Tag: United States

Citizens of the United States of America go to the polls to elect their new president. It is a challenge to the last vote between Republican candidate George Walker Bush and Democrat Al Gore. At the end of the counting, the outcome of the votes in Florida is decisive: amid uncertainties and twists and turns, the vote count goes on until December 12, when Bush's very narrow victory is announced. The new president will be sworn in on January 20, 2001, when he will receive orders from the outgoing president, Bill Clinton. A troubled childhood It was only finally understood, after eight years of controversy and passion, what the secret truth of William Jefferson Clinton's presidency was: between him and the nation that elected and re-elected him there was no…

Even after the conquest of independence, the activity of North Americans continued to turn to cattle breeding and agriculture; only after the middle of the century. The exploitation of mines began in the entire eastern region, followed by the rise of the metallurgical and manufacturing industries which, favored by customs policy, the remoteness of European production centers and the gigantic expansion of the internal market, quickly succeeded in affirming themselves. American industry, not tied to traditions and already consolidated interests, driven by that practical spirit that is typical of the American character, was able to continue, with an energy unusual in the Old World, the implementation of all the technical improvements suggested by experience. European Union and from the results of the scientific research laboratories, promoted by it on a…

In 1949, the Democrat HS Truman began the second period of his presidency of the USA, launching the formula of the "Fair Deal", that is, a resumption of Roosevelt's reform policy. It led to the implementation of large measures in favor of social housing and farmers, especially through federal interventions to keep agricultural prices at profitable levels. Despite the president's fighting energy, however, other projects failed, such as the introduction of a compulsory health insurance system, the granting of federal aid to public education or the repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act and the restoration of the Wagner Act. in trade union matters. In the Chambers, indeed, the Republicans, hostile to tax increases and federal interventions in economic and social matters, In foreign policy, on the other hand, there was a…

GETTING THERE Arriving by plane According to ezinereligion, the major national airlines in the USA are American Airlines (AA) (Internet: www.aa.com), Delta Air (DL) (Internet: www.delta.com) and United Airlines (UA) (Internet: www.united.com)). American Airlines flies from Frankfurt and Zurich, United Airlines (cooperation with KLM) and Delta Air from the international airports of Germany, from Vienna, Geneva and Zurich. United operates the routes Frankfurt - Houston as well as Frankfurt and Munich - New York (Newark) as direct flights. Delta Airoffers direct flights from Düsseldorf to Detroit and from Zurich to New York (JFK) and Atlanta. With United Airlines connections are from Dusseldorf, Munich, Vienna, Geneva and Zurich. The airlines fly to all important destinations in the USA, sometimes in cooperation. With Lufthansa (LH) there are direct connections from Frankfurt to…

Yearbook 2007 USA. In early January, the new congress rallied, both chambers of which were dominated by Democrats after the November election. The President of the House of Representatives was elected Nancy Pelosi, who thus became the highest ranking woman to date in the country's history. Although the Democrats 'electoral victory was largely due to dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq, President George W. Bush decided in January to expand troops' presence in Iraq by more than 20,000 soldiers. The Democrats and some Republicans protested loudly and the House of Representatives passed a non-binding resolution criticizing the decision. According to abbreviationfinder: US is the 2-letter acronym for the country of United States. Later, both chambers of Congress decided to set up a troop retreat as a condition for granting a…