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Introduction : John Marshall and the Constitution -- Marbury and the construction of constitutional legitimacy -- McCulloch and the concept of constitutional sovereignty -- Ogden and the character of constitutional liberty -- The Native American trilogy and the idea of constitutional nationalism -- Summation : the legacy of Marshall's constitutionalism.

chapter A Mirror for Engaged Anthropology? Introduction to Kluckhohn's Mirror for Man -- chapter 1 Queer Customs, Potsherds, and Skulls -- chapter 2 Queer Customs -- chapter 3 Potsherds -- chapter 4 Skulls -- chapter 5 Race: A Modern Myth -- chapter 6 The Gift of Tongues -- chapter 7 Anthropologists at Work -- chapter 8 Personality in Culture -- chapter 9 An Anthropologist Looks at the United States -- chapter 10 An Anthropologist Looks at the World.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Religion, Politics, and the Constitution -- 2. Religion and Politics: A Contested Public Space -- 3. Abstract Views of Church-State Relations -- 4. Concrete Views of Church-State Establishment -- 5. Attitudes toward the Free Exercise of Religion -- 6. Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Cases Cited -- Index -- About the Authors

Intro -- CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS SALARY AND SERVICE TRENDS -- CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS SALARY AND SERVICE TRENDS -- Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: RECENT ACTIONS AND HISTORICAL TABLES -- SUMMARY -- MEMBER PAY: CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND, SOURCE OF APPROPRIATIONS, AND CURRENT RATES -- METHODS FOR MEMBER PAY ADJUSTMENT -- MEMBER PAY: PROPOSALS AND ACTIONS IN THE 114TH CONGRESS -- Linking Salaries to Passage of a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget -- JANUARY 2016 MEMBER PAY ADJUSTMENT PROJECTION -- MEMBER PAY: PROPOSALS AND ACTIONS IN THE 113TH CONGRESS -- Linking Salaries to Passage of a Concurrent Resolution on the Budget -- Linking Salaries to the Debt Limit -- JANUARY 2015 MEMBER PAY ADJUSTMENT DENIED -- JANUARY 2014 MEMBER PAY ADJUSTMENT DENIED -- MEMBER PAY: PROPOSALS AND ACTIONS IN THE 112TH CONGRESS -- Actions Related to Member Pay During a Lapse in Appropriations -- Additional Legislation Receiving Floor Action but Not Enacted -- JANUARY 2013 MEMBER PAY ADJUSTMENT DELAYED AND THEN DENIED -- Partial Year Pay Freeze Enacted -- Executive Order Issued and Subsequent Pay Freeze Enacted -- JANUARY 2011 AND JANUARY 2012 MEMBER PAY ADJUSTMENTS DENIED -- JANUARY 2010 MEMBER PAY ADJUSTMENT DENIED -- REFERENCE AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION AND EXPLANATION OF TABLES -- End Notes -- Chapter 2 SALARIES OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: CONGRESSIONAL VOTES, 1990-2015 -- SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- Source of Member Pay Appropriations and Relationship to Appropriations Bills -- Application of the 27th Amendment to the Annual Adjustments -- MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS: 114TH CONGRESS -- January 2016 Member Pay Adjustment Projection -- Linking Salaries to Passage of a Budget Resolution -- PREVIOUS ACTIONS: VOTES BY YEAR -- 2015.

Argues that the Panic of 1819 was America's first experience with a modern boom-bust cycle, and most importantly, much more than a banking panic resulting from the mismanagement of the newly created second Bank of the United States and a number of state chartered banks

Cover -- Contents -- List of Boxes and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Why Education Matters -- The threat of mass education -- What is the purpose of education? -- A utilitarian perspective -- The social function of schooling -- Social reconstructionism: an ideology for the future? -- 2 The Rise and Fall of the Post-War Consensus -- The 1944 Education Act -- A national system, locally administered -- Flaws in the 'tripartite' system -- Circular 10/65 -- The end of consensus -- 3 From Callaghan to Major, 1976-97 -- Accountability and control under James Callaghan -- The first two Thatcher administrations, 1979-87 -- The 1988 Education Reform Act -- Choice and diversity under John Major -- 4 Diversity, Choice and the Measurement of Progress, 1997-2012 -- Aspects of continuity -- The 1997 White Paper -- Selection, specialization and diversity -- The 2001 Green Paper -- The 2001 White Paper and the 2002 Education Act -- Difficulties facing the Education Secretary -- A renewed commitment to choice and diversity -- The administration of Gordon Brown -- The 2010 General Election and the Coalition Agreement -- The development of Conservative education policy after 2007 -- Coalition education policy since 2010 -- 5 The Privatization of Education -- Privatization in the 1980s -- Private Finance Initiative -- Other privatizing initiatives in the 1990s -- The introduction of the Academies programme -- Capita and ETS -- The expansion of the Academies programme since 2010 -- 6 The Changing Worlds of Education Policy -- The post-war tripartite partnership -- The origins of the 1988 Education Act -- The role of advisers under New Labour -- Policy-making in Scotland -- Recent developments in Wales -- 7 The Evolving Curriculum from 5 to 14 -- Teacher 'control' of the curriculum -- From partnership to accountability.

In the early 1980s, Harley-Davidson was on the verge of bankruptcy. In the general public's opinion, quality was substandard?of both motorcycles and riders. Harleys leaked oil and were often broken down. Riders were roughnecks, out to raise hell. The Harley-Davidson brand was tarnished. What s more, the charges were true.By the mid-1980s, Harley couldn't produce enough bikes to keep the public happy. Dealers were selling bikes off the showroom floor, struggling to assuage customers frustration. And today, Harley-Davidson is a model brand. Harley-Davidson isn't just a motorcycle co

Julie, a young doctor, is running late. She is about to pick up her daughter from school close to the City of London when there is an explosion. Sirens shriek. A police van tells everyone to take cover from radiation. She huddles in a shop with strangers ? City workers, an Asian girl, an American, a Russian beauty therapist and a mysterious Chechen. Were any of them involved in the attack? Is she contaminated ? and will the radiation spread to the school? As she helps the victims she is terrified about her daughter. As a second strike looms, fear engulfs the nation. Will what Julie lea