money. They would go on strike while the companies are in the profit margin‚ which would in a sense drop the economical value
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Jazz Counterpoint in the Late Twentieth‚ and Twentieth-First Century Since the 1950s the jazz world has not seen another effort of creating fully polyphonic jazz like with the Modern Jazz Quartet‚ Dave Brubeck’s early period‚ and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet. The homophonic texture still remains as the principal form of writing in jazz‚ either for small or large ensembles. But that does not mean that it is impossible to find contrapuntal writing in contemporary jazz—especially in large ensembles—although
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