Introducci'n 'Mi deseo es que las Naciones Unidas, impulsadas tras la posguerra, tengan 'xito y prosperen. Y mi esperanza es que la Declaraci'n de los Derechos Humanos, cuyo aniversario celebramos, no se limite al deseo de d'nde la humanidad debiera llegar, sino que gradualmente se convierta en una realidad en todas las naciones.'...
Since the foundation of the American Federation of Labor(AFL) in 1886, most unions in the United States have displayed a pragmatic out look, largely compatible with that of business. The general purpose of unions has been to protect and advance the well being of workers, while that of business has been to promote the interests of stockholders....
Black Power What did the phrase "black power" mean to African Americans who participated in the civil rights struggle? Booker T. Washington felt that black power meant financial power. During the movement that would soon be a landmark in our country's history, the black community lacked black owned businesses, black teachers, and black gov...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th President of the United States, the youngest person ever to be elected President, the first Roman Catholic and the first to be born in the 20th century. Kennedy was assassinated before he completed his third year as President, therefore his achievements were limited. Nevertheless, his influence was worldwide, an...
To many Canadians, Brian Mulroney seems an open book: a politician of the old school who owes his triumphs more to the opposition's weakness than to his own intrinsic strength. But behind the "jutting jaw, the smile that seems a little too self-satisfied, and the artful rhetoric is a man of mesmerizing personal charm, astonishing political...