The widely shocking attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11 was interpreted differently by various institutions worldwide, ranging from America's legitimate motive to begin a 'war on terror' to defend her 'very freedom', to a pretext for Bush administration to pursue G. H. W. Bush's temptation for 'a new world order'. Various institutions, therefore, made use of their...

Since the U.S. Bush administration took its position against the Kyoto Protocol, growing concerns for the facts behind and security of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have appeared on the horizon. However, this pessimistic mood will not stay long, once the global community pays attention to what the intention of the U.S. is. The U.S. never refused the Climate ...

This paper shows that in the almost four decades from January 1965 through to December 2003, US stock prices closely followed the four-year Presidential Election Cycle. In general, stock prices fell during the first half of a Presidency, reached a trough in the second year, rose during the second half of a Presidency, and reached a peak in the third or fourth year. This cyclical trend is found ...

Traditional Medicare is being threatened from two political directions. The current Republican coalition, on the right, simply dislikes social insurance in principle. It seeks privatization for its own sake. Another perspective, centrist and well established among political and economic elites, worries that the program is "unaffordable," whatever its basic merits. Defenders of traditional Medic...

The explosion of scientific knowledge after the Second World War has progressed hand in hand with an increasing trend towards specialization in the training of scientists (Bode et al. 1949; Bush 1945). This trend is hardly surprising and is perhaps an inevitability. As scientific advances build upon previous understanding, individuals who aim to work on the frontiers of research must progress t...

OBJECTIVE To determine the chemical compositions and evaluate the antimicrobial activity of bush tea (Athrixia phylicoides DC.), special tea (Monsonia burkeana) and synergy (combination of bush tea and special tea). METHODS Total polyphenols were determined using the methods reported by Singleton and Rossi (1965) and modified by Waterman and Mole (1994). Tannins were determined using vanillin...

The African bush vipers of the genus Atheris Cope, 1862 currently comprises 15 species, this includes A. barbouri Loveridge, 1930 (often assigned to the genus Adenorhinos; but see Lenk et al. 2001). All species occur exclusively on the African continent with most species occurring in East and Central Africa. West Africa, defined as the eco-region including Nigeria and all countries westwards, e...

The paper is focused on the individuals who were involved in affair directly and those investigated under table dealings of Reagan administration, as well Reagan's part affair. It also looks at how came to light, whole was swept rug within a few years due popular U.S. Cold War beliefs fear communism spreading. Even appointed investigate could not do much, since he so popular, would remain after...