... a Christ-like figure. Simon can be regarded as a Christ-like figure because he manages to perform many selfless acts, he possesses many qualities equivalent to those of Jesus, and the death of Simon and Jesus are very alike. Simon is one of the only boys who stay behind to help Ralph build the shelters, becomes known to be very kind to ... almost supernatural or transcendent. Simon says to Ralph, "I just think you'll get back alright" (111), as if he could foresee his own death, just like Jesus did. When Simon's death occurs, it also appears to be like the death of Jesus. The author des...

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... resolution, ephedrine use can result in increased heart rate and blood pressure, can stimulate the central nervous system, and can lead to stokes, seizures, psychosis, arrhythmia, heart attacks and even death. Whereas the Food and Drug Administration has received approximately 16,500 adverse events reports for consumers who have used dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, including approximately 155 reports of ... death (Thomas.loc.gov). The highly publicized death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Bechler influenced Durbin's decision to sponsor this bill as did the ephedr...

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... these personal freedoms, they advocated integrating them into the Communist system. As such, the students did not have a true understanding of democracy. On April 15, 1989, the death of Hu Yaobong provided Chinese students the opportunity to air their grievances vis -vis the government that they had been waiting for. Many students considered Hu to be among the ... reformers who were sympathetic to political change. Consequently, many students traveled to Tiananmen Square to mourn the respected leader's death at a traditional memorial service and simultaneously protest their discontent ...

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... for a while, until they finally disintegrated in March of 1840. The disintegration of the Provinces was do to Rafael Carerra, when "he defeated its president, Morazanfrom then until his death in 1865, Carrera dominated Guatemala, ruling almost as a dictator."5 After this point, the country had minimal changes; it wasn't until 1954 that the government changed drastically. In 1954, Guatemala ... -insurgency warfare that also would shred the fabric of Guatemalan society. The violence caused the deaths and disappearances of more than 140,000 Guatemalans. Some human rights activists put the d...

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... the doctrine, an unjust combatant will have double the consequence. If they follow orders, their family is safe. The ladder is that they contribute to an immoral regime and the death of those who justly fight or resist. Those who turn a blind eye out of fear of losing their privileges are under the status of unjust combatants. When those combatants know ... an illegitimate government, the use of the idea of imperfect procedural argument brings forth the possible military ad bellum responsibility. The example used was holding an executioner responsible for executing a death sentence in a...

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... Stalin, the leader who shaped and controlled the government of the USSR for more than a quarter of a century after Lenin's death (Pious) Stalinism, of course, in no way resembled the Communist utopia that Marx and Engels had envisioned. Three decades after Stalin's death, the USSR was still ruled by command, not consent; it was a society administered in authoritarian fashion by a managerial bureaucracy ... ...

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... Stalin, the leader who shaped and controlled the government of the USSR for more than a quarter of a century after Lenin's death (Pious) Stalinism, of course, in no way resembled the Communist utopia that Marx and Engels had envisioned. Three decades after Stalin's death, the USSR was still ruled by command, not consent; it was a society administered in authoritarian fashion by a managerial bureaucracy ... ...

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... Safavids ended because the Iranian people felt that too many things, such as paper money and communication lines, had been given away and to western companies to control. After the death of the last of the Safavids, the country went into political unrest and economic turmoil. The Qajars came into power after a half - century civil war. The Qajar dynasty lasted from ... up in the oil crisis of the 1980s and that kept the economy running better than it ever had before. This government started in a downward spiral in 1989 with the death of the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Also the drop in ...

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... , passed laws. In order to be elected to the Senate, a person had to be of the Patrician (upper) class. The consuls had an imperium, or absolute power of life and death, although this power was limited to while the consuls were leading an army. Within the borders of Rome, however, the citizens had the right to appeal all cases involving capital ... noble class - the gentes - each compromising many families, and the family was to some extent a microcosm of the early civitas, inasmuch as the father held the power of life and death over all his household- The patricians were totally in cont...

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... choose to abstain from voting or disengage from their norms and morals, which were subjected to the whims and decisions of the majority. The Athenian philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death because he did not succumb to Greek norms (Liberty 323). According to Constant, irrational decisions decided by majorities are exactly what modern liberties intend to protect. Modern citizens' actions are ... ...

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... . " (Thucydides 3.81) Just as the murders that occurred in Corcyra were to benefit oneself but disguised as the common good, many of the elected Athenian leaders or demagogues following the death of Pericles were corrupt, seeking only to be elected to grow their own power. The most famous example is Alcibiades, the elected leader who wanted to expand his power by ... ...

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... genocide in Srebrenica, with the Serbians claiming that the European Union did nothing to stop the government from mass genocide, as seen in Srebrenica. The Nazi government using the Auschwitz death camps is also an example of how the government used violence to repress the society. The power of violence begins to shift from the government to the people, with the ... ...

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... understand that civil-military bureaucracy never ended their tenures. It is the alienation within oppressed masses towards the pseudo-democratic governments, due to your betrayal to democracy, which cause the death. Dictators are only vultures who are yet again desperately waiting....

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... the type of horrific warfare waged against blacks in the south, brutally attacking a few to send a message to the thousands. For example, Emmett Till was murdered in 1955, and his death sparked a period of apathy toward the backwards "justice" system of Mississippi. "All the blacks murdered in Mississippi since Emmett Till had scarcely raised concerns beyond state borders ... ...

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... draft papers were silent protests. According to historylearningsite.co.uk, "To some, especially the young, America was not only sacrificing her male youth but the government was also sanctioning the death of children not only in South Vietnam but also in the North with the blanket bombing raids that were occurring on almost a daily basis. " For reasons like this, protests increased ... ...

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... , freely choosing, changing and discarding one's religion and the right to life are some of the fundamental Human Rights, which are threatened by fundamentalism, going to the extent of advocating death for non-believers and freethinkers. Fascism also rejects the liberal doctrines of individual autonomy and rights, political pluralism, and representative government, yet it advocates broad popular participation in politics and ... ...

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... , mixed government, separation of powers, and countervailance model became the origin of the theory of constitutional government. Locke defined political power as "the right of making laws with penalties of death, and all less penalties, for the regulating and preserving of property, and of employing the force of the community in the execution of such laws, and in the defense of ... ...

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... in Athens, Socrates was executed under its leadership, and this was what finalized Plato's decision to distance himself from government. Plato lived in a democracy, probably held it responsible for the death of his greatest teacher, and disapproved philosophically of what surrounded him. It is understandable, then, that if we look at the tone of Plato's discussion, even his discussion of the ... ...

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... a peaceful compromise and when it was refused , they decided that they must become independent . The French on the other hand actually got rid of their king by sentencing him to death. The major document they wrote was The Tennis Court Oath , which was a promise not to disband until a constitution was written. These actions taken show how these revolutions were alike and ... ...

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... amendments changed voter rights and privileges in this era including: the voting age of 18, District of Columbia included, and the removal of any poll taxes. The 25th amendment addressed death of the president and vice-president assumption and replacement. Nixon and the scandals created mistrust in the presidency. Federal grants increase greatly falling inline with the democratic programs. Part VI ... ...

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... for there to be sophistication among the people in the city -- this is perhaps a plug for Socrates, as Plato found him to be admirably calm as he faced his eminent death in Athens (558a). The final characteristic of the democracy Socrates addresses is tolerance. This tolerance is only thought to be complete if it is working for the benefit of the ... ...

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... administration keeps all the taxes collected in the Basque territory, deciding what services they wish to receive (and pay for) from the central government), they have continued their campaign of death (ADL, 2000). This led to a gradual reduction in the support ETA receives from the Basques. Only 14% of the Basques have voted Herri Batasuna (the political party that unofficially represents ... ...

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... that all legislation favorable to liberty is brought about by the clash between them" The conflict in Machiavelli's writings must however be distinguished. Social conflict that results in violence and death and does not lead to the manifestation of just laws both beneficial to the sovereign and the people must be chastised. Violent conflict, furthermore, is inconsistent with the idea of ... ...

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... as he issued his classic "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" to refute his critics. His speaking prowess inspired African American citizens to rise up and help achieve King's "dream" for America. Death came for King on the balcony of a black-owned hotel on the evening of April 4, 1960. While standing outside with Jesse Jackson and Ralph Abernathy, a shot rang out. King fell ... ...

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