220 résultats pour "législature"
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Portugal Facts and Figures.
Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 308 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 278 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 94.1 percent (2005 estimate) Female 92.3 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.9 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 11 students per...
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Jordan Facts and Figures.
Female 81.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 16 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 493 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 588 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 92.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 87.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.5 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.1 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (20...
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Luxembourg Facts and Figures.
Female 82.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 393 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 167 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 100 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, p...
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Syria Facts and Figures.
Total 70.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 72.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 69.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,887 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 667 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 78.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 66.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 90.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.2 percent (2001-2002) Number of years...
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Norway Facts and Figures.
Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 265 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 263 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 7.6 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 10 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of g...
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Vietnam Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 71.3 years (2008 estimate) Female 74.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 68.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 24 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,871 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 417 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 94.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 92.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3 pe...
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Japan Facts and Figures.
Total 82.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 85.6 years (2008 estimate) Male 78.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 3 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 497 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 70 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female 99 percent (1993 estimate) Male 99 percent (1993 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.5 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory scho...
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Turkey Facts and Figures.
Male 70.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 37 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 641 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 385 people (2005) Literacy rateTotal 87.6 percent (2005 estimate) Female 80.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 94.9 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.6 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teac...
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South Korea Facts and Figures.
Female 81.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 74 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 554 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 141 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 98.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 97.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.3 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.2 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2...
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Switzerland Facts and Figures.
Other 1 percent LanguagesGerman (official), French (official), Italian (official), Romansch, English, and others NOTE: Romansch, a Romance language, is spoken by less than 1 percent of the Swiss population, chiefly in the canton of Graubünden. Religious affiliationsRoman Catholic 44 percent Protestant 41 percent Muslim 3 percent Nonreligious 7 percent Other 5 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 80.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 83.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 7...
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United Kingdom Facts and Figures.
Muslim 2.7 percent Hindu, Sikh, Jewish, Buddhist 2.4 percent Nonreligious 15.5 percent Other and not stated 7.8 percent *2001 Census HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 78.8 years (2008 estimate) Female 81.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 601 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 238 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not...
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Italy Facts and Figures.
Population per hospital bed 227 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 98.8 percent (2005 estimate) Female 98.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.8 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2001-2002) Number of students per teacher, primary school 11 students per teacher (2002-2003) GOVERNMENTForm of government Republic Head of state President Head of government Prime mini...
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Zimbabwe Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 39.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 38.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 40.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 51 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 6,199 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,959 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 91.9 percent (2005 estimate) Female 88.7 percent (2005 estimate) Male 95.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)...
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Tanzania Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 51.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 52.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 50.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 71 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 44,133 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,123 people (1992) Literacy rateTotal 80.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 73.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 87.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)...
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Germany Facts and Figures.
Nonreligious 17 percent Other 7 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 82.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 291 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 112 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4...
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Australia Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 80.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 83.8 years (2008 estimate) Male 77.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 401 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 135 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 100 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of com...
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Thailand Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 72.8 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 70.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 18 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 3,324 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 455 people (1999) Literacy rateTotal 96.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 95.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 97.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5....
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Colombia Facts and Figures.
Other 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 72.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 76.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 68.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 20 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 741 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 909 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 93 percent (2005 estimate) Female 93.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 92.9 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national p...
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Canada Facts and Figures.
English (official), French (official), Chinese, Italian, Punjabi, Spanish, indigenous languages Religious affiliationsRoman Catholic 43 percent No religion 16 percent United Church 10 percent Anglican 7 percent Baptist 3 percent Lutheran 2 percent Other 19 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 80.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 84 years (2008 estimate) Male 77.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Populat...
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New Zealand Facts and Figures.
Other (including Jewish and Hindu) 28 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 82.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 449 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 164 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GN...
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Egypt Facts and Figures.
Infant mortality rate 28 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 472 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 455 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 59.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 48.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 69.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.1 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 8 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 22 students per...
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United States Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 78.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 81.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 75.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 6 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 375 people (2005) Population per hospital bed 370 people (2005) Literacy rateTotal 99.5 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.9 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of...
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Belgium Facts and Figures.
Muslims 4 percent Nonreligious 6 percent Other 8 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 82.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 236 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 145 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross natio...
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Mexico Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 75.8 years (2008 estimate) Female 78.8 years (2008 estimate) Male 73 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 19 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 583 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,000 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 92.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 91.2 percent (2005 estimate) Male 94.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.4...
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Spain Facts and Figures.
Other 3 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 83.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.6 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 313 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 263 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 98.1 percent (2005 estimate) Female 97.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 98.8 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national...
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Chile Facts and Figures.
Other 10 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 77.2 years (2008 estimate) Female 80.6 years (2008 estimate) Male 73.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 916 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 385 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 96.5 percent (2005 estimate) Female 96.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national...
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Austria Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 82.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 273 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 121 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.8 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of co...
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Venezuela Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 73.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 76.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 70.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 22 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 516 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,250 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 94 percent (2005 estimate) Female 93.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 94.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.2...
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Nigeria Facts and Figures.
Male 47.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 94 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 3,715 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 599 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 70.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 63.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 77.8 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 0.7 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per te...
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Malaysia Facts and Figures.
Other 6 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 73 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 70.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 16 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,425 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 526 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 89.9 percent (2005 estimate) Female 86.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 93 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national p...
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China Facts and Figures.
Other 34 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 73.2 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 71.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 21 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 662 people (2005) Population per hospital bed 408 people (2005) Literacy rateTotal 87.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 80.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 93.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross nationa...
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Brazil Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 72.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 76.6 years (2008 estimate) Male 68.6 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 486 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 370 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 87.1 percent (2005 estimate) Female 87.5 percent (2005 estimate) Male 86.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 pe...
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Israel Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 79.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 82 years (2008 estimate) Male 77.6 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 7 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 273 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 164 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 96 percent (2005 estimate) Female 94.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 97.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 7.8 perce...
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Pakistan Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 64.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 65.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 63.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 67 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,353 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,429 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 47.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 32.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 61.4 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)...
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Iran Facts and Figures.
Shiite Muslim 93 percent Sunni Muslim 6 percent Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 70.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 72.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 69.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 37 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 2,223 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 625 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 81.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 75.2 percent (2005 estimate...
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Russia Facts and Figures.
Nonreligious 28 percent Other 7 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 65.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 73.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 59.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 11 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 232 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 95 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.6 percent (2005 estimate) Female 99.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as...
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France Facts and Figures.
Male 77.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 3 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 293 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 130 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.6 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 11 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 19 students per teach...
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Kazakhstan - country.
mismanagement. Between 1949 and 1991 the Soviet government conducted about 70 percent of all of its nuclear testing in Kazakhstan, mostly in the northeastern area near the city ofSemipalatinsk (now Semey). Nearly 500 nuclear explosions occurred both above and below ground near Semipalatinsk, while more than 40 nuclear detonationsoccurred at other testing grounds in western Kazakhstan and in the Qyzylqum desert. More than 1 million of Kazakhstan’s inhabitants were exposed to dangerous levelsof ra...
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Chester Arthur.
confidence by reappointing them to the Senate. Despite Arthur's help, the legislature did not reappoint the two men. Conkling and Platt never again held public office. In the middle of the political conflict, on July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker. Garfield died 11 weeks later, on September19, 1881. The following morning, Arthur took the oath of office at his home in New York City. IV PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Arthur's record of party loyalt...
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Chester Arthur
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Chester Arthur (1829-1886), 21st president of the United States (1881-1885), who gained the presidency when President James A.
confidence by reappointing them to the Senate. Despite Arthur's help, the legislature did not reappoint the two men. Conkling and Platt never again held public office. In the middle of the political conflict, on July 2, 1881, Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau, a disappointed office-seeker. Garfield died 11 weeks later, on September19, 1881. The following morning, Arthur took the oath of office at his home in New York City. IV PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Arthur's record of party loyalt...
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Election.
majority systems usually reduce the number of competitive political parties—for example, the mostly two-party system in the United States. Proportional representation systems boost participation by increasing the value of a vote to smaller or more marginal portions of a national population. In the UnitedStates, plurality or majority systems have reduced the incentive to vote of citizens who do not identify closely with the Democratic or Republican Party. Disillusionmentwith the major parties and...
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West Virginia - geography.
Forests, mostly of hardwood varieties, cover 79 percent of West Virginia. The principal commercial species are the oak, yellow poplar, maple, birch, beech, black walnut,hickory, and gum. Softwoods include pines and hemlock firs. Flowering trees include the wild crab apple, dogwood, hawthorn, and redbud. Among the many floweringbushes and plants are the rhododendron, which is the state flower, the laurel, blueberry, hepatica, wild geranium, and black-eyed Susan. Insects and disease, mostly introd...
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West Virginia - USA History.
Forests, mostly of hardwood varieties, cover 79 percent of West Virginia. The principal commercial species are the oak, yellow poplar, maple, birch, beech, black walnut,hickory, and gum. Softwoods include pines and hemlock firs. Flowering trees include the wild crab apple, dogwood, hawthorn, and redbud. Among the many floweringbushes and plants are the rhododendron, which is the state flower, the laurel, blueberry, hepatica, wild geranium, and black-eyed Susan. Insects and disease, mostly introd...
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W. L. Mackenzie King.
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W. L. Mackenzie King (1874-1950), tenth prime
V SECOND TERM AS PRIME MINISTER By the election of 1925 most of the rifts in the Liberal Party were healed. Little had been achieved by King's government except for some tariff reduction and thereorganization of Canadian railroads, but no mistakes had been made. The real issue of the election was the personalities of the party leaders, King and the brilliant butarrogant Conservative, Arthur Meighen. The Conservatives swept English-speaking Canada, and they won 116 seats. The Liberals won 101, a...
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New Jersey - geography.
C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...
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New Jersey - USA History.
C Soils Broadly defined, all of New Jersey’s soils are podzolic soils; that is, they are acidic and contain fairly high amounts of iron oxides. The soils in northern New Jersey areirregular in quality and contain rock fragments and small stones deposited by the continental glaciers of the last Ice Age. The soils of the inner coastal plain, unaffectedby glaciation, are the richest in the state, while those of the outer coastal plain are generally infertile. The newer soil classification system d...
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Ohio - geography.
conflict with modified Gulf air and causing frontal or cyclonic storms. Gulf air is dominant in summer. In fall, polar air passing over Lake Erie is modified, delaying thekilling frost along the adjacent shoreline. C1 Temperatures The mean annual temperatures for the state range from 9° C (48° F) in the northeast to 13° C (55° F) in the south. Average January temperatures range from -4° C(24° F) in the west to 2° C (35° F) in the south. July averages are 24° C (76° F) in the south and 23° C (73...
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Ohio - USA History.
conflict with modified Gulf air and causing frontal or cyclonic storms. Gulf air is dominant in summer. In fall, polar air passing over Lake Erie is modified, delaying thekilling frost along the adjacent shoreline. C1 Temperatures The mean annual temperatures for the state range from 9° C (48° F) in the northeast to 13° C (55° F) in the south. Average January temperatures range from -4° C(24° F) in the west to 2° C (35° F) in the south. July averages are 24° C (76° F) in the south and 23° C (73...
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Congress of the United States.
senator, a person must be at least 30 years old, a citizen for nine years, and a resident of the state from which he or she is elected. Most members of Congress haveserved in state legislatures, city councils, or other elected bodies. See United States Senate: Campaigning for the Senate ; United States House of Representatives: Campaigning for the House. The 435 House seats are divided among the states in proportion to each state’s population. Every state is guaranteed at least one seat. State...
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George Washington
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INTRODUCTION
George Washington (1732-1799), first president of the United States (1789-1797) and one of the most important leaders in United States history.
A2 Promotion This was Washington’s first experience with the difficulties of raising troops while lacking equipment, clothing, and funds. Apparently he thought his efforts worthy ofsome recognition and successfully applied to Dinwiddie for a lieutenant colonel’s commission. He left Alexandria, Virginia, early in April with about 150 poorly equippedand half-trained troops. A3 First Battles Before he had advanced very far, Washington received news that the French had driven Trent’s men back from...