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... II. About "After the Rain" Containing the United States I. The Roots of Anti-Americanism II. Containing the United States III. Islam and Lib... ...pire V. The Democratic Ideal and New Colonialism VI. Add Me to the List VII. The American Hostel VIII. The Semi-failed State The War in Afghan... ...sons XIV. The Iraqi and the Madman XV. Just War or Just a War? The Roots of Anti-Americanism By: Dr. Sam Vaknin The United States is one of the... ...the former. The Kosovo Liberation Army, an American anti- Milosevic pet, provoked a civil war in Macedonia tin 2001. Osama bin-Laden, another CIA go... ...e rough, immutable kernel of American narcissism. The United States was (until the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s) and still is, in some import... ...a deeply disturbed polity emerges. Also Read: The Semi-failed State The Second Civil War The Reluctant Empire To Give with Grace In God We Trust... ... vying for real estate first with Spain in Latin America and later with the Soviet Union all over the world. The Marshall Plan was a ploy to make ... ...ntinople. The West wringed its hands but provided no material or military help. The union of the two churches - Rome and Constantinople - was celebr... ...e into its constituent states, the world will breathe a sigh of relief. A European Union (EU)-like economic zone between the parts of the former US...

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...caust, the mass extermination of Europe’s Jews, set in motion only so late in World War II? • Why did the Nazi SS work hand-in-glove with Zionist ... ... survivors, ashen residues of that great conflagration, the Holocaust. After the War, they met as two near-skeletons in a DP camp - that’s a Disp... ...impressed. And the decibels! Israel’s typical noise level must be illegal in most civilized locales. People are very animated and amiable but ther... ...o King Solomon and to countless wannabe Roman emperors. It is one of the cradles of civilization and you can feel it among its winding alleys, stone... ...s if for emphasis: “No one wanted the Jews. The British sealed off Palestine. The Americans imposed immigration quotas. The Jews merely abused our... ...Hitler made his Vice- Chancellor, von Papen, publish an open letter addressed to the American Chamber of Commerce and saying that Jews were safe in G... .... “Read” – she pointed at an official looking document – “It’s a report from the American Embassy in Berlin. See what it says about Hitler? ‘Hitle... ...s all incongruously sumptuous. People in SS uniforms are hurrying to and fro, their civilian secretaries and assistants in toe. They all salute Eich... ...to a close it was clear that the West is fast acquiring a new adversary: the Soviet Union. They were all over Europe, closing fast on Germany, Italy...

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... become the most famous and trusted newsman, not only in America, but also in most of the civilized world. A hundred and forty countries tuned in vi... ... had taken on the tough assignments reporting live during the Panama Invasion, the Island war of Grenada, and from the explosive cities and deserts ... ...ger. “I’m sure it’s only temporary, “ Brand said. “What the fuck do you know? You’re a civil servant; you got a job as long as you live… Do you w... ... old man. His face was creased with wrinkles and aged lines from a life of turbulence and war, but Brand saw only the man whom he loved so much.” Ra... ... yearns for world dominance. He was recruited by the CIA, after the breakup of the Soviet Union.” “Why did we want him?” “We didn’t. But the CIA fi... ...ht.” Brand wished that were true. Maybe, he should be more cautious as to what he said. A civilian could never understand, and Susan was his most pr... ...e contrary. Before he expired he divulged the time and place of the Russian, Chinese, and American meeting. Anna handed him a note. Brand looked at... ... open. I know that it’s no consolation, but your husband deserves a medal, he was a great American.” “And is that what they’ll say when you turn up ... ... into an office with military mementos, plagues, and medals hanging on the walls, plus an American flag standing behind his desk. The General offe...

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...various ways that the world would end - plague, foods, sunbursts, nuclear war, the Wrath of God, amongst others. The truth is, the world didn’t end... ...ay of the fall, Zodiac declared himself the Lord and Master of the North American continent. The remnants of the government and military had fallen... .... A world without confict. He sees a world where the planet is healed and war is a thing of the past,” Mullen informed her. “ And there is no such t... .... “IDIOT! Always check all angles, especially when it comes to the former American government. Those fools were the greatest liars and hypocrites ev... ...ies know that,” Vincent answered. “Well, basically, they didn’t just allow civilians to get on their internet. They created another one. The defense ... ...cords, and other stuf. Looks like they were com- piling information on all Americans…Oh, sorry Vincent, didn’t mean to steal your thunder.” Vincent h... ...andestine experiments to create a super soldier here, the down- loading of civilian records, the repeal of the 2 nd Amendment… all indicate that they... ...d scatered. The Firehawks only fol- lowed them though, not the rest of the civilians. Things were over quickly. One of the bladeless helicopters came... ...you know nothing of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.” “Of…of course I know about it. Two nuclear powers building up a ma...

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...ure; but she was still a woman down deep even if she denied it just as his American passport and name-change made him abstain from bits of himself. A... ...sed land he did not expect that even if he were to live somewhere in "Euro-American Bangkok" (Banglampool, Silom, and Sukumvit roads with their seven ... ... Then he obfuscated. "Didn't you read in an encyclopedia one time that the American president, Abraham Lincoln, said, 'In the civil war it is quite po... ...pedia one time that the American president, Abraham Lincoln, said, 'In the civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different fr... ...one time that the American president, Abraham Lincoln, said, 'In the civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the... ... They whispered of impermanence. They reminded him that as dictators die, civilizations ultimately become nothing but a few buried artifacts and bone... ...ss with similar thoughts. Both knew the naturalness of hate in recreating civilization and that destructiveness in society was no different than the ... ...ly backed Iraq against Iran in that war and the Taliban against the Soviet Union and now those regimes were the wrong choices. The enemy of my enemy i... ...ve you?" "Hunger." "Porn?" "Hunger." "Noppawan?" "Union." "Hunger again. Hunger for stability." "Okay, hunger agai...

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...rt dominated the valley below. On its keep fluttered the banner of the East India Company and the Union flag demonstrating, all too clearly, the rea... ...t man for her Helen? Rosita had always believed that each human being has a soulmate with whom a union in this life would bring inexplicable bliss t... ...avy riding skirt for a divided doeskin garment (copied from women’s riding fashion in the former American colonies) and knee-high leather boots. Thi... ...smiled at the reference to his uniform and said by way of explanation, ‘The Company expects their civil administration to don formal attire on these... ...her dead father’s wishes. This was an arranged marriage and she had no right to expect a romantic union. Gavin had never said he loved her. She woul... ...t grandmother. Now, however, this practice was frowned on, not only by the Army, but also in the Civil Administration. Europeans, whose wives had no... ...ritish have left us very little leeway on this sub-continent, so we must concentrate on our South American colonies,’ he laughingly told Gavin. A f... ...riage and they would have consented, but my father discovered that François was part Huron, North American Indian from his mother’s side and like al... ...r James Cameron that Indian army sepoys had revolted in Meerut, killed their officers and British civilians in the town and were marching on Delhi t...

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..., Register of Copyrights); see also Letter from Larry Urbanski, Chairman, American Film Heritage Association, to Senator Strom Thurmond Opposing S. 5... ...lowing groups and organizations: • book publishers (e.g., Association of American Publishers); • authors (e.g., The Authors Guild, Science Fiction... ...liance, Library of Congress, University of Michigan Libraries, Society of American Archivists, Stanford University Libraries, UCLA Film and Televisi... ...the public domain. 141 Other examples include the use of a diary from a Civil War soldier 142 and sheet music from a Gilbert & Sullivan musical. 1... ...ion 110(5) of the U.S. Copyright Act. 167 In that dispute, the European Union argued that the exception to copyright protection found in section 1... ... parties comply with Berne. 169 The panel held in favor of the European Union with regard to section 110(5)(B), stating that it violated TRIPS Art... ...be entitled to institute infringement proceedings in the countries of the Union, it shall be sufficient for his name to appear on the work in the us... ...ade Organization Members are required to “make available to right holders civil judicial procedures concerning the enforcement of” copyright and cer... ...ements.” 190 These procedures must be “fair and equitable.” 191 The civil judicial procedures must satisfy numerous procedural and evidentiary ...

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...d considering my fate as inevitable, without further hesitation consented to an union, the immediate result of which I knew to be misery, and its e... ... son to behave so as to merit the high honor he would in future receive from an union with lord Tyrone‘s daughter. Lady B. then expressed a wish to ... ... The following account of a remarkable case of somnambulism contributed to the American Journal of Medical Science by Dr. Belden. an able practitio... ...e presentiment as to the fate of his friend Kirkaldy of Grange, who, during the civil war of that period, was holding the Castle of Edinburgh in the ... ...entiment as to the fate of his friend Kirkaldy of Grange, who, during the civil war of that period, was holding the Castle of Edinburgh in the cause ... ...crease Mather then president of Cambridge college, – a position then of greater civil and church power than any other in the land; he was also the g...

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...torioj. Nur malrapide, kiel ankaŭ en Britujo, oni ekkomprenas, ke la angla civilizado estas nur negranda parto de la greko- latina civilizado. Certe a... ...ts of E” , 1906; oni disdonis 100.000 e-rojn. En 1907 verkis lernolibron “ American E Book”; 40.000 e-roj estis disdonitaj. Trad. en 1907 la Komunista... ...ngvo. La vorto “Basic” formiĝis el la unuaj literoj de la vortoj “British, American, Scienti c, International, Commercial” . La bazo de la sistemo es... ... 11 okt. 1889. Aŭtoro 93 de la fama lmromano “Ukrazio” (pri la epoko de civil-milito en Ukrainlando 1919) kaj de la teksto por opero “Ferenĝi” , mu... ...a. La ideo de la verko: montri, kiun lokon okupas E inter la Iingvoj de l’ civilizita mondo. Etiopujo. (Afriko.). Laŭ UEA1928 la “unua E-isto estis Ka... ... de la hispana partio, kaj la unua gazeto estis ,E', Revista Mensual Ibero-Americana. Red. Andres Bravo del Bario en Santander marto-okt. 1902 — laŭ B... .... Ankaŭ ne-E-aj gazetoj estis instigataj, akcepti E-n, ekz.: Bulletin de l'Union des Stinographes et des E-istes Gapencais; E-a Revuo aldono al L' Uni... ...oj, en 1920 fondis en Firenze la asocion “Nova Sento” , samjare la E-istan Union inter Italaj Katolikoj, havis gvidajn o cojn en ili kaj. en aliaj E ... ...ty“, estisĝia prez. por multaj jaroj kaj en 1923 aranĝis EANA kongreson en Union City. Vicprez. de EANA, 1921-23, sekr. de 1929. Verkis lernolibrojn e...

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...AGAINST THE WAR follows the intertwined lives of four friends, rowing team mates, who graduate from college at the height of the Vietnam War and struggle to make decisions about the war and the military draft. Two become involved in the ...

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...234. Morris is relocated from Sam Neua to a Lao village From Sam Neua, the group that included prisoner of war James Morris headed southwest, so far as he could determine from occasional glimpses of the sun through the canopy of leaves above the road on which the caravan was traveling. Then the shield of leaves dropped away briefl...

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...PART I: UP AGAINST THE DRAFT 1. Steward brings his 1-A letter to the boat club 2. Brandt and Morris argue about the Vietnam war 3. O’Rourke steps in to bring the crew on task 4. Morris offers Steward a way out of the draft 5. Brandt asks about his dad’s experience in World War Two 6. Brandt struggles to accommodate to Mary Kass’s cultural inte...

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...Modern labour theories and practice. Covers issues like employment, unemployment, migration, brain drain, entrepreneurship, workaholism, and trade unions....

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...e - III. Entrepreneurship and Workaholism V. The Labour Divide - IV. The Unions after Communism VI. The Labour Divide - V. Employee Benefits and O... ...Fallacy of Labour Scarcity IX. The Morality of Child Labor X. The Iron Union - A Profile of IG Metall XI. The Demise of the Work Ethic XII. In... ...fits through the Employment Bureau. This is much like the very successful American and British schemes of “Welfare to Work”. I recommend linking ... ...able only to the Great Depression in the USA. In the USA, in 1932, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established to tackle nature conserv... ...danger that public works will simply displace existing employment. Labour union and local municipality endorsements should, therefore, be strictly o... ...re is 10% and in Ireland – 3%. In each 5-year period only 25% of low paid Americans are in a poor family at some point (the figure is 10% in the UK)... ...fits through the Employment Bureau. This is much like the very successful American and British schemes of “Welfare to Work”. We will link the siz... ...ump of labour" fallacy. IIIg. Administrative Measures: Public Works The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was established in the USA in 1932. It o... ...speak of a reduction of poverty by requiring the layoff of 25 per cent of civil servants? ... And when the IMF demands that Bulgaria reduce salaries...

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...t isn’t fair. But then as my grand dad said, ‘things are never fair.’ Our American bodies are well fed, some of our minds are well read, we hold the ... ...ople in the world have access to only a total of a gallon of water a day. Americans use three gallons just to flush a toilet. Add in drinking and coo... ... global IT network for decades and are rated at least as effective as the American and European hardware and software developers. The per capita inc... ...hildren for some politicians and some states are extending the mandate to civil servants. Among the plans that have been proposed are: denying educa... ...been proposed are: denying education for a third child, and pay raises for civil servants who opt for sterilization after one or two children. Politi... ...ther Ray. Our goal is to eventually unite with the oneness of nature, the union with the Brahman. Since all of us are a part of the oneness of nature... ...e exalted. We can tell this from their writings. So the religious goal of union with God can be done similarly in most of the world‘s religions. The... ...ce is in our concept of where we are when we get there. We believe in the union into the Oneness of God, the infinity of nature, as the ultimately p... ...e Muslim versus Muslim violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, then look at the civil strife in France with so many poor Muslims and others rioting. In Eu...

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.............................................................. 242 LEGAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS ................................................................. ...s losing one‘s job. Sex makes us happier, as does enjoying one‘s job. The Americans, who spend much more time working are much higher on the happine... ...ed at home, in your neighborhood or in school is the truth, divine truth. Americans eat with their forks in their right hands, Europeans with the for... ...ies ate their meals together. She was appalled by the poor manners of the American students. Her mother had taught her good table manners at home, r... ... both mind and matter are equally important. So the greatest minds of our civilization cannot agree on a starting point for our thinking. ―... ...The Church doesn‘t approve of breaking the contract. Some Catholics get a civil divorce and remarry in a civil ceremony and think they can go on rec... ...udest political noises, whether it is people who own big businesses, labor unions, homosexuals or strongly conservative religionists. But then as I t... ...our line of thought, my father told me that in 1962 he visited the Soviet Union with a youth hostel group. Some in the group knew about the Museum of... ...in humanistic values for the world. The International Humanist and Ethical Union was founded in the Netherlands in 1952. There are three million memb...

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...nes from the Old Testament, these bronze doors of Kino depicted the age of civilization in both the East and the West. There were the depictions of L... ...esorts and train the farmers to teach skiing, or make fondue? The European Union often pays a half billion euros to wine producers during poor growin... ...or strawberries. 9 ―World cotton prices have never been lower but American cotton farmers earn nearly twice as much for their crops because... ... may have to take into consideration special interest groups like farmers, unions or businesses. There is also the political consideration to make a... ...ities can commence. An agricultural surplus is the essential for every true civilization. As in the West, our machinery and robots now do the work th... ...eryone knows there are problems. There is a big gap between rich and poor. Civil liberties are barely surfacing. One party rule has many drawbacks. B... ...fe by the Chinese or the realities of the ill-conceived war in Iraq for the Americans and British—it doesn‟t take long for the truth to be known. The... ...eurs on their toes. It reminds me of a state run shoe factory in the Soviet Union that exceeded its quota in shoe manufacture, but all the shoes were... ... price of their exports up. The Chinese yuppies are following the American way of pursuing money and the things it can bring—less free time...

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...e selfishness of the family as preventing the best of societies. The Soviet Union’s failure to establish a Communist utopia hinged on a combination o... ...er-mad leaders and the universal propensity to prepare for and recover from war. Plato’s city-state and Bacon’s island state were too small to be us... ...s, voyagers would set out periodically to bring back the knowledge of other civilizations to make their own kingdom better. The arts and sciences, t... ...s and manufactures, the books and instruments were shared— 6 making every civilization richer. Because, after all, knowledge is power. Such a worl... ...t remember, I have been alone for 25 years. I want to jump into the chaos of civilization and visit some countries that interest me. Some countries h... ... Poland or Venezuela but would have been considerably less than the poorest American state, Mississippi, with an average per capita income of $18,00... ...ough to go around and give everyone the equivalent income of today’s average American or Brit. The other day I mentioned the wealth of the world when... ...urg would have to give up about $55,000 per year. The average Norwegian and American would have to give up about $35,000 a year. Would they stand st... ...right takes them farther from the humility that is needed for sainthood, for union with the Brahman—for Paradise. Just look at the inhumane deeds tha...

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...ol graduates. It struck me over the years of visiting the former Soviet Union that little old ladies were given jobs sweeping the streets with the... ...st its role as the scientific and intellectual leader of the world. As an American I am greatly saddened, but as a citizen of the world and of the co... ...ed that the major medical researching country had had its tires shot out. American researchers and other medical leaders streamed into southeast Asia... ...ligent Barak Obama was not enough to keep all of the intelligentsia. The American depression had sapped its economy of the necessary funds for rese... ...society-based modern utopia. Communistic socialism was tried by the Soviet Union, China and a few other countries. But it was never successful. Tryin... ...es have to have plans that are good for the society. The Communist Soviet Union didn‟t have a workable plan. The Chinese Communists did, at least De... ...those teenagers and adults who are being denied children are having their civil and human rights are violated. Advocates will champion the civil and ... ...ts and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or any other field.‟ For those states that have signed it, is suppose... ...iring at least a 40% representation of the minority gender on all boards, civil and business. So on boards dominated by women, at least 40% 42 o...

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...WTH RATE 146 REAL WEALTH PER PERSON 147 BORROWING 147 BUDGET DEFICITS AND NATIONAL DEBTS 148 CRIMEANDITSCOSTS 150 FOREIGN AID AND GLOBILIZATION 152 4 WAR OR PACIFISM 152 THERE ARE NO ANSWERS 153 THINKING EFFECTIVELY155 HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WE THINK WE KNOW? 155 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 159 THEORY AS A START TO SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY 162 HISTORICAL EVIDENCE 163 EVOLUTION 171 ACCEPTING...

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...S POWER ................................................................................................................................... 41 WAR AN... ...ng conscious choices.‖ —―Well Ray, we like to think that we can think for ourselves and our quest for a religious afterlife and our civil ... ... most violent warrior. We need only look at the various sects of every religion to see how the spectrum of holiness varies from an individual union ... ...id backwards while Kino and Singaling have taken over the values which once made us great. This saddens me, but it was to be expected. ―All civili... ...‘t be surprised when young Germans tortured and killed for Hitler, when young Chinese and Cambodians killed for Mao or Pol Pot, or even young Americ... ...eas here. ―The physiological, safety, love and esteem needs are called ‗basic needs‘ by Maslow. These needs should be easily met in any civili... ...Let‘s look at the case for some vitamins. ―The Danes found that when they sold butter to other countries during and after the World War. ... ... in the vitamin D producing sun, could add the A and D to their skim milk. They don‘t, but are finally thinking about it—sixty years after the Americ... ...ental side, wartime British Prime Minister, historian and author Winston Churchill had a father who wrote of him ‗I have an idiot for a son.‘ Americ...

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