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  List of state leaders in 1983 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Supreme Leader - Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran (1979–1989)
Head of State - Erich Honecker, Chairman of the Council of State (1976-1989)
Secretary of State - Agostino Cardinal Casaroli, Cardinal Secretary of State (1979-1990)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_state_leaders_in_1983   (1244 words)

  
 Kentucky.gov: - Agency List
State Commission is to promote the principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change espoused by the late civil rights leader.
Oversees state utility companies providing electric, telecommunications, water, and natural gas service to the public; ensures utilities charge fair and reasonable rates for services rendered and that services are adequate, efficient and reliable.
The Division of Water is charged with the responsibility for managing and protecting the state's waters, both on the surface in lakes, streams and rivers as well as groundwater beneath the surface of the land in the state.
kentucky.gov /Portal/OrgList.aspx   (9763 words)

  
 (K) Appendix B: Background Information on Terrorist Groups
The first section lists the 29 groups that currently are designated by the Secretary of State as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), pursuant to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996.
Stated goal is to restore the biblical state of Israel.
The JEM's leader, Masood Azhar, was released from Indian imprisonment in December 1999 in exchange for 155 hijacked Indian Airlines hostages in Afghanistan.
www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/index.cfm?docid=2450   (9179 words)

  
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State Takeovers Overview of State Takeovers In a state takeover, the state legislature, the state board of education or a federal court charges the state department of education or another designated entity, such as a mayor, with managing a school district.
State takeovers placing mayors in charge of school districts seem less effective for the upper grades, where the cumulative effects of many years of poor schooling are not easily reversible.
State takeovers and reconstitutions are not a silver-bullet solution, in part because of the diverse conditions prevailing in troubled school districts and schools.
www.ecs.org /clearinghouse/51/67/5167.doc   (5683 words)

  
 Wisconsin's Official State Symbols   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Because of the number of different purebred cows in the state, each year the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection is required to establish an annual rotation among the state's breeds.
In their effort to make the polka a state symbol, the class documented the polka heritage in Wisconsin and provided evidence that the polka is deeply ingrained in Wisconsin's cultural traditions.
Cranberries are grown in 20 of Wisconsin't 72 counties, primarily in the central part of of the state.
www.legis.state.wi.us /assembly/acc/kids/state.htm   (1201 words)

  
 The Constitution of North Carolina
Following the precedent established in amending the United States Constitution, the 1835 amendments were appended to the Constitution of 1776, not incorporated in it as is the modern practice.
Approved by the voters in 1980, it required that all justices and judges of the State courts be licensed lawyers as a condition of election or appointment to the bench.
An amendment to shift the elections for state legislative, executive, and judicial officers and for county officers from even-numbered to odd-numbered years (beginning in 1989 for legislators and 1993 for Governors and other state executives) was submitted by the General Assembly of 1985 to the voters, who rejected it on May 6, 1986.
statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us /nc/stgovt/preconst.htm   (6110 words)

  
 Politics1 - Guide to the Inactive 2004 Democratic Presidential Prospects
The early response from labor union leaders, however, was warm praise mixed with pleas for him to remain in the Senate instead of running for President.
Gephardt's role as leader of the House Democrats for eight years created a natural, nationwide network of supporters and provided him with visible platform from which to be heard.
For the same reason, party leaders are excluding him from the debates -- even though he qualified for federal matching funds and raised over $5 million as of fall 2003 (which placed him ahead of Clark, Kucinich, Braun, and Sharpton in the money hunt).
www.politics1.com /dems04.htm   (13615 words)

  
 K - Overview of State-Sponsored Terrorism
Despite significant pressure from the US Government, the seven designated state sponsors of terrorism—Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, and Sudan—did not take all the necessary actions to disassociate themselves fully from their ties to terrorism in 2002.
State sponsors of terrorism impede the efforts of the United States and the international community to fight terrorism.
Without state sponsors, terrorist groups would have a much more difficult time obtaining the funds, weapons, materials, and secure areas they require to plan and conduct operations.
www.state.gov /s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2002/html/19988.htm   (2422 words)

  
 Collections Pertaining to Women's History and Women's Issues - State Library & Archives of Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Florida State Archives, under the Florida Department of State, is the official repository for the public records of the state of Florida.
The Florida State Society is the central organizing committee for the various local chapters of the DAR, a women's society of descendants of American Revolutionaries whose mission is to promote historical, educational and patriotic work.
The State Board of Health was the predecessor agency to the Division of Health under the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services.
dlis.dos.state.fl.us /barm/fsa/women'sguide.htm   (6171 words)

  
 OxBlog
Both Colin Powell and the human rights community seem to agree that the leaders of the insurrection are a collection of notorious thugs and murderers.
GOOD ON HIM, PART TWO: New Tory leader Michael Howard continues to show that under his watch there will be no room for racial intolerance in his party, by sacking a Conservative MP who made an offensive and insensitive remark about the Chinese undocumented migrants who drowned while picking cockles on an English beach.
Although 41 years have passed since then, the state is still bowed under the yoke of the emergency laws, whose effect encompasses all areas of the life of society and citizens in Syria.
www.oxblog.blogspot.com /2004_02_22_oxblog_archive.html   (6086 words)

  
 Terrorists Don't Need States - Newsweek World News - MSNBC.com
States have been getting out of the terror business since the late 1980s.
We have kept many governments on the list of state sponsors for political reasons.
But that was less a case of a state's sponsoring a terror group and more one of a terror group's sponsoring a state.
www.msnbc.msn.com /id/4615876   (1006 words)

  
 Journalists in prison, 2004
This list represents a snapshot of all journalists incarcerated at midnight on December 31, 2004.
He was also a senior leader of the NLD and a close adviser to opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Detained under suspicion of "inciting subversion of state authority," freelance writer Zhang Ruquan was later prosecuted on criminal defamation charges for writing an essay criticizing Chinese leadership since the death of Mao Zedong.
www.cpj.org /Briefings/2005/imprisoned_04/imprisoned_04.html   (16532 words)

  
 Public Diplomacy and Covert Propaganda: The Otto Reich File
Reich for Secretary of State George Shultz to send to President Reagan, describing a specific intervention by Mr.
Comptroller General of the United States to Dante Fascell, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, [Legal Opinion on Issue of Alleged Lobbying and the Development and Dissemination of Propaganda], September 30, 1987, 10 pp.
Secretary of State George P. Shultz, Memorandum for the President, News Coverage of Central America, April 15, 1984, 3 pp.
www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB40   (1284 words)

  
 NTU Info Centre: List of state leaders in 1970   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Communist Party Leader - Walter Ulbricht, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950-1971)
Head of State - Walter Ulbricht, Chairman of the Council of State (1960-1973)
Secretary of State - Jean-Marie Cardinal Villot, Cardinal Secretary of State (1969-1979)
www.nowtryus.com /article:List_of_state_leaders_in_1970   (1011 words)

  
 The Return of Otto Reich
That's when he commanded the State Department's Office of Public Diplomacy, whose main mission was to inflame fears about Nicaragua and its left-wing Sandinista government that had come to power by overthrowing a corrupt, U.S.-supported dictator.
By covertly disseminating intelligence leaks to journalists, Reich and the OPD sought to trump up a Nicaraguan "threat," and to sanctify the U.S.-backed Contra guerrillas fighting Nicaragua's government as "freedom fighters." The propaganda was aimed at influencing Congress to continue to fund the Contras.
In a memo to President Reagan, Secretary of State George Shultz described the meeting as an example of "what the Office of Public Diplomacy has been doing to help improve the quality of information the American people are receiving.
www.fair.org /index.php?page=2446   (826 words)

  
 State Government and Politics
State list of how electors are chosen, whether names appear on the ballot, and whether they are bound by law to vote for candidate receiving popular vote
States are arranged by region, sometimes in an incomprehensive manner
Updates 1990 Census on state and metropolitan area with data on various population and housing characteristics.
www.lib.umich.edu /govdocs/state.html   (3669 words)

  
 American Women's History: Specific States
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press: Mayor's Commission for Women of Philadelphia, 1983.
Pioneer Women of the West: A Brief Listing of Holdings in Special Collections and Archives, University of Idaho Library, Moscow, ID [online].
Manhattan: Department of Special Collections, Kansas State University Libraries, 1997 [cited 8 August 1998].
frank.mtsu.edu /~kmiddlet/history/women/wh-state.html   (2066 words)

  
 Federal Unemployment Benefits Program Should Be Extended Despite Continued — Albeit Sluggish — Job Growth, 12/5/03
If it fails to do so, its first chance to restart the program will not come until Congress reconvenes in late January, by which time hundreds of thousands of jobless workers will have been left without a paycheck or an unemployment check.
“Though President Bush has repeatedly stated his concern about joblessness, he has been silent on extending this federal program for the long-term unemployed,” said Isaac Shapiro, a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Click here to join the Center's e-mail notification list.
www.cbpp.org /12-5-03ui.htm   (419 words)

  
 All-Time USA Box Office   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
www.imdb.com /boxoffice/alltimegross   (229 words)

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