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COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL : RECOVERY PLAN GOOD BASIS FOR DISCUSSION, SAYS VONDRA.(Brief article)
Tech Europe; 12/2/2009; 913 words; ...plan is a good basis for discussion and that some of the arrangements in it were "not bad". Vondra added that Prague is an advocate of a quicker and more effective use of cohesion funds. Vondra stressed that the member states are in different situations...

Saving the Constitution from Lawyers: How Legal Training and Law Reviews Distort Constitutional Meaning.(Book review)
Presidential Studies Quarterly; 12/1/2009; 1191 words; ...emphasis on argumentation. The adversarial system favors advocacy and argument over substance. Lawyers are trained to be advocates, encouraged to develop whatever arguments will best advance a client's interests. But a second and more profound problem...

Alternative futures: comment on Terry Moe's "The Revolution in Presidential Studies".(SYMPOSIUM: The Future of Presidential Studies)(Critical essay)
Presidential Studies Quarterly; 12/1/2009; 6769 words; ...Moe is one of our most influential and well-respected scholars of the presidency. For a long time, he has been a vocal advocate for more a more rigorous and scientific approach to studying the presidency. To further those ends, he has pushed the virtues...

The Buffalo Bill museum and grave makes for a most attractive lookout: Wyoming's not alone--Colorado remembers Cody, too.(COLLECTIONS)(William Frederick Cody)
Wild West; 12/1/2009; 1135 words; ...but the Buffalo Bill Museum houses other relics and maps from the event. After the Indian wars, Cody became a friend and advocate of Indians. Photos document his friendship with Lakota Chief Iron Tail, one of the models for the Indian Head nickel. Also...

White House plans ocean management by ecosystem: NOAA hosts meetings on outdated policy.(NATION/WORLD)
National Fisherman; 12/1/2009; 683 words; ...cooperative research and logbook data. Offshore wind power is a big priority for the administration, and fishing and environmental advocates said they can support it as a compatible use. But John Torgan of the Rhode Island group Save the Bay warned the government...