• Act of Will is a 1989 mini-series directed by Don Sharp and based on the 1986 novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford. It the third mini-series based on a Bradford...
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    Science Act is a U.S. federal statute enacted by the 117th United States Congress and signed into law by President Joe Biden on August 9, 2022. The act authorizes...
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    The Affordable Care Act (ACA), formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and colloquially as Obamacare, is a landmark U...
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    Protestant son of the Catholic Mary, Queen of Scots, as their king. Garry Wills provides further evidence that Macbeth is a Gunpowder Play (a type of play that...
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    Wills have a lengthy history. The Ancient Greek practice concerning wills was not the same in all places; some states permitted men to dispose of their...
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    were a set of four laws enacted in 1798 that applied restrictions to immigration and speech in the United States. The Naturalization Act of 1798 increased...
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    The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. It was signed...
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    The Tariff Act of 1930 (codified at 19 U.S.C. ch. 4), commonly known as the Smoot–Hawley Tariff or Hawley–Smoot Tariff, was a law that implemented protectionist...
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    The Comstock Act of 1873 is a series of current provisions in Federal law that generally criminalize the involvement of the United States Postal Service...
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    this act will go far to improve the lives of a class of individuals who now must hide in the shadows, without access to many of the benefits of a free...
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