Words about Politics

In this Lesson, you LL learn words about politics. At first, you may consider yourself too young to care about politics if you are too young to vote. However, as you learn the words in this lesson, you ll see that many of these words are useful in your life right now—in school and at home. 

POLITICS. POLITICS. POLITICS. No doubt you ve gotten tired of hearing people talk politics enthusiastically, sometimes angrily, and always endlessly. What s the big deal Well, when you stop to think about it, politics is one of the most important topics anyone can discuss. Even you. 

Politics is defined as the art or science of governing, especially the activities engaged in by a government, politician, or political party. Simply put, politics is how our country, city, or neighborhood works and what our rights and responsibilities are as citizens. All those details are determined by political decisions within our government. 

One of the most famous comments about politics was made by Thomas P. O Neill, Jr., a long-serving congressman from Massachusetts. He said. All politics is local. What he meant is that the big ideas that politicians often talk about aren t what really matters to most people. Instead, the 

Even if you re not old enough to vote, are there local issues that matter to you Are there conditions at your school that you d like to change Are local parks open when you and your friends want to use them Do you wish your neighborhood had a dog park Do parks need to be cleaned up These are local issues about which you may have a political opinion. 

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You may indeed be Caucasian, in other words, but you are not white. The Ozawa and Thind decisions demonstrate the ultimate function of race as an ideological tool and whiteness as property whose value was to be protected. As the court suggested in Ozawa, race is a practical line of separation, not a natural one and in social, economic, and political practice, separation is hierarchy. What would most astonish the average white person about the diminution of the unmistakable and profound differences between whites and Hindus, to take the language of the Thind decision, would be his or her own loss of standing as a result. 

You know that this section will cover his first two years in office only. Most likely, you have some key quotations from Kennedy and other politicians, perhaps a few statistics about his policies and whom they affected, and finally, you might have some facts about his political actions. In other words, all your note cards... 

Although Mr. Gore does not hold office as I write this in 2002, it is almost certain that he will be involved in electoral politics for many years to come. I have two major concerns about Mr. Gore and his position (or perhaps posturing is a better word) on global climate change and scientists who disagree with him. 

As the chapter summaries demonstrate, this volume may help us to foster conditions in which our biomedical R D capacities are truly serving the majority of people living on this planet. More R D development must be undertaken to achieve this. Strong political will - in other words, resolute commitment by governments - is required. Lastly, we hope this volume inspires you to think differently about some of these topics if you are already familiar with them. If you are not, we hope it helps you to better understand them. For that, no matter how trivial, is a vital first step in helping to improve access to medicines globally. 

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