Resultados para "Air" en Política y gobierno

El esfuerzo griego por construir un espacio humano donde fuera posible la justicia y donde el destino común estuviera regido por la voluntad de los hombres se vinculó desde el origen a la existencia de ciudadanos: ellos eran la ciudad y, por tanto, el Estado.

¿Qué emoción te despertaban los tuits de Donald Trump durante su presidencia? ¿Cómo te sentiste cuando se estaban celebrando todos los debates del Brexit? Puede que conozcas a mucha gente que rechaza el discurso de Abascal, ¿pero qué hay de cierto en ello? ¿Cuál es la verdad sobre los sentimientos que generan todo tipo de discursos? En una sociedad en la que gustar va por encima de disfrutar y en la que las apariencias se sobreponen a la realidad, las emociones son fundamentales en la política.

El lector se encontrará en Los indomables con la expresión más cercana y familiar de dos líderes políticos cuya influencia excede largamente los límites de su sector y su partido. Las tres secciones que dan forma a este libro —Raíces, Frutos y Semillas— conforman un entrañable recorrido por la vida, el pensamiento y la acción de una pareja imprescindible para comprender desde un ángulo íntimo las últimas cinco décadas de la historia uruguaya.

President Ronald Reagan, one of the most effective public speakers in presidential history, was known as "The Great Communicator". This is his speech on the air traffic controllers' strike on August 3, 1981.

Particles of Truth is a riveting account of the discovery of the critical health effects of air pollution told by Arden Pope and Douglas Dockery, who have been at the forefront of air pollution and health research for four decades. With an insightful foreword by former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, this compelling book provides an inside look at groundbreaking scientific research and ensuing political and public-policy battles. It presents evidence that air pollution is a major contributor to disease and death and that reducing air pollution saves lives.

いま、アメリカという国は、政治、経済、軍事はいうにおよばず、映画、音楽そしてスポーツと日本の社会生活のすみずみまで入り込んできています。しかし、日本人は、このアメリカをどこまで正確にとらえ、理解しているでしょうか。65年前、あの戦争をアメリカと始めてしまったときのように、大きな、すれ違いを演じていないでしょうか。ブッシュ大統領が始めたイラク戦争にも自衛隊派遣で協力している日本にとって、「アメリカという国」の本当の姿を知ることは、緊急の課題といえます。アメリカ取材40年を越えるジャーナリスト、松尾文夫氏が、自らのB29被爆体験から始め、武力行使のDNAを秘めたアメリカ建国精神をメイフラワー号までさかのぼり、銃砲規制の現実やマルチ人種パワーの実力、ネオコンのルーツ、米中和解の深層など、知っているようで知らないアメリカを縦横に紹介した本書には、その答がつまっています。

戦後の日本のあり方を大きく変えた「日本国憲法」。以来、時代の節目節目にこの憲法をめぐり、さまざまな議論が湧き起こりました。護憲か改憲か。その議論に加わる前に、まず一度、私たち国民の財産であるこの「日本国憲法」にしっかりと向きあってみることが大切なのではないでしょうか。そこで、もっと気軽に「日本国憲法」に触れていただくためのオーディオブックを制作しました。耳で聞くだけでも十分に、この憲法に込められた人々の願いや、祈りが伝わってきます。これをきっかけに日本国憲法への知識を深めることは、これからの日本の将来や自分たちの未来を考える礎になるに違いありません。-この日本国憲法の英語版オーディオブックも発売中です。- (C)株式会社AIR

目からウロコの「歴史和解」へ向けた新提言。 戦後60余年、未だに日本とアメリカ、そして中国、韓国などアジアの国々との間で燻る、戦争責任、戦後賠償をめぐる「歴史」問題。いま「歴史和解」のために何が必要なのか。日本と「アメリカという国」のすれ違いを描いて第52回日本エッセイスト・クラブ賞を受賞したジャーナリスト松尾文夫氏がたどり着いた打開策とは――。 戦後50年の節目の年(1995年)にドイツと英米の間で行われた鎮魂と和解の儀式「ドレスデンの和解」に着目した松尾氏は、日本版「ドレスデンの和解」ができないか、ケジメをもとめた旅に出る。(C)株式会社AIR

With his trademark wit and distinctive voice, legendary Ball Four author Jim Bouton recounts his battle against local elites' efforts to replace Wahconah Park, one of the oldest parks in the United States, against the wishes and votes of local citizens. But Foul Ball is more than just a lively romp about saving an old ballpark near Bouton's home in Massachusetts.

A searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of color For over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the room when significant disability policy decisions are...

As the revenues generated by big-time college sports continue to skyrocket, virtually all of the debate involves whether (and how much) student-athletes should be paid for play. Kenneth L. Shropshire and Collin D. Williams Jr., argue that "student" has to come first: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education. They draw on new research to reveal that it has become increasingly difficult for college athletes to balance school and sports, much less a social life, leading to serious economic, professional, and emotional consequences for young people.

In November 1934 as the United States and Japan drifted toward war, a team of American League all-stars that included Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, future secret agent Moe Berg, and Connie Mack barnstormed across the Land of the Rising Sun. Hundreds of thousands of fans, many waving Japanese and American flags, welcomed the team with shouts of Banzai! Banzai Babe Ruth! The all-stars stayed for a month, playing 18 games, spawning professional baseball in Japan.

Terror has been stalking this ship for seven years. Now the world is upside down, and terror returns to the exotic islands and peaceful beaches of seas once hunted by bloodthirsty pirates. Join the Sea Empress for a fateful adventure. Will the world once again be safe for a vacation?

L'Agenzia anti-doping mondiale Wada ha squalificato la federazione russa per 4 anni accusandola di "doping di Stato". Niente Olimpiadi di Tokyo il prossimo anno e Giochi invernali di Pechino, e neppure i Mondiali di calcio in Qatar. Probabile che gli atleti che hanno superato i controlli internazionali possano gareggiare individualmente, ma senza la casacca della squadra russa. Uno schiaffo per Putin, che ha usato lo sport come strumento di politica interna e per l'immagine internazionale del Paese.

Is the face of American baseball throughout the world that of goodwill ambassador or ugly American? Has baseball crafted its own image or instead been at the mercy of broader forces shaping our society and the globe? The Empire Strikes Out gives us the sweeping story of how baseball and America are intertwined in the export of “the American way."

Suarez, un caso da zero in condotta: "Suarez non parla italiano ma deve passare l'esame", si indaga per corruzione, di Fabio Tonacci; "Ci siamo solo informati". E la Juventus rinunciò a Suarez, l'attaccante dei sogni, di Emanuele Gamba; "La Juve ha fretta. Per l'esame di Suarez si è mosso Paratici", di Fabio Tonacci; Suarez, le otto telefonate che tirano in ballo la Juve. Tutto partì da Cherubini, di Fabio Tonacci.

A timely, revelatory first look into the impact climate change has on children—the greatest moral crisis humanity faces today—by a pediatrician in the fastest warming city in America. Wildfires, hurricanes, and heat waves make headlines. But what is happening in Debra Hendrickson’s clinic...

Kingdoms in the Air brings together the very best of Shacochis's culture and travel essays in one livewire collection that spans his global adventures and his life passions; from surfing, to his obsession with the South American dorado, to the time he went bushwhacking in Mozambique. Replete with Shacochis's signature swagger, humor, and crystalline wisdom, Kingdoms in the Air is a majestic and essential collection from one of our most important writers.

Audible presents a special collection of Fresh Air interviews related to the Mideast Crisis. You will hear from journalists Christopher Dickey of Newsweek, Jeffrey Goldberg of The New Yorker, James Bennett of The New York Times, Palestinian lawyer Raja Shehadeh, Israeli correspondent Yossi Klein Halevi, father and daughter Laura and David Blumenthal, Israeli journalist David Horovitz, and Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab.

Imagine living without clean air. For the people who lived on the doorstep of Monkton Coke Works, their daily reality was a horrendous nightmare of hazardous and acrid sulfur dioxide emissions, all-pervading soot, and clamorous tannoys. Over decades, the facility grew unflaggingly, converting ever-increasing quantities of coal into coke without concern for the residents’ well-being.