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    Ch. 30- The Crisis of Authority The Youth Culture “Liberation” Social and cultural protest coming from young Americans -create a new community of “the people” -force the nation to end war‚ pursue radical and economic justice‚ and transform its political life. The New Left ·The postwar baby-boom generation‚ the unprecedented number of People born in a few years just after World War II‚ was growing up. ·One of the most visible results of the increasingly assertive youth movement

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    The Federal Witness Protection Service has been around for over 45 years. The program has protected families and witnesses from harm and danger. Witness Protection is an important program to help put criminals behind bars. The program was established in 1970 under the Organized Crime Control Act. Although‚ the program officially began in 1971. The program is used to relocate‚ protect and provide new identities to witnesses of federal or state government cases. Since 1971‚ the program has relocated

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    was proposed that would speed up the adoption of federal vaccination guidelines by the state Health Department; however‚ after opposition to the bill began to surface it was immediately rejected by Sen. Rosalyn Baker. Those who support the bill say it will allow the Health Department to address health issues that arises. The opposition to the bill uses the argument that vaccines have detrimental side effects and that “people should have the right to make their own health decisions” (Riker). Local

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    costing thousands in extra interest and fees‚ says Dan Thibeault‚ a co-founder of Graduate Leverage‚ which advises students on funding options. A few hours invested in filling out a Free Application for Federal Student Aid and arranging for federal student loans can save big money and heartache.    Federal loan interest rates are fixed‚ so payments won’t rise if rates rise‚ the government provides free insurance‚ so your loans are canceled if you are killed or disabled. The government allows you to defer

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    The Nature of Political Power and Authority Power is the ability of one person to get another person to act in accordance with the first person’s intentions. Authority is the right someone has to use the power they have which is the difference between power and authority. A special type of power is political power. Political power is power that someone has specifically in the government. The United State government is spread out in political power and some groups have more power than others

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    Lack of Society’s Authority Figures Throughout the world‚ society’s authority figures control what citizens do from day to day life. These people create laws‚ consequences‚ maintain what happens within a city/province/country‚ and provide punishment to those who commit a crime and betray the laws set by the governments. Now‚ what exactly happens when these figures are no longer in the presence of society‚ and people have to fend for themselves‚ making their own rules and laws? Everything eventually

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    difficult. Women were not allowed to vote‚ have property rights‚ educate or worse yet; enter professions in the medical or law field‚ and found themselves with many prohibitions in their lives. Women of 19th and 20th centuries were forced to be totally dependent on men. This made them lack self-respect‚ self-worth‚ and self-confidence. Then‚ on July 19th‚ 1848‚ the first women’s rights convention was held. It called for women’s rights to vote. Such convention was held in Seneca Falls‚ New York

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    There are several advantages and disadvantages to the unitary‚ confederate‚ and federal systems of government. The unitary government is often described as a centralized government. It is a government in which all powers held by the government belong to a single and central agency. The central government creates local units of government for its own convenience and needs. Most governments in the world are unitary. Great Britain is an example of a unitary government. The Parliament holds all

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    Authority in the public services Authority means the right or power to enforce rules or give orders. To do this they need legislations to enforce their laws‚ to function properly the uniformed pubic services need to have legislations. The extent of authority relates to the limit of control held by an individual or organisation. The limit of control is governed by the job description of the role‚ as well as the jurisdiction‚ with authority coming either from statute or company policy. An example

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    Bonus assignment 1. For April 30‚ 2013 Federal funds rate – 0.13 Federal Reserve discount rate – (Discount window primary credit) - 0.75 For December 23‚ 2005 Federal Reserve– 4.23 Discount rate – 5.35 As we can see from the information above‚ the short-term rates have decreased since the end of 2005 (4.230.13; 5.35 0.75) 2. The schedule of minutes can be found on http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomccalendars.htm and the press releases can be found on the News&Events

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