State-citizen relations

Charles s law A law that states the relation between the volume of a gas and its temperature. It states that the volume of a given mass of gas is directly proportional to its absolute temperature at constant pressure. It was proposed by Jacques Charles (1746-1823) although he never published it. Gay-Lussac (1778-1850), who had made the discovery in 1802, acknowledged that Citizen Charles had remarked on it fifteen years earUen... 

In a decision written by Justice Harry Blackmun, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal and ruled against the Virginia State Board of Pharmacy. The ruling concluded that commercial speech has some protection under the First Amendment, particularly in relation to the right of citizens to receive information. Because the individual consumer and society in general may have strong interests in the free flow of commercial information, even commercial speech that has an economic rather than a political or artistic motivation deserves protection. Indeed, such information is crucial to the... 

More than 70 percent of all legislation placed before the Congress of the United States addresses science-related questions and issues, and many of these issues pertain to chemistry. Learning about science is an important endeavor for all citizens, particularly those destined to become leaders. 

The University is fundamentally an institution of learning, although research and service by its faculty are certainly of major significance. In addition, the land-grant academic institutions have a mission to help their state realize maximum potential for agricultural development and to contribute to the solution of social, economic, environmental, and cultural problems of concern to the citizens of that state. These missions are carried out through the three closely related functions of resident instruction, research, and extension. 

Education and promotion is an important component of any program to alleviate the problems of waste tires. Audiences that may need to be informed about one facet or another of the scrap tire problem include individual citizens, environmental groups, tire dealers, corporations, those who are or would like to be involved in businesses related to scrap tires, potential users of scrap tire material, and representatives of local, state and Federal government. 

The European Commission s Joint Research Centre (JRC) is a source of independent scientific and technical reference for European policy makers, serving the European Commission, the EP, the Council, and the Member States. The JRC s seven scientific institutes carry out research of direct concern to EU citizens, working with industry, universities, other research institutes, and Member States. The JRC is among the European Commission s 36 Directorates-General (DCs). The DCs are specialized services within the European Commission. Examples of other DCs include the Brussels, Belgium-based Directorate General (the JRC s central coordination and administrative body), the Institutional and Scientific Relations Directorate, the Programme and Resource... 

Direct citizen <-> state relations Medical profession mediates relations between the public and the state... 

With the separation of Church and State, the Enlightenment served as catalyst, more than 200 years ago, for a step in the right direction. Every democratic country today grants their citizens legal protection to decide freely and without any brutal adverse consequences their relation to Church and God. Nevertheless, the spirit of education, imbued with traditional myths, did not change radically. 

Fritz Haber was no radical nationalist, thirsting for blood. Nor did he, like some Germans, believe in the mystic superiority of Germany s spirit, its Kultur. His report on science in the United States in 1903 was devoid of narrow-minded chauvinism, as were his friendly relations with scientists from France, England, and the United States. He was quite capable of amusing himself over the jingoism of his fellow citizens. 

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