... million people to give our founding fathers a big slap in the face. The18-24 age group has one of the lowest turn outs for elections. In the 2000 Presidential election there were 23,915 eligible citizens in this age group, only 12,122 are registered voters, and only 8,635 voted. That's a pretty poor showing considering ... located in close proximity to every residency and the maximum time it should take you to fill out a ballot is about 7 minuets. Four: In the last presidential election it came down to 300 votes in one state. How foolish would you feel if you didn't vote because you thoug...

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... It was best put by historian John Lukas in his book, A History of the Cold War when he stated that On the other hand American prestige and power too suffered a general and, on occasion, astonishing erosion during the sixteen years of then cold war, and particularly during the five years following 1956, the crucial ... Although Cuba is the first under developed country in the world to totally wipe out hunger and malnutrition the United states suffered from the loss of prestige and power as a result of the Cold War. The loss was a force to be dealt with. Their responses to try to allevia...

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... With a starving population on one side, and a broken economy on the other, Castro turned to Russia for help. Since Russia did not own any land or power in the US/Cuban region, Castro offered the Russians a chance to extend their sphere of influence. An opportunity which was not refused. Of course, the American ... of action to restrain the CIA was to sign the NASM 55 (National Security Action Memorandum), which would relieve the CIA of it's role as presidential advisor, and NSAM 57, which said any proposed paramilitary operation in its early staged must be presented in front of the Stra...

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... and supported the Saint Lawrence Seaway project. In 1955 he was the only New England senator to support renewal of the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act which gave the President the power to lower U. S. tariffs, or taxes on impo! rt goods, in exchange for similar concessions from other countries. In 1957 Kennedy became a member of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and ... Senate Committee on Improper Activities in the Labor Management Field. In 1958 he spent many of his weekends campaigning for reelection in Massachusetts senatorial contest. Kennedy wanted the 1960 Democrati...

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... -off influential leaders, subsidize failing companies and contain unemployment. Having amassed a fortune in real estate, Batista stood down in 1944, as required by the constitution. The 1944 Presidential elections brought Grau San Martin to power. Although the people hoped Grau's leadership would bring honest government, a new period of corruption exceeding that of Batista's presidency developed. In 1948 Grau's successor Carlos Prio Socarras ... able to murder without fear of arrest and use the University as refuge from the authorities. The situation worsened to the point that Fulgencio ...

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... with as well. It was during this time that the Cold War was in its adolescence stage and the United States was doing everything in its power to make sure that smaller, third world countries did not become communist or even associate them with the Soviet Union in any way. One of ... way to the Communist nor did he even have much sympathy for it. These sanctions were put into place against Cuba as Fidel Castro came into power in 1959 and have not seen any real changes up to the present time. The reason the United States implemented these sanctions against Cuba were for ... toward communis...

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... of two men, President John F. Kennedy and Premier Nikita Khrushchev. However, this extreme, 14 day, tension mounting conflict was really a contest of two men's egos. For example: during President Kennedy's presidential campaign, he had repeatedly spoken of a missile gap between the U.S. and Soviet Union, meaning that neither nation had the capabilities of striking each other from each ones mainland. Despite being ... to Berlin and eventually built a wall surrounding West Berlin. In response, Kennedy felt it necessary to inform Khrushchev that there was in fact no missile gap. Undoubtedl...

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... or Turkey? Even JFK agreed that if he done nothing, " I would have been impeached- [45]. RFK, referring to a meeting between himself, JFK, Special Assistant to the President Ken O'Donnell, and Presidential Counsel Ted Sorensen wrote, "Neither side wanted war over Cuba, we agreed, but it was possible that either side could take a step that- for reasons of "security- or "pride- or ... crisis. His delicate approach to the situation enabled me to be born in 1971. RFK's book is full of back-slapping and praise for the President and the awesome brain-power of the EXCOMM. Just because the cris...

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