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The older the constitution, the more constitutional leeway tends to exist for a head of state to exercise greater powers over government, as many older parliamentary system constitutions in fact give heads of state powers and functions akin to presidential or semi-presidential systems, in some cases without containing reference to modern democratic principles of accountability to parliament or even to modern governmental offices.
The presidential election of 1994 was judged to be the first relatively free election in modern Mexican history.
However, presidential power has shifted over time, which has resulted in claims that the modern presidency has become too powerful, unchecked, unbalanced, and " monarchist " in nature.
The pattern of religious adherence has changed dramatically over the course of United States history, so that the pattern of presidential affiliations is quite unrepresentative of modern membership numbers.
The first such round of requests and cabinet reviews resulted in a reduction of $ 92 million, representing the first actual presidential budget in modern history.
He held the first modern presidential press conference, on March 15, 1913, in which reporters were allowed to ask him questions.
Although many observers from the 1880s onward predicted that Yankee politicians would be no match for new generations of ethnic politicians, the presence of Yankees at the top tier of modern American politics was typified by Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, and by Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean ( as well, to some observers, by 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Forbes Kerry, descendant through his mother, of the Scottish Forbes family, which emigrated to Massachusetts the 1750s ).
In his presidential address he urged colleagues to adopt what he called " a middle line ": to combine the best of tradition with a fresh modern approach, to eschew dogma, and recognise " the influence of surroundings on the choice of materials and the technique of their use.
The presidential nominating convention is a modern institution.
The term caucus is frequently used to discuss the procedures used by some states to select presidential nominees such as the Iowa caucuses, the first and largest in the modern presidential election cycle, and the Texas caucuses.
In modern times, Liberian presidents would present quilts as official government gifts, and when current Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf moved into the Executive Mansion, she reportedly had a Liberian-made quilt installed in her presidential office.
Chehab was widely expected to contest the presidential election of 1970, but in a historical declaration he declared that his experience in office had convinced him that the people of his country were not ready to put aside traditional, feudal politics nor support him in building a modern state.
The modern citizen journalist movement emerged after journalists themselves began to question the predictability of their coverage of such events as the 1988 U. S. presidential election.
Many modern presidential republics employ term limits for their highest offices.
Heavy industry first arrived in Jujuy at the hand of General Manuel Savio, a presidential economic advisor who, in 1945, had Argentina's first modern steel mill installed in Jujuy.
Senegal maintains a mounted cavalry detachment of spahi origin as its modern presidential security unit and ceremonial guard.
President Hayes was the first to use the presidential coat of arms on White House invitations, and the design used was the direct precursor to the modern version.
However, modern campaign managers, particularly at the presidential level, are mostly concerned with executing strategy, not setting it.
The modern arms of Russia were instated by a presidential decree in 1993, and then by a federal law signed by President Vladimir Putin on December 20, 2000.
On the other hand, the country is also greatly influenced from its modern influences of French colonialism, and a half century of radical change from constitutional monarchy, to a presidential regime under Lon Nol, a radical Marxism-Leninism under the Khmer Rouge, a Vietnamese occupation under the communist party People's Republic of Kampuchea ( PRK ), to finally the restoration of constitutional monarchy under a United Nations administered transition ( UNTAC ), a result of the Paris Agreement signed in 1991.
The constitution of modern Egypt has always given the president a virtual monopoly over the decision making process, devoting 30 articles ( 15 percent of the whole constitution ) to presidential prerogatives.
The 1828 presidential election marked the beginning of the Democratic Party as a modern, mass-based political party.

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In AD 60 or 61, while the current governor, Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, was leading a campaign against the island of Mona ( modern Anglesey ) in the north of Wales, which was a refuge for British rebels and a stronghold of the druids, the Iceni conspired with their neighbours the Trinovantes, amongst others, to revolt.
* 211 – Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies at Eboracum ( modern York, England ) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians. He leaves the empire in the control of his two quarrelling sons.
Leading up to the 1998 return, an airborne observing campaign was organized to mobilize modern observing techniques by Peter Jenniskens at NASA Ames Research Center.
* 1510 – First campaign of Ottoman Empire against Kingdom of Imereti ( modern western Georgia ).
Evidence regarding this particular method of terrorism reveals that every modern suicide campaign has targeted a democracy – a state with a considerable degree of political freedom.
Of the sites involved in Caesar's civil war, we find the Siege of Massilia 49 BC, the Battle of Dyrrhachium of 48 BC ( modern Albania ), the Battle of Pharsalus 48 BC ( Hellas-Greece ), the Battle of Zela of 47 BC ( modern Turkey ) and the Battle of Thapsus 46 BC in Caesar's African campaign.
On July 28, 1920, Harding's general election campaign manager, Albert Lasker, unleashed a broad-based advertising campaign that implemented modern advertising techniques ; the focus was more strategy oriented.
Not only was it the first campaign to be heavily covered by the press and to receive widespread newsreel coverage, but it was also the first modern campaign to use the power of Hollywood and Broadway stars, who travelled to Marion for photo opportunities with Harding and his wife.
The company also publishes the high fantasy Exalted RPG, the modern mythic Scion, and d20 system material under their Sword & Sorcery imprint, including such titles as the Dungeons & Dragons gothic horror campaign setting Ravenloft, and Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed series.
* 1080 – 1081: The Chinese statesman and scientist Shen Kuo is put in command of the campaign against the Western Xia, and although he successfully halts their invasion route to Yanzhou ( modern Yan ' an ), another officer disobeys imperial orders and the campaign is ultimately a failure because of it.
Edward was said to have developed an intense personal piety during this period, but modern historians regard this as a product of the later medieval campaign for his canonisation.
Republican campaign manager Mark Hanna pioneered many modern campaign techniques, facilitated by a $ 3. 5 million budget.
McKinley's run became the prototype of the modern commercial advertising campaign, putting the President-to-be's image on buttons, billboards, posters, and so on.
In 992 he went on a campaign against the Croats, most likely the White Croats ( an East Slavic group unrelated to the Croats of Dalmatia ) that lived on the border of modern Ukraine.
* The Shiite Fatimid state in modern day Tunisia launches a failed military campaign against Egypt.
In 516 BC, Darius embarked on a campaign to Central Asia, Aria and Bactria and then marched into Afghanistan to Taxila Satrapy in modern Pakistan.
After he became emperor of the Western Roman Empire, Maximus would return to Britain to campaign against the Picts and Scots ( i. e., Irish ), probably in support of Rome's long-standing allies the Damnonii, Votadini, and Novantae ( all located in modern Scotland ).
According to Egyptian journalists Hani Shukrallah and Hosny Guindy, because of the campaign, until modern times, " Half the country ... is at war with Abdel-Nasser, half with Anwar El-Sadat.
* Attila the Hun establishes his residence along the Tisza River ( modern Hungary ) and plans the coming campaign in the Balkans.

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