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    the first comparisons going through your mind when talking about this year's election and the election from 1976 is the difference between both candidate’s point margin. The difference between the candidates was 51 points with Jimmy Carter becoming our president, and along with this year’s election the point difference was 51 as well with Donald Trump being our president. In the year of 1976 the two main candidates were Jimmy Carter, who was a Democrat and Gerald Ford who was a republican. If you

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    The Election of 1976 Nixon vs. Ford The election of 1976 was held after the Watergate Scandal in the early 1970s caused by, the thirty-seventh president, Richard nixon. The two candidates in the 1976 campaign were, democrat, Jimmy Carter and republican, Gerald Ford. With Ford coming into the race as a current president, he thought that he would obviously win against, Jimmy Carter whose only political experience was being an unrecognized state senator for four years, and being the governor of Georgia

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    If I Stay & “Heart Like Yours” “If I Stay” is a heart wrenching story about a young girl named Mia who has to make a difficult choice to either stay with her boyfriend Adam, or leave the world to be with her family who recently all just died in a horrific car wreck which left Mia by herself fatally injured. “Heart like yours” is a great comparison to this story because of the lyrics and meanings behind the song connecting with “If I Stay”. In “Heart Like Yours” I see this as Adam singing this to

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    The 1976 Stanley Lument directed film, Network featuring Faye Dunaway, presents a satirical look at a fake news corporation, UBS. The movie attempts to depict what news organizations go through in their quest for both relevant and popular programming. During their journey, the organization struggles with its own ethics in creating news that isn't necessarily truthful and for the most part is only elevating the emotions of a particular base. In addition to depicting the advanced and multifaceted sides

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    Introduction The Commonwealth of Kentucky enacted law governing open records in 1976. The law mandates agencies release applicable records to the public upon appropriate requests. The Louisville Metro Police Department adopted a policy to address and comply with this law. I will review and discuss how LMPD applies its policy in order to stay in compliance with this law. I will also evaluate any improvements to the policy for better or more efficient application. Summary of law Kentucky’s open

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    part in funding the 9/11 terrorists. They wanted to be able to sue Saudi Arabia and pursue a financial recovery for the damages and wrongful deaths of their family members, but they were legally prohibited from doing so because of a law called the 1976 Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Two Senators, John Cornyn and Charles Schumer, wrote an amendment to that bill called the Justice Against Sponsor Terrorism Act which would make it legal to sue Saudi Arabia (and other foreign governments) in federal

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    “Why do you always have to say that,” said Steff. “And then,” said Joey. “This is what i’m talking about, you don’t even care,” said Steff. The two just continued to argue through most of the night until Steff couldn’t handle it. She ran out the house in tears,not knowing which direction she was going. Joey grabbed his sweater and ran after Steff With her sweater, but she just kept running till she couldn’t breathe anymore. Little did Steff know they were in the mythical forest till she saw the tree

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    reductions in waste, environmentally friendly waste management, resource conservation, and aimed to safeguard citizens from the effects of hazardous waste. Eleven years later this act was amended to become the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. The amended act created a regulatory system that embraced reduce, reuse, and recycle; it also banned open dumping. Dumping of hazardous chemicals came under the control of RCRA and rules governing storage, disposal, and treatment were made. RCRA focuses

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    programs, performances, and even codes to computer programs (Legal Information Institute). Since copyrights cover several different types of materials, the duration varies depending on what work is being protected. According to the Copyright Act of 1976, musical, artistic, and literary works created after January 1, 1978 have copyrights that last 70 years after the author has passed away, 95 years after publication, or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first (United States Copyright Office

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    nothing significant happens to me on the Subway. However in those rare moments when something does happen or I witness something out of the ordinary, that thought usually sticks with me for a bit. Travis Bickle, the central focus of Martin Scorcese’s 1976 film Taxi Driver, saw the city of Manhattan as a gritty, crime-ridden island filled with “the scum, the cunts, the dogs, the filth, the shit” who walk around the place every day. Personally, that’s not how I’ve seen the city thus far.

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