Author: Lloyd Wiggins Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1504966236 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 384
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Agent William Wright was called to the CIA Farm to witness the graduation of a Russian defector he recruited. Isla Gustoff wanted help in defecting to the West, while Wright was on a covert assignment in Czecholslavakia. Isla was attracted to another recruit in her class, a good-looking, strapping tall Eastern European. This man was one of the highest skilled individuals the CIA had trained, as he could speak five languages fluently. The new agent’s name was Petro Aposlolic, but while at the farm, he was known as Peter Post. He would prove beneficial within the clandestine Ops center in Moscow that Wright was forming. Peter and Isla were top in their class in self-defence to actual stalking of new subversive-acting agents on the streets of Washington, DC, who were told to evade them at all costs for training purposes.
Author: Peter W. D. Wright Publisher: ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 416
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Aimed at parents of and advocates for special needs children, explains how to develop a relationship with a school, monitor a child's progress, understand relevant legislation, and document correspondence and conversations.
Author: Colin Kahl Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 125027575X Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 320
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Two of America's leading national security experts offer a definitive account of the global impact of COVID-19 and the political shock waves it will have on the United States and the world order in the 21st Century. “Informed by history, reporting, and a truly global perspective, this is an indispensable first draft of history and blueprint for how we can move forward.” —Ben Rhodes The COVID-19 pandemic killed millions, infected hundreds of millions, and laid bare the deep vulnerabilities and inequalities of our interconnected world. The accompanying economic crash was the worst since the Great Depression, with the International Monetary Fund estimating that it will cost over $22 trillion in global wealth over the next few years. Over two decades of progress in reducing extreme poverty was erased, just in the space of a few months. Already fragile states in every corner of the globe were further hollowed out. The brewing clash between the United States and China boiled over and the worldwide contest between democracy and authoritarianism deepened. It was a truly global crisis necessitating a collective response—and yet international cooperation almost entirely broke down, with key world leaders hardly on speaking terms. Colin Kahl and Thomas Wright's Aftershocks offers a riveting and comprehensive account of one of the strangest and most consequential years on record. Drawing on interviews with officials from around the world and extensive research, the authors tell the story of how nationalism and major power rivalries constrained the response to the worst pandemic in a century. They demonstrate the myriad ways in which the crisis exposed the limits of the old international order and how the reverberations from COVID-19 will be felt for years to come.
Author: Marian Wright Edelman Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 9780674292291 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 150
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Too many American families are in serious peril, and both the reality of the situation and the myths obscuring that reality call for attention and swift action. In this incisive analysis, Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund, charts what is happening, exposes myths, and sets a bold agenda to strengthen families and protect children.
Author: J. Brooks Flippen Publisher: University of Texas Press ISBN: 1477315144 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 552
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Jim Wright made his mark on virtually every major public policy issue in the later twentieth century—energy, education, taxes, transportation, environmental protection, civil rights, criminal justice, and foreign relations, among them. He played a significant role in peace initiatives in Central America and in the Camp David Accords, and he was the first American politician to speak live on Soviet television. A Democrat representing Texas’s twelfth district (Fort Worth), Wright served in the US House of Representatives from the Eisenhower administration to the presidency of George H. W. Bush, including twelve years (1977–1989) as majority leader and speaker. His long congressional ascension and sudden fall in a highly partisan ethics scandal spearheaded by Newt Gingrich mirrored the evolution of Congress as an institution. Speaker Jim Wright traces the congressman’s long life and career in a highly readable narrative grounded in extensive interviews with Wright and access to his personal diaries. A skilled connector who bridged the conservative and liberal wings of the Democratic party while forging alliances with Republicans to pass legislation, Wright ultimately fell victim to a new era of political infighting, as well as to his own hubris and mistakes. J. Brooks Flippen shows how Wright’s career shaped the political culture of Congress, from its internal rules and power structure to its growing partisanship, even as those new dynamics eventually contributed to his political demise. To understand Jim Wright in all his complexity is to understand the story of modern American politics.
Author: Nigel Wright Publisher: Authentic Media ISBN: 9781842271575 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 161
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Contributing to the growing debate among Baptists about future growth, this is a must read for Baptists and any others who are interested in the future of different denominations.
Author: John F. Cragan Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company ISBN: Category : Drama Languages : en Pages : 318
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A well-respected entry in the field, the authors balance theory and processes with skill development. The authors are active in the field, giving presentations and speeches at the regional and national level.
Author: John B. Bader Publisher: Georgetown University Press ISBN: 0878406298 Category : Political leadership Languages : en Pages : 295
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Taking the Initiative shows that majority party leaders in Congress have set and successfully pushed their own policy agendas for decades--revealing the 'Contract With America' as only the most recent, and certainly not the most successful, example of independent policy making. Cutting deeply into the politics and personalities of three decades of party leadership, John B. Bader probes the strategies and evaluates the effectiveness of House and Senate leaders operating in a divided government, when Congress and the presidency are controlled by different political parties. He provides a historical context for analyzing the"Contract" and shows that aggressive agenda-setting has long been a regular feature of majority party leadership. Bader interviewed more than seventy congressional leaders, staff members, party officials, and political consultants, including speakers Thomas "Tip" O'Neill and Jim Wright, for this book. He supplemented these interviews with research in largely unexplored archival materials such as press conference transcripts, notes from White House leadership meetings, and staff memoranda on strategy.
Author: Lloyd Wiggins
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Author: Marian Wright Edelman
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