... stability objective. CBI makes a monetary policy directed towards low levels of inflation more credible. Indeed, there is quite some evidence for a negative relationship between CBI and inflation (Eijffinger and De Haan (1996)). A general belief amongst many economists is that CBI stems from the thought that if a central bank were independent from its enforced political obligations then it would deliver lower ... as they would not be subject to each governments" discretion. A central bank with independence would furthermore lead to a lower level of inflation. For the case in favour of co...

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... their territory, drawing inspiration from elsewhere, essentially from the IRA's separatist struggle in Ireland. Thus, in the years 1968-69 the Front de Libération de la Bretagne, FLB, also known as the Breton Republican Army were to enter into action and continued until the start of the 1980s ... that was effective in combatting terrorism. At that time, there was already a special court responsible for trying terrorists in France, the "Cour de sûreté de l'État" or State Security Court, that dealt with military offenses or infringements of State security. Article 698 of the ancient cri...

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... for guerilla sympathizers. Columbia is one of the oldest democracies in Latin America, but it also has a long and bloody history of political violence. Hundreds of thousands were killed in Las Violencia, a civil war that raged throughout the 1950's and 60's. The conflict was settled in a deal between the countries 2 traditional parties. But today's violence is a bitter legacy of that period ... ...

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... businesses. A few store owners reported a $40,000 to $50,000 loss per day (Cannon, 1997). The violence that started in L.A. began to spread to other cities across the country. In Las Vegas a group of 200 angry rioters set fires, looted stores and attempted drive-by shootings. In New York, black protestors would pull white men from their vehicles and beat them ... ...

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... two weeks later, President Eisenhower signed the executive order 10633. This order restricted air space over Groom Lake. This airspace was five by nine miles long, and was called the "Las Vegas Project" (Cambell 1996). When the public and press became aware of this area, they were told that this area was a small complex with "dormitories, equipment, buildings, and a small airstrip ... ...

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... same way. Annually it summarises the most important economics variables and publish them so companies can make use of it. www.planejamento.gov.br Brazil also has The Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE). On the website of this organization you can find numbers, information and news about indicators, the population, the economy and geosciences. You can download several things ... there are many links to databases and other websites with similar information. Instead of the 'CPB', this organization is more comparable to the Dutch organization 'Centraal Bureau v...

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... States, it can be very unstable politically at times. There are at least fifteen different political parties, and many politicians jump from one to another. In 2002, Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva, who is affectionately known to the Brazilian people as Lula, was elected to the office of the presidency on the workers party ticket. Lula ran on the premise to ... about eighty million, with over half of all workers employed in the service sector, in part due to the large tourism industry in places such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The rest of the national labor force is either employed in th...

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... basic linguistic ideas, if only to present the complications that arise when dealing with language. To begin with the idea of the signifier and the signified must be addressed. Ferdinand de Saussure explains the function of language at length in his essay "Course in General Linguistics," but for the sake of brevity I will stick to the basic concept in his essay ... . "Language is a system of interdependent terms in which the value of each term results solely from the simultaneous presence of the others". (de Saussure, 66) So the word, or signifier, represents the signified, or the image ...

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... classes and organizations are necessary in order to transform the regime. They are not simply "economic organizations."" They are socio-political movements, struggling against the free market policies of privatization, de-regulation, and export promotion. The rural movements have formed political alliances with trade unions and have contributed to the organization of urban slum dwellers. Many of the general lab! or ... the world. Size is not always the dominant factor. Mexico City's problems are exacerbated by its location in a basin at high altitude, where thermal inversions trap cold,...

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... gifts and ordered them brought back to the ship. The fruit was eaten; the pungent "dried leaves" were thrown away." Soon after it was discovered by Columbus, Rodrigo de Jerez and Luis de Torres become the first European smokers. They soon brought their customs home and were arrested for its disturbing appearance. A few years after, they were released and smoking became a full ... ...

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... who experienced the worst effects of urban decline were integrated into urban initiatives. City Challenge, although a rather short-lived initiative, was the first example of this (see Atkinson & Moon 1994; De Groot 1992). As well as giving a central role to local government and a greater role to local communities it was also notable for introducing the idea of competition as a method of ... ...

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... the legislature and judicature are separate and independent of one another.' However, there are also some disagreements that separation of powers is not part of British constitution. The academic writer de Smith has dismissed the separation of powers in the context of the United Kingdom by saying that ' No writer of repute would claim that it is a central feature of ... ...

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... the major outbreak of civil war in the region. The extortion of the natural resources such as the diamonds in West Africa, Angola, the rebel União Nacional para Independencia Total de Angola (UNITA) raised $3.7 billion through diamond sales between 1992 to 1997 (Malaquiase:2001:312). Although, the rebels have recently lost some of the most productive mines to government forces, they ... ...

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... two challenges to the adequacy of the evidence of mail fraud: whether the use of the mails was sufficiently connected to the scheme to defraud, and whether the scheme was de vised to obtain money or property." Which Easterbrook continued to explain: Whoever, having devised...any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false ... ...

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... treatment than the killing of a black. Thirdly, capital punishment is absolutely irrevocable compared to the other criminal punishments in the society. In the year 1830, after the French revolution, Marques de Lafayette, the chamber of deputies said, "I shall ask for the abolition of the punishment of death until I have the infallibility of human judgment demonstrated to me". It can be argued ... ...

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... , created a Society of Equals dedicated to the abolition of private property and the destruction of all those who held property. The king's guards were eventually captured and killed. The Marquis de Sade, from whom we get the term sadism, was released from prison. The Paris Commune took over control of Paris. In the spring of 1792, the First Committee of Public ... ...

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... demand or expect; and remain responsible only to their Maker for the religion, or modes of faith, which they may prefer or profess." And to his dear friend, the Marquis de Lafayette, in 1787, Washington wrote, "Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to indulge the professors of Christianity in the church with that road to Heaven ... ...

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... . Banished to his country estate, Machiavelli collected his frustrations, and penned The Prince, The Art of War and other significant works. (Jensen, 1960, 21) The Prince was dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici, a powerful noble whose family was responsible for the "fruition of Florence's commercial, artistic, and political resources- (Ruffo-Fiore 1982, 3). Soon however, factions, foreign intervention, and the extravagance and opulence ... ...

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... even to cross the threshold." (Klein p.207) So the problem in Cavite is a foreign trade issue, not a labour issue. This arrangement makes undermining national sovereignty much easier; Cavite essentially becomes "de-nationalized". As a way to make Cavite an attractive haven of low wage labour for cost efficient multi-nationals, a five-year tax exemption is implemented. There have been instances where a company ... ...

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