According to Adolph Caso, the dream behind "We, the people..." has not yet been fulfilled, although America came close in doing so with Dr. Martin Luther King in his "I have a dream" speech. A counter revolution against King took place which further vitiated the dream of Thomas Jefferson, who originally did away with the European practice of giving special privileges to the nobility and to the clergy: Every citizen was equal under and in the law. Unfortunately, that goal was neither fully achieved with the ratification of the Constitution nor with the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. In this book, the author reproduces the original documents he believes make possible America's form of government which, despite its short-comings, continues to be one of the highest form of government that man has devised. In this collection, there are ten original documents, from the Mayflower Compact to the Promissory Note, plus to-the-point commentary on each document.
Educator, Poet, Historian, Army officer, and a graduate of Northeastern and Harvard University, Adolfo grew up during the Vietnam era as an outsider looking into the social upheavals, finding that well-meaning people demonstrated on behalf of goodness but bolstered evil. It seems that man really does not learn from history regardless of how history repeats itself. With the advent of Liberation Theology, Collective Salvation, and modern technology, Adolfo looks to Dante on how to save the human soul. Considering how to govern people, he looks to Machiavelli to see whether Machiavelli was Machiavellian and whether his Prince was fit to govern. In Alfieri, who loathed the 19th century, Adolfo finds the perfect definition of tyrants and tyrannies (Alfieri's stanza on George Washington continues to be uplifting). Baffling is the reality that an America, populated with so many people speaking foreign languages, its education system has produced few Americans proficient in foreign languages. Realizing how science does not have answers to important questions, Adolfo turns to a God who transcends human attributes, rejecting Evolution and replacing it with Evolvement. As for Martin Luther and Galileo Galilei, Adolfo sees the former the father of modern anti-Semitism and the latter a victim of the Church.
In this suspense drama we take a look at a young dynamic, powerful and successful woman who is suddenly having trouble sleeping. Volnavia Lance is living the Great American Dream. She runs the most dynamic and prestigious Architect Company in the world, Balance Architects. Coming to terms with her inability to sleep, Volnavia seeks help from a well-known therapist Dr. Barnard Hilliard. As Dr. Hilliard soon realizes Volnavias routine sleep disorder isnt routine at all and fi nds himself dealing with the most disturbing bone chilling psychological events of his professional career.
This strange antiwar novel is set in post-World War II Italy where Samuele, a young soldier ill with consumption, returns to his village much changed by the horrors he witnessed in battle. Always hot tempered, he is now more accepting of human foibles. This contrasts sharply with the often harsh traditions of the village. A young married woman pays with her life for a momentary indiscretion, and many feel her murder justified. Not Samuele, who tracks down the killer, who happens to be her husband and his friend. The obelisk of the title is a tall, intricately detailed structure that must be transported using dangerous manoeuvres, but Samuele uses his waning strength to lead the effort in bringing this symbol of love and peace to the town square. Although not poetic, the writing is competent and does evokes the reality of village life.
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The authors, Adolph (Adolfo) and Margaret Caso, tell the story of 27 Weston, Massachu-setts residents (twenty four American-born veterans and three non-veterans) who lived during World War II. The contrastive narrative is derived from interviews of each vet-eran, and emphasizes: the social context at the time of induction, the kind of basic train-ing, the actual participation on the battlefield, the repatriation, and the commitment to family and work. Each story is that of an individual devoted to and consciously living the American way of life made possible by the form of government envisioned in a Constitu-tional Democracy. Three Weston residents, on the other hand, lived overseas during the War: one in Italy under Mussolini, the second in Japan under Hirohito, and the third in Poland under Hitler and Stalin. The latter show a sharp contrast and divide between De-mocracy on one hand, and Fascism and Communism on the other. Besides their stories, each veteran and non-veteran contributed additional information in the form of letters, documents, photos, and pertinent memorabilia relating to their lives as soldiers—many items are made public for the first time herewith. One veteran gained expertise on homing pigeons, for example. Another managed the communication systems on the launch of the Enola Gay to Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Yet another was dumped on the heap of dead bodies at the Battle of the Bulge. Another be-came a fighter pilot. Yet another, serving on a destroyer, survived all kinds of hazardous engagements. Throughout those days of battle, many wrote love letters to their wives, children and friends—letters of great solidarity and of the truest expressions of love—these are also included as mementos of great spirits!
This Battery of Tests has been created to be administered to public and private school Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students, to adults, and to potential employees. The series can also be used to determine language proficiency in languages other than English making the battery of tests useful for companies seeking to employ multi-lingual talent. The Battery of Tests appears to be quite useful to institutions who need accurate assessments of multi-language speakers. It certainly can provide a bench-mark for evaluating students as well as employees in-house in quite a number of languages. Being an assessment test, it is rather dry and unappealing necessitating users to make clear to test-takers the importance of results. The Battery of Tests is a useful tool for those who require an off-the-shelf standardised language competency tool.
Educator, Poet, Historian, Army officer, and a graduate of Northeastern and Harvard University, Adolfo grew up during the Vietnam era as an outsider looking into the social upheavals, finding that well-meaning people demonstrated on behalf of goodness but bolstered evil. It seems that man really does not learn from history regardless of how history repeats itself. With the advent of Liberation Theology, Collective Salvation, and modern technology, Adolfo looks to Dante on how to save the human soul. Considering how to govern people, he looks to Machiavelli to see whether Machiavelli was Machiavellian and whether his Prince was fit to govern. In Alfieri, who loathed the 19th century, Adolfo finds the perfect definition of tyrants and tyrannies (Alfieri's stanza on George Washington continues to be uplifting). Baffling is the reality that an America, populated with so many people speaking foreign languages, its education system has produced few Americans proficient in foreign languages. Realizing how science does not have answers to important questions, Adolfo turns to a God who transcends human attributes, rejecting Evolution and replacing it with Evolvement. As for Martin Luther and Galileo Galilei, Adolfo sees the former the father of modern anti-Semitism and the latter a victim of the Church.
According to Adolph Caso, the dream behind "We, the people..." has not yet been fulfilled, although America came close in doing so with Dr. Martin Luther King in his "I have a dream" speech. A counter revolution against King took place which further vitiated the dream of Thomas Jefferson, who originally did away with the European practice of giving special privileges to the nobility and to the clergy: Every citizen was equal under and in the law. Unfortunately, that goal was neither fully achieved with the ratification of the Constitution nor with the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. In this book, the author reproduces the original documents he believes make possible America's form of government which, despite its short-comings, continues to be one of the highest form of government that man has devised. In this collection, there are ten original documents, from the Mayflower Compact to the Promissory Note, plus to-the-point commentary on each document.
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