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Barry W. Blaustein is an American comedy writer best known for his writing on Saturday Night Live and the screenplays for Coming to America, Coming 2 America and The Nutty Professor all written in collaboration with David Sheffield. [1][2] Blaustein directed, wrote, produced, and narrated the wrestling documentary Beyond the Mat.
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that ruled the freedom of speech protections in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution limit the ability of a public official to sue for defamation. [1][2] The decision held that if a plaintiff in a defamation lawsuit is a public official or ...
Jack Welch was born in Peabody, Massachusetts, the only child of Grace (Andrews), a homemaker, and John Francis Welch Sr., a Boston & Maine Railroad conductor. [4] Welch was Irish American and Catholic. His paternal and maternal grandparents were both Irish. [5] Throughout his early life in middle school and high school, Welch found work in the summers as a golf caddie, newspaper delivery boy ...
History New York State Normal College on Western Avenue in 1909 The University at Albany was an independent state-supported teachers' college for most of its history until SUNY was formed in 1948. The institution began as the New York State Normal School (or Albany Normal School) on May 7, 1844, by a vote of the State Legislature.
The Taylor rule is a monetary policy targeting rule. The rule was proposed in 1992 by American economist John B. Taylor [1] for central banks to use to stabilize economic activity by appropriately setting short-term interest rates. [2] The rule considers the federal funds rate, the price level and changes in real income. [3] The Taylor rule computes the optimal federal funds rate based on the ...
The Michigan Office of Retirement Services (ORS) administers retirement programs for Michigan 's state employees, public school employees, judges, state police, and National Guard. ORS also provides various retiree healthcare benefits, including traditional insurance plans, Personal Healthcare Funds, and Health Reimbursement Accounts. ORS serves over 530,000 customers (approximately 227,000 ...
Thatcherism is a form of British conservative ideology named after Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher that relates to not just her political platform and particular policies but also her personal character and style of management while in office. Proponents of Thatcherism are referred to as Thatcherites.
Hijab and burqa controversies in Europe revolve around public reactions and opposition to the variety of headdresses worn by Muslim women, which have become prominent symbols of the presence of Islam in especially Western Europe. Although Muslim communities have long existed in parts of Eastern Europe, particularly the Balkans, the Muslim populations of Western Europe are largely the result of ...