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Paving the Way to Scandal: History Repeats Itself
, 2015 Presidential candidate Marco Rubio of Florida enjoyed an assist this week managing the fallout from New York Times stories about his personal finances by an unlikely ally: Comedy Central host Jon Stewart, who dismissed the information as an example of ...
Birkner, Michael J.
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Dr. Strangelove Visits Canada: Project Rustice, Ease, and Bridge, 1958–1963 [PDF]
, 2012 During the Cold War, many NATO governments developed highly secret contingency plans to maintain the continuity of government (COG) during and after nuclear attack. Canada was no exception.
Maloney, Sean M.
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the current controversies surrounding the European Ariane launcher and its implications for the future of European space governance. The Ariane program, historically a symbol of European technopolitical integration, faces mounting challenges due to delays, rising costs and increasing competition from private actors like ...
Nina Klimburg‐Witjes, Joseph Popper
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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Report on Airborne Radiometric Survey of the Thurso Area, 15th to 17th November 2006 [PDF]
, 2007 A survey of part of Caithness near Thurso has been conducted as a performance test for a new Airborne Gamma Spectrometry (AGS) system developed at SUERC.
Cresswell, A.J., Sanderson, D.C.W.
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The ethics of responding to democratic backsliding abroad
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract The past decade has seen a marked shift as many previously liberal democratic states have backslidden, taking authoritarian turns. How should liberal actors respond to democratic backsliding by others? Although it might seem that it is vital for liberal actors to react robustly to avoid complicity or to maintain their liberal integrity, this ...
James Pattison
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Nuclear Engineering and TechnologySurface decontamination agents must effectively capture particle contaminants that have been deposited on surfaces. This ability is particularly important in scenarios involving nuclear fallout particles.
Sung-Wook Kim +2 more
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Spartan Daily, February 5, 1985 [PDF]
, 1985 Volume 84, Issue 7https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/spartandaily/7260/thumbnail ...
San Jose State University, School of Journalism and Mass Communications
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Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This essay examines the controversy surrounding the Bhoot Vidya certificate program proposed by the Faculty of Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University in 2019. Drawing on media coverage, curricular materials, and government policy, I analyze how the debate reveals broader tensions in the politics of contemporary Ayurveda, nationalism, and ...
Thomas Seibel
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