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After tumultuous talks April 20-22 in Quebec, America’s democratic leaders developed a sound framework to expand economic prosperity in the Western Hemisphere. The Free Trade Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) should provide benefits to both advanced and underdeveloped nations alike...
Stavins, who did not have such a framework for study during his own graduate work, is confident that EEPHU will provide a valuable connection to those affiliated with the program. "That's what was missing for me-I was not part of this larger cohort of students from the university interested in the environmental economics...
...both legislation and executive regulations are designed less coherently and less skillfully in the United States than in other industrialized democracies. He outlines the reasons for this—our federalist system and bicameral legislature, and the fragmented structure of Congressional committees. He proposes several workable solutions within our framework, most of which boil down to strengthening the political parties and their ability to discipline individual lawmakers. He comes out persuasively against term limits and ballot initiatives, using sociological research wisely to show that having inexperienced lawmakers deal with complicated issues is a liability...
...within the framework of a person selecting films from an archive, History Lessons has very little dialogue but makes up for this fact with attention-grabbing visual effects. Hammer uses her artistic license generously as she dubs in lesbian-rights messages over women’s voices in old films of a roundtable discussion. This effect, which Hammer uses throughout the film, provides a bit of needed levity. Her presentation of antiquated photographs, transposition of negatives and reverse negative images, and carnivalesque background music creates an interesting mixture of the serious and?...
...elective office but are interested in politics. Coupled with the decision to preserve the name "Student Advisory Committee," we are left wondering why Pryor employed such an abrupt and dramatic act in November of last year. An attempt should have been made to bring about change through the old framework with mutual discussion. Instead, Pryor has erased a hefty tradition at the Institute and a decades-old legacy, replacing it with a system not drastically different from what was there before...