...1 Nixon and the Watergate Scandal Adrian Tillman HIS/145 the American Experience After 1945 January 5, 2012 Dr. Bernnell Peltier 2 Nixon and the Watergate Scandal In 1968 Richard Nixon became the 37th President of the United States of America. Only serving one full term, he also was under heavy scrutiny and the only President to resign from office. His resignation came before his inevitable impeachment from Congress. With the resignation of his Vice President Spiro Agnew (in 1973 because of bribes and kickbacks; Brinkley 2007) he was also forced to “come clean” in his scandals about the Watergate office building in Washington D.C. The Watergate scandal was when five men from Nixon’s re-election committee broke into the Democratic Party headquarters on June 17, 1972. Nixon was soon accused of “covering up” the scandal and refusing to turn over evidence subpoenaed by the Supreme Court ("Impeachment History" 2007 Pearson Education). The Beginnings As the 36th Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower (1952-1960), Nixon a Republican was defeated in the 1960 Presidential election by John F. Kennedy. He continued to work as a Republican leader throughout the 60’s and worked his way to the forefront by...
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...activity, North implied that Reagan was aware of what was occurring (“The Iran-Contra Affair”). This scandal became known as the Iran-Contra affair. The affair further damaged the government's credibility and the United States’ relationship with Nicaragua, however, the Reagan administration had good intentions for their nation despite their continuous lies. The Iran-Contra affair tarnished the government's reputation and led to a general distrust within the American people. Arthur L. Liman describes the affair, “Deception permeated the whole Iran-Contra affair. But the deception was not aimed at our enemies… The deception in the Iran-Contra affair was aimed at Congress, the responsible cabinet officers, and the American people”(Lawson 11). The American people’s lack of knowledge on the affair led to a great distrust in government. One measurement of this distrust appeared in the voting polls. After the Reagan administration acknowledged the affair, Reagan’s presidential approval rating dropped from 63% to 47% in just over a month (“Gallup Vault: Reaction to Iran-Contra 30 Years Ago”). Lou Cannon, an author who wrote about Reagan, stated “He had enormous credibility with the American people, even with people who completely disagreed with him. This was one of the rare cases where he didn't level with the American people. He came across as untruthful and evasive” (“Iran-Contra Scandal Tarnished Credibility / But Americans Forgave President after He Admitted Judgment Errors”). Before...
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...Abstract Conducting, comparing and contrasting surveys are a very important part of research. This assignment will review three various types of surveys and evaluate the information that was derived from them. This paper will also include a simple survey to provide a demonstration of the understanding of a sample size determination and the use of a sample size calculator. Survey Sample Size Introduction: This assignment will compare and contrast three different surveys that relate to three separate venues and determine which one would be the most accurate. Part 1 Entertainment Survey: This article was written about the travel and tourisms importance in some major cities as a source of economical gain. The cities that were polled included 1,110, but only 463 of the cities participated. This survey showed that 54% of the city leaders realized the direct affect that tourism and travel had on their own city’s economies (Poole, 2000). This type of survey can show a media group or a supporting company that more investments should be put into a city to make that particular city travel friendly and provide more entertainment for tourists. By reading this type of survey a company can determine the best areas in which to initiate projects that could attract more tourists as this can increase the company’s revenues. Political Survey: A great example of a political survey is the one that was conducted by The Project for Excellence in Journalism’s News Coverage Index. This...
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...the President of the United States as a character. Did these film’s change people’s opinions of President Clinton based on how they portrayed their fictional presidents? Observing approval ratings during President Clinton’s tenure in office we can see if a pattern emerges that is consistent with the portrayal of the President in various films during the Nineties, and if that change correlates with box office receipts, which will serve as a measure of viewership. President Clinton took office on January 20, 1993 and like most presidents his approval ratings started out artificially high. Having won the 1992 Presidential campaign with only 42% of the vote his approval rating started at 58% with 20% disapproving and 22% having no opinion (Gallup). And while many things happened five months later on May 7, 1993 Warner Bros. Pictures released “Dave” a modern take on the Prince and the Pauper where a corrupt President Mitchell after a stroke is switched for a lookalike, Dave, by his chief of staff Bob Alexander. Dave was meant to be used as a puppet by the villainous...
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...Running head: THE OVERRATED RONALD REAGAN The Overrated Ronald Reagan University of Phoenix Carole Lormand September 28, 2013 The Overrated Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan, the nation’s 40th president is one of the most overrated men in history. Americans did not forget all the broken promises and dishonesty they dealt with while Reagan was in office. For many reasons he would be considered a good President but there are many more reasons that he would not. Reagan’s ratings were higher than the averages of his three immediate predecessors, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon (Frank Newport, 2004). When rating Reagan, many factors show that he is indeed overrated, not only as a president but an individual as well. During Reagan’s term in office Americans faced recession, debt, high unemployment, questionable foreign policy and wasteful spending among other things. As Reagan was sworn, one of the first incidents, which were the release of the 51 hostages from the American Embassy in Tehran, occurred. It seemed as if the Iranians feared the win of future President Ronald Reagan. However, there were a few incidents that occurred prior to the inauguration of Reagan that actually set the stage for the emanate release of the hostages (United States History). The Shah of Iran died right before the presidential rae was over. Shah’s return, one of the requests in negotiations with the Iranians, was neutralized. The negotiations were now closer to closure. Iraq then invaded...
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...Running head: THE OVERRATED RONALD REAGAN The Overrated Ronald Reagan Kirston Gardner University of Phoenix Carole Lormand September 28, 2013 The Overrated Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan, the nation’s 40th president is one of the most overrated men in history. Americans did not forget all the broken promises and dishonesty they dealt with while Reagan was in office. For many reasons he would be considered a good President but there are many more reasons that he would not. Reagan’s ratings were higher than the averages of his three immediate predecessors, Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon (Frank Newport, 2004). When rating Reagan, many factors show that he is indeed overrated, not only as a president but an individual as well. During Reagan’s term in office Americans faced recession, debt, high unemployment, questionable foreign policy and wasteful spending among other things. As Reagan was sworn, one of the first incidents, which were the release of the 51 hostages from the American Embassy in Tehran, occurred. It seemed as if the Iranians feared the win of future President Ronald Reagan. However, there were a few incidents that occurred prior to the inauguration of Reagan that actually set the stage for the emanate release of the hostages (United States History). The Shah of Iran died right before the presidential rae was over. Shah’s return, one of the requests in negotiations with the Iranians, was neutralized. The negotiations were now closer to closure...
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...With the November presidential election coming up in only a matter of weeks, Americans are burdened with a very tough decision. Who should we elect as our next president? Should we choose Hillary Clinton, who seems untrustworthy but has the political experience? Or should we choose Donald Trump, who has had absolutely no political exposure, but does seem genuinely invested in bettering the United States? Either way, U.S. citizens are hampered with an extremely hard choice when it comes to selecting the next president of the United States. Both candidates are a bit lacking in the trustworthy department. Hillary is involved in an email scandal where she used a private email server and deleted thousands of important emails while she was Secretary of State. This can make Americans feel unprotected and unsure of what these emails were about, why she felt the need to use a private server, and how the emails may affect Americans. The article “FBI releases Hillary Clinton email report” written by Tal Kopan and Evan Perez, provides information on how the FBI did not feel the evidence from the emails was worthy of persecution. This can strengthen democrats’ support for Hillary. Donald...
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...Salabarria HIS/145 June 26, 2012 Jeff Wilson Watergate Paper Watergate was a scandal that involved a break-in into the offices of the Democratic National Committee during the Nixon administration. Watergate was one of the most famous political scandals in American history. Decades after Watergate historians and others continue to argue about its causes and significance (Brinkley, 2007). It marked a period that both weakened our relationships with other countries as well as weakened the public’s belief in the President. A majority of Americans believe that newspapers, radio and television are devoting too much space and time to covering the Watergate scandals (“53%,” 1974). Both Time and Newsweek reported that John Dean, counsel to the president, was ready to say that the President knew of the Watergate cover-up. Newsweek put out an advance press release of this story first, and this became the basis of stories elsewhere. The Washington Post, however, reported the story carefully framed to put the charges in a proper context. Their articles carefully “pointed out the key fact that the statements by Mr. Dean were made while negotiating for immunity” (“Watergate,” 1973). The whole Watergate case is surely an example of why the press is important to a free society. With due respect for Judge Sirica’s persistence in breaking down those convicted in the break-in, it’s doubtful that the story of the scandal would ever have come out as completely if there had been no Washington Post...
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...three leagues, American Association, Player’s League and the National League, of which the National League held dominance. But in 1900 started the American League breaking up the monopoly that had been held by the National League for many years. Then in 1903 was created and in the fall of 1903 the first World Series was played. Major League Baseball Enterprises, Inc. (the National Baseball Commission) was founded in 1903 and is based in New York, New York. (McCarthy, 2008). This organization holds the rights to the leagues it operate in North America. For an organization this size there is no known mission statement for Major League Enterprises. One of the strength of baseball is it fan base. Over the years it has remained consistent. In Gallup polls over the years at least 40% of Americans consider themselves baseball fans. Since the 1930s women interest has grown from 27% in the 30s to 37% at the turn of the century. While during the same time period male fans has declined, from high in the 1950s of 57% to 49% at the turn of the century. Even though the demographic of the fan has change they still enjoy the “boys of summer”. Merchandising is another strong point for the MLB; in 2011 sales were up 10% from the previous year. The numbers are enormous. With the trade of players, a team’s merchandising revenue could just over 100%. Every year player are traded, new players come to the game and some of retiring players becoming instant classics. You would think it would come from...
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...Whitner Autoplex name RES341 instructor Whitner Autoplex Whitney Autoplex is an auto sales company that is faced with an issue in sales with foreign and domestic vehicles. Foreign sales on average are higher than domestic vehicles. Depending on the age groups, price and type of vehicle, sales can be tracked to better understand any problems that can exist. On domestic vehicles there is a fluctuation in sales according to age and price. The overall prices of foreign vehicles are much lower than their domestic counterpart. The purpose of the data sheet research is to understand why there is a huge gap of sales between foreign and domestic vehicles, 3/8 of the sales being domestic and the left over 5/8 on foreign sales. On domestic vehicle sales were high on ages 41 and up, where as in foreign vehicles there is no bias in sales by age. According to the data sheet domestic vehicle sale prices range from 35,925 and the mid 20,000, with one sale being fewer than 20,000. The research is important to find out where problems exist in sales on domestic or foreign vehicles. Is the problem the price, age group, or the fact of domestic verses foreign vehicles? What can be done to help overall sales for the company? Is it better for the company to focus on one type over to another? *Now there is a lot to consider when selling a car. This data can be used to a company advantage very easily. The data establishes a trend in car sales. It proves that there are bigger and more...
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...thankful to Ms. Sabina Aziz from Mindshare for her time and patience and all the media professionals who consented to our request for interview and gave their valuable time, knowledge and experience in completion of our work. Table of Contents ABSTRACT 6 CHAPTER 1 8 Introduction 8 Gallup: 9 People Meter: 10 Objectives/Aim: 11 CHAPTER 2 12 LITERATURE REVIEW 12 The Global Perspective: 12 Subcontinent Perspective (India): 17 Local Perspective (Pakistan): 19 CHAPTER 3 21 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 21 Research Design 21 Procedure 21 Measurement/Instrument Selection 21 Methodology 22 Sample 22 Software Employed 23 CHAPTER 4 24 People Meter Vs Gallup: Secondary Data Analysis 24 Gallup & People Meter Reach Comparison between Satellite & Terrestrial Channels 25 Gallup & People Meter Rating Comparison between Satellite & Terrestrial Channels 27 Gallup & People Meter Reach & Ratings Comparison for Top 10 Channels 29 Ratings Analysis of Altaf Hussain’s Speech on 9th September 2011 31 GEO NEWS ANALYSIS: 31 DUNYA NEWS ANALYSIS: 33 ARY NEWS ANALYSIS: 34 SAMAA TV ANALYSIS: 35 PTV ANALYSIS: 36 Reach Analysis of World Cup 2011 37 Gallup Vs People Meter: Primary Data Analysis 39 Media Agencies Perspective 40 Advertisers Perspective 48 Broadcasters Perspective 52 Findings of Secondary Data Analysis 59 Findings of Primary Data Analysis 61 Media Agencies 61 Advertisers 63 Broadcasters 64 CONCLUSION 65 ...
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...President Reagan’s use of rhetoric in his speeches throughout his political career was essential in establishing a cohesive and successful relationship with the American people. His charismatic nature and unfaltering authenticity in every single speech defined him as a true leader – one who might finally be able to restore faith in the American presidency in a country perpetually traumatized by the Watergate Scandal. Reagan brought indisputable political beliefs established on a solid sense of conservatism as well as a solid moral code built on firm religious values. These two features that Reagan exemplified laid the groundwork for an administration that was characterized by consistent and unyielding principles. The perfect example of this aspect of his administration is prevalent in his rhetoric. His small anecdotes, perfect word choice, and references to past great leaders all underscored his incredible ability to communicate the successes and lessen the defeats that faced his administration. Through his use of consistent and unique rhetoric from his first major speech in 1964 continued to his farewell speech in 1989, Ronald Reagan established motifs of freedom, limited government, moral renewal, and hope for the future that ultimately rescue American pride in the executive branch and in the country as a whole. In Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural address, which spans just over three pages, he used the word freedom 17 times. He took one of the most complex and hard to achieve...
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...Introduction Operated through a complex, cryptic structure Bernie Madoff, CEO of Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities (BMIS), perpetuated the most embellished Ponzi scheme the world has ever seen. The basis of the securities fraud that took place approximately between 1991 – 2008 was influenced by Bernie Madoff’s reliance upon an unqualified staff, outdated software, organizational seclusion, a personal halo effect, and weaknesses in the regulating body. Madoff had the confidence of the public, yet to pull off such an elaborate scheme, he relied on a startling number of family members, vital accomplices working on the illegal trading floor such as Frank D. Pascali, IT staff members, and a separate BMIS branch of international employees in the U.K. to seemingly legitimize the whole thing. Domestic and European institutional investors, friends and acquaintances of Madoff’s, and an additional couple of thousand people who had exposure to BMIS funds, trusted as much as their entire life or retirement savings. Investors were dumbfounded when the jenga-like pyramid came crashing down on them, despite many caveats from whistleblowers. Leading up to December 11, 2008, the date Bernie Madoff was taken into federal custody, he acted especially cross and frantic, specifically when the SEC was mentioned. Another sign of the impending collapse was Bernie’s reluctance to accept any more large sums of money, contrast to the usually receptive Bernie (Henriques). As a result of Madoff’s...
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...should be regarded as a tool to address basic public ends (Dent, 2008). Management should see regulation as a benefit to society. It should engrave a sense of duty to their decision making. There are two types of governance that this paper is going to consider. The first is necessity of internal governance of public corporations. The second is specific industry governance specific to the economics of water. In addressing the internal governance of public corporations, this paper will address a short history of why internal control is regulated by government, some objections to government regulation of internal control, and why these criticisms are unwarranted. By July of 2002 Americans had been plagued by a flood of corporate scandal. The names: Enron, World Com, Adelphia and Arthur Anderson will forever be burned into our history books as those infamous corporations that ruined the lives of millions of people. Their jobs were lost, their pensions disappeared and many lost their homes. The bankruptcies of these companies was brought on by corruption at every level of management due to corporate environments that seemed unfettered by mere civil penalties that the corporation may have had to endure if caught. Prosecutors could have filed criminal charges against the corporations, for they are considered a person according to the law, but how can...
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...Does the United States present a Public Administrational model for the rest of the world for avoiding corruption? “Corruption is an insidious plague that has a wide range of corrosive effects on societies. It undermines democracy and the rule of law, leads to violations of human rights, distorts markets, erodes the quality of human life, and allows organized crime, terrorism and other threats to human security to flourish. This evil phenomenon is found in all countries… but it is in the developing world that its effects are most destructive. Corruption hurts the poor disproportionately by diverting funds intended for development, undermining a Government’s ability to provide basic services, feeding inequality and injustice and discouraging foreign aid and investment. Corruption is a key element in economic under-performance and a major obstacle to poverty alleviation and development.” Koffi Anan, foreword, United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2003. When Democracy and central governance was formed in ancient Greece, it was for the very purpose of preventing the powerful few putting their needs above those of the masses they ruled – after all ‘Democracy’, stems from the Greek demos and kratia literally meaning the power of the people. For peoples familiar only with autocracies and hereditary monarchies, this was a radical notion. Why then, in some modern democracies, has the word government come to be almost synonymous with corruption? Corruption in government is...
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