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From:TLS. Times Literary Supplement (Issue 6140)Eric Foner observes in his TLS review of Barack Obama's much trumpeted A Promised Land that Americans don't elect leaders for their literary talent: "One of Andrew Jackson's campaign slogans in the election of 1828 was...
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From:TLS. Times Literary Supplement (Issue 6140)A PROMISED LAND BARACK OBAMA 768pp. Viking. 35 [pounds sterling]. US: Crown. $45. They say it is better to be lucky than smart--and better still to be both. Barack Obama is undoubtedly smart. But his rise to...
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From:Meridiano 47 (Issue 95) Peer-ReviewedFinalmente as prévias do Partido Democrata terminaram, deixando dois candidatos presidenciáveis, ambos bem distintos na sua orientação de política econômica. O candidato iminente do Partido Republicano, Senador John...
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From:Meridiano 47 (Issue 90) Peer-ReviewedIniciado em Novembro de 2006 quando George W. Bush perdeu as eleições de meio de mandato para os democratas, que recuperaram depois de mais de uma década o controle do Legislativo, Câmara e Senado, o ciclo eleitoral de...
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From:Meridiano 47 (Issue 102) Peer-Reviewedo artigo trata da política externa do Presidente Barack Obama na Ásia. Desta forma, aborda se ela representará uma mudança ou continuidade com relação ao governo anterior. Palavras chaves: Estados Unidos, presidência...
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From:French Politics, Culture and Society (Vol. 34, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIn 2012 the French Socialist Party imported the "Obama method" to organize the widest canvassing experiment of the country, leading to the victory of Francois Hollande. The direct transfer, as well as the wide...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 63, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThe Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that President Obama's proposed FY 2010 budget includes $879 billion for HHS, an estimated $63 billion increase over 2009. The budget establishes a healthcare...
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From:The Wilson Quarterly (Vol. 37, Issue 1)THE SOURCES: "The Problem With the Pivot" by Robert S. Ross, in Foreign Affairs, Nov.-Dec. 2012; "The Turn Away From Europe" by Josef Joffe, in Commentary, Nov. 2012; and "Asia's New Age of Instability" by Michael...
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From:Presidential Studies Quarterly (Vol. 43, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe Obama administration struggled throughout its first term to live zip to its campaign promises to reverse the most objectionable off the Bush administration's counterterrorism policies and to govern by "rule of law"...
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From:Healthcare Financial Management (Vol. 68, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe Obama administration extended both premium and out-of-pocket subsidies for the first time to people who buy health insurance coverage outside the exchanges. The subsidy change, offered through subregulatory guidance...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 61, Issue 19)Byline: Jack Stripling With a proposal that would send millions of students to community colleges free, President Obama joins a line of national leaders who have asked taxpayers to foot other people's tuition bills...
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From:Nature (Vol. 519, Issue 7541) Peer-ReviewedUS President Barack Obama vetoed legislation on 24 February that would have authorized the construction of a controversial pipeline intended to carry oil from Canada's tar sands in Alberta to the US Gulf Coast....
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From:Nature (Vol. 518, Issue 7538) Peer-ReviewedA coalition of 11 US environmental groups has urged President Barack Obama to significantly toughen rules governing the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, which have been linked to declines in bee numbers. In a letter to...
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From:Financial Executive (Vol. 27, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedDuring the recent financial crisis and economic downturn, the business community seemed to have a somewhat negative connotation in the eyes of a majority of elected officials in Washington, D.C. Phrases such as "fat...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 57, Issue 25)Byline: Paul Basken As state budgets tightened in recent years, colleges increasingly turned to their friends in Washington for help. Entering his first budget negotiation with a Republican-led House, President Obama...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 23, Issue 13)Byline: Peter York President Obamaas budget proposal for 2012 includes a $100-million idea that could revolutionize the way social programs are financed -- or could put a ticking time bomb next to the heart of some...
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From:Daedalus (Vol. 140, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAccording to some academics and journalists, once the "millennials" dominate the political arena, many of the thorny social issues that have caused great debate and consternation among the American public will be...
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From:The Chronicle of Higher Education (Vol. 55, Issue 9)Byline: SARA HEBEL and REEVES WIEDEMAN Professors, college administrators, and other educators have donated eight times as much to Barack Obama as they have to John McCain, the widest gulf in giving to presidential...
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From:Social Work (Vol. 55, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedLike many social workers, community professionals, and social activists, I was thrilled and humbled by the history that was made when Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, the first ever African...
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From:Air & Space Power Journal (Vol. 24, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn the first week of Pres. Barack Obama's new administration, the White House released his agenda, stating the policies the president will pursue regarding the nuclear arsenal. The agenda includes three foci: securing...