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National Security Council
Political systems; General
A White House council created in 1947 to help the President coordinate American military and foreign policy.
New Jersey Plan
Political systems; General
A plan offered at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 by William Paterson of New Jersey, and favored by the small states, which called for one vote for each state in the legislature, an executive ...
New York Times rule
Political systems; General
A rule established by the Supreme Court in the case of New York Times Company v. Sullivan (1964), which makes it almost impossible to libel a public official unless the statement is made with “actual ...
Pentagon Papers
Political systems; General
A forty-seven volume study of the Vietnam war compiled by the Defense Department and leaked to the press by a former Pentagon official in 1971.
trasnscendentalismo
Literature; General
19th century American movement: poetry and philosophy concerned with self-reliance, independence from modern technology.
dark romanticism
Literature; General
19th century American movement in reaction to Transcendentalism. Finds man inherently sinful and self-destructive and nature a dark, mysterious force.
realism
Literature; General
Late-19th century movement based on a simplification of style and image and an interest in poverty and everyday concerns.
