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... building with an internal steel structure, surrounded by a non-bearing "curtain" orcovering, usually made of glass, thus the glass-box skyscraper.(Seagram Building, 1952)This building ... the building's functions. The second was the development and use of iron, steel, glass, and reinforced concrete, and thirdly the economical creation of mass numbers of office buildings. These ... from the culture in which it grew out of. As 'ineffective' ascritics might say this style was, there is great importance in the entire movement made in architecture during the mid-twentieth...
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... older Americans are meeting specifictargets set in Healthy People 2000. The following is abrief description of each section’s findings:The Health of Older Americans: Americans are livinglonger ... one in five Americans will be age 65 or older. The Merck Institute of Aging & Health and theNational Academy on an Aging Society, the policyinstitute of The Gerontological Society of America, are ... Geriatrics-Trained Health Care ProfessionalsHealth care professionals who are trained in geriatrics canhelp to maintain the health and quality of life of olderpatients. The complex needs of older...
... criminal pro-cess rights. In resisting the progressive program concerning prohibition, theCourt played a major role in inventing the modern constitutional doctrine of criminal procedure. In ... 1047–85;Ralph Rossum, “Self-Incrimination: The Original Intent,” in Eugene W. Hickok Jr., The Bill of Rights: Original Meaning and Understanding (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia,1991), 273–87. ... paths ofcivil liberties law intoan account of the rise of the modern state and the reformist politicaland intellectual movements that shaped and sustained it. In doing so,Constructing Civil...
... something, usually involving both positive and negative comments, in a friendly manner rather than an opposite one. In collaborative work, this kind of criticism is often a valuable tool in raising ... dishonesty in implementing state-owned projects. 22 understand a direct speech; in contrast, there remain some hints in indirect speech and one has to know the rules to interpret the meaning.Americans ... Vietnamese often use hedges before informing bad news or criticizing. Giving some compliments before showing weak points of others is preferable among them.2.4 Newspapers2.4.1 Definition of newspapersAccording...
... World War, in a period of many changes in the economicsituation in Austria, two chemists met by chance in an office in Upper Austria,one of which, Heinrich Ebner, was working in a vinegar plant,whereas ... many centuries,when wine making,brewing,production of vinegar and distilling were importanthuman skills. The historyof biotechnology as an industry apparently begins in the early 19th century, ... beginning of this remarkable history may be traced back to the first decades of the 19th century although in this country earlier flourishing trades, such as wine making, brewing, distilling...
... 7Chapter7discussesselectedStrasbourgcaselawfromafeministperspective.Asthetextmakesclear,thereasoningfollowedeitherbytheCourtorbyindividualjudgesinthesecasesoftenhasnothingtodowithfeministconcerns.Itwouldthereforebeunwarrantedtoassumethatthereexistsadirectconnectionbetweenavoteofviolationandavoteinfavourofwomen,letaloneafeministvote.Nonetheless,withtheexceptionoftheSWandBowmancases,whichappearinintermediategreyshadinginTable4below,avoteofviolation(‘V’inthetable)isgenerallyclosertoafeministpositionthanavoteofnon-violation(‘NV’).‘I’standsforinadmissible.ThefourindividualvoteswhichappearindarklyshadedboxesarethosequotedinChapter7eitherespeciallyapprovingly(V)ordis-approvingly(NV).Inanearlierdraftofthetable,namesofmalejudgesappearedinblue,thoseofwomeninpink.Thiswaswithanodtoawell-entrenchedtraditionofdressingthetwosexesindifferentcoloursandwiththeviewofemphasizingthatmalejudgesshouldnotbeconsideredthenormandarenomoreneutralthanwomenjudges.Reluctantly,butwithconsiderationtopublica-tioncosts,thenamesoffemalejudgesarenowsimplyfollowedbyan(F);corresponding(M)shavebeenomittedsoasnottooverburdenthetable.Thetable ... for the protection of thereputation or rightsof others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary.Article ... 7Chapter7discussesselectedStrasbourgcaselawfromafeministperspective.Asthetextmakesclear,thereasoningfollowedeitherbytheCourtorbyindividualjudgesinthesecasesoftenhasnothingtodowithfeministconcerns.Itwouldthereforebeunwarrantedtoassumethatthereexistsadirectconnectionbetweenavoteofviolationandavoteinfavourofwomen,letaloneafeministvote.Nonetheless,withtheexceptionoftheSWandBowmancases,whichappearinintermediategreyshadinginTable4below,avoteofviolation(‘V’inthetable)isgenerallyclosertoafeministpositionthanavoteofnon-violation(‘NV’).‘I’standsforinadmissible.ThefourindividualvoteswhichappearindarklyshadedboxesarethosequotedinChapter7eitherespeciallyapprovingly(V)ordis-approvingly(NV).Inanearlierdraftofthetable,namesofmalejudgesappearedinblue,thoseofwomeninpink.Thiswaswithanodtoawell-entrenchedtraditionofdressingthetwosexesindifferentcoloursandwiththeviewofemphasizingthatmalejudgesshouldnotbeconsideredthenormandarenomoreneutralthanwomenjudges.Reluctantly,butwithconsiderationtopublica-tioncosts,thenamesoffemalejudgesarenowsimplyfollowedbyan(F);corresponding(M)shavebeenomittedsoasnottooverburdenthetable.Thetable...