Will of the people for President to serve more
In defence of 18th Amendment to the Constitution:
In 1783, the Treaty of Paris left the
United States independent and at peace, but with an unsettled
governmental structure. The Second Continental Congress had drawn up
the Articles of Confederation in 1777, describing a permanent
confederation, but granting to the Congress - the only federal
institution - little power to finance itself or to ensure that its
resolutions were enforced. In part, this reflected the anti-monarchy
view of the Revolutionary period and the new American system was
explicitly designed to prevent the rise of an American tyrant.
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On mansions and masters, institutions and adornments
There are times when I lament my abysmal
acquaintance with Greek and Roman literature and of course the
political and historical tracts it contains and indeed which makes
much of it. I see a quote here, a reference there, that’s all. I
then look it up somewhere. I had heard of Cicero and had come across
a quote, a reference, yes. Not this one though, sent to me by my
vocabulary-enhancer, Errol Alphonso, made me dig deeper than I am
usually persuaded to do
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Regional hub-centre for trade and logistics
Sri Lanka is uniquely situated in the backdrop
of the India-sub-continent and within the closest proximity to the
international ocean routes that link from Asia to Europe and is
currently a partial gateway to the Southern and Eastern part of the
Indian peninsula, catering to the transhipment services for Indian
import and export trade for the Southern states of Tamil Nadu,
Karanataka, Hyderabad and Kerala and Kolkata.
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