democratic institutions. Minor tinkering with the rules and regulations concerning the administration of elections has been common‚ including amendments to the laws governing election broadcasts‚ financial disclosure‚ or constituency redistricting. In the post-war period countries have occasionally switched electoral formulas between d’Hondt and LR-Hare‚ adjusted the effective threshold for election‚ and expanded their assembly size (Lijphart‚ 1994). Yet until recently wholesale and radical reform of
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PROMOTION SPEECH 2013 Do you remember the first day of Middle School? When you stepped onto campus‚ and noticed how big this school was‚ looking for faces you recognized. And when you did‚ you ran up to them and talked to them like they were the most important person in the world‚ so you wouldn’t feel so awkward. You told them how nervous and happy you were. Here we are‚ three years later. Sitting in our dresses and whatever‚ knowing that in two months‚ we’ll be doing the same thing at a different
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Hello‚ I’m _____‚ I am running for student council president because I believe I can make a difference in the school. If you elect me for president I will help out the school by making sure we keep up with our part. I would like to add more socials‚ so that people want to stay all year and not just come for a little while and then leave. I would make this happen by scheduling about one social every month. I think I will make a good president because I believe I am trustworthy‚ responsible‚ active
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Go For It President Trump Go Go Go When the liberals are howling the righteous rejoice. In all my born days I have never heard the liberals howling like now‚ not even in the days when the Vietnem War was at its highest‚ and the decibels emanating from them were voluminous and deafening. Something very good is about to happen‚ or is happening‚ and President Trump seems to be the source of their torment and the epicentre of their attacks. I am reminded of a powerful scripture that seems to have a
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Gentlemen‚ before us today stands the question of a president‚ yet‚ we must take a moment to ask if this is wise at all. Have we forgotten Aesop’s fable? I will recount it briefly. Once upon a time there were happy frogs living in a swamp that suited them justly – they cared for no one and they were troubled by no one‚ but‚ for some reason‚ some of the frogs decided this was not right and that they needed a king and a constitution and laws and strong government so as to give them order and control
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John Edwards Presidential Election Speech On September 27‚ 2007 John Edwards gave a Presidential speech dialogue using not only television‚ but also an interactive website called myspace.com. John gave his speech at the university in New Hampshire. The college students from the university were allowed to ask questions‚ and there were also people using the online website that were asking questions as well. John gave a very persuasive‚ but very interesting speech. He covered every single topic
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This article talks about the second-term curse; the perceived tendency of second terms of recent U.S presidents to be less successful than their first terms. According to the "curse"‚ the second terms of recent presidents have usually been plagued by a major scandal‚ policy inertia‚ some sort of catastrophe‚ or other problems. In the article “Second Chances”‚ the author suggests some ideas about how President Obama can avoid a unsuccessful second-term. He talks about the failures of George Washington
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College’s Second President and his Relationship with White Public Officials” This article on Nathan B. Young and his presidency was very informative not only to history students but also to the students of the present day Florida A&M University. It is good to know the history of the leadership and upcoming of such a great institution as ours. This article also taught of the influence and control that whites had over our black institution and lives. Nathan Young‚ the second president of our
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Fellow peers. I would like to welcome you all to the 2017 Holmes Jr High eighth grade graduation. One of our wonderful staff members once explained to me “I think you’re going to have to suck it up and deal with it. There’s really nothing you can do” This has really stuck with me through the last year. I may not have control over everything‚ but I might as well make the nest of what I do have control over. Sixth grade‚ the beginning. The time where you have the most fear. Walking into school wearing
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To prepare for my shield speech‚ I used time in class to write my outline and consulted other around me about my ideas. I thought of first representing each point with a book‚ and then later came to the idea of a bookshelf I could put props and pictures on. I admit that I did procrastinate while writing my speech. I could’ve used my time in class better to figure out what I was going to say. My slip‚ which I folded very many times so it was very small‚ was chosen first. I wouldn’t have made the slip
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