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Such fascinating novelties in the score as the fugual treatment of `` On The Side Of The Angels '' and `` Politics And Poker '' were handled splendidly, and I thought Rudy Bond and his band of tuneful ward-heelers made `` Little Tin Box '' even better than it was done by the New York cast ; ;
" On Aristotle's Politics ", in The City and Man, Chicago ; Rand McNally.
* Henry Patterson, The Politics of Illusion ; A Political History of the IRA ( Serif, 1997 ) ISBN 978-1-897959-31-2 http :// www. serifbooks. co. uk / books / history /
Politics of Liberia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic modeled on the government of the United States, whereby the President is the head of state and head of government ; unlike the United States, however, Liberia is a unitary state as opposed to a federation and has a pluriform rather than the two-party system that characterizes US politics.
the scheme of distributive and corrective justice that would be established under the best political community ; were this to take the form of law, this could be called a natural law, though Aristotle does not discuss this and suggests in the Politics that the best regime may not rule by law at all.
See his From Pluralist to Patriotic Politics: Putting Practice First, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, ISBN 0-19-829688-6, a work of political philosophy ; and his Shall We Dance?
* Henry Patterson, The Politics of Illusion ; A Political History of the IRA, Serif, London 1997, ISBN 978-1-897959-31-2
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The Arabs lost sight of Aristotle's political science but continued to study Plato's Republic which became the basic text of Judeo-Islamic political philosophy as in the works of Alfarabi and Averroes ; this did not happen in the Christian world, where Aristotle's Politics was translated in the 13th century and became the basic text as in the works of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
* Patricia Herlihy ; The Alcoholic Empire: Vodka & Politics in Late Imperial Russia Oxford University Press, ( 2002 )
They include Arundhati Roy who says " Each of us needs a little RAWA "; Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, who suggests that RAWA must stand as a model for every group working to end violence ; Katha Pollitt, author of Subject to Debate: Sense and Dissents on Women, Politics, and Culture ; Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban and Jihad ; and Asma Jahangir, Special Rapporteur of the UN and prominent women's rights activist of Pakistan are two Pakistanis who write about RAWA and express their support.
The Almanac of American Politics, 2012 ( 2011 ) 1920 pages ; covers every member of Congress and governor in depth ; rich details on politics of each state
Banks and Politics in America from the Revolution to the Civil War ( 1960 ), Pulitzer prize ; the standard history.
Gladstone and Ireland: Politics, Religion, and Nationality in the Victorian Age ( Palgrave Macmillan ; 2011 ) 307 pages
* Institute of Modern Politics – focused on legislation and parliamentary conduct from human rights and good governance perspective ;
* Jones ; J. R. The First Whigs: The Politics of the Exclusion Crisis, 1678 – 1683, 1961 online edition
A talented musician, he won the college's organ scholarship in his first term ( he had previously tried for the organ scholarships at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and Keble College, Oxford ) which enabled him to stay at the university for a fourth year ; he eventually graduated with a Second Class Honours BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1939.
Politics tended to be liberal ; with support for causes such as desegregation ( although many of the figures associated with the original Beat movement, particularly Jack Kerouac, embraced libertarian / conservative ideas ).
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soil pollution from toxic chemicals such as DDT ; energy blockade, the result of conflict with Azerbaijan, has led to deforestation when citizens scavenged for firewood ; pollution of Hrazdan ( Razdan ) and Araks Rivers ; the draining of Sevana Lich ( Lake Sevan ), a result of its use as a source for hydropower, threatens drinking water supplies ; restart of Metsamor nuclear power plant without adequate ( IAEA-recommended ) safety and backup systems
Commercial product ( Powder box, 50 g ) containing 10 % DDT ; Néocide.
Ciba Geigy DDT ; " Destroys parasites such as fleas, lice, ants, bedbugs, cockroaches, flies, etc .. Néocide Sprinkle caches of vermin and the places where there are insects and their places of passage.
DDT and DDE are very resistant to metabolism ; in humans, their half-lives are 6 and up to 10 years, respectively.
It is an endocrine disruptor ; The DDT metabolite DDE acts as an antiandrogen ( but not as an estrogen ).
The two cost-effectiveness estimates of DDT residual spraying examined were not found to provide an accurate estimate of the cost-effectiveness of DDT spraying ; furthermore, the resulting estimates may not be good predictors of cost-effectiveness in current programs.
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shrinkage of the Aral Sea is resulting in growing concentrations of chemical pesticides and natural salts ; these substances are then blown from the increasingly exposed lake bed and contribute to desertification ; water pollution from industrial wastes and the heavy use of fertilizers and pesticides is the cause of many human health disorders ; increasing soil salination ; soil contamination from agricultural chemicals, including DDT
Egg collection is no longer popular ; however historic museum collections have been of value in determining the effects of pesticides such as DDT on physiology.
Birds include Osprey, Great Blue Heron, Bald Eagle and Peregrine Falcon, the last two of which were threatened by DDT ; their numbers plummeted but have risen in recent years.
According to the The Dedalus Book of Absinthe by Phil Baker, it was made by combining gin with a pinch of DDT ( also known as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane ), an insecticide that would later be banned in most countries ; consumers of this concoction claimed that its effects were similar to absinthe.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the main threats to Osprey populations were egg collectors and hunting of the adults along with other birds of prey, but Osprey populations declined drastically in many areas in the 1950s and 1960s ; this appeared to be in part due to the toxic effects of insecticides such as DDT on reproduction.
Seabirds, being apex predators, suffered from the ravages of DDT until it was banned ; among other effects, DDT was implicated in embryo development problems and the skewed sex ratio of Western Gulls in southern California.
* 1970-Peregrine Falcon listed as an Endangered Species in the U. S., due primarily to the use of DDT as a pesticide ( 35 Federal Register 8495 ; June 2, 1970 ).
Other tasks included work with camouflage ; canteen disinfectants ; DDT to control malaria ; and insulation for small electronics.

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