What law made it illegal to speak ill of the government?

What is the role of institutions in society - do they perform positive functions, or simply work in the interests of the powerful and against the powerless? (a related question here is why do our life chances vary by class, gender and ethnicity)

1. develop an action plan to deal with each of the following scenarios. a friend offers you a cigarette. (2 points) you go to a party and see they are serving alcohol. (2 points) a student offers to sell you some marijuana. (2 points) a friend comes to your house and asks you if he or she can take drugs out of your parents' medicine cabinet. (2 points)

"“forty or fifty years ago, many people thought that simply transferring technologies from industrialized to developing countries would close the technology gap. now we know that technologies developed in industrialized countries may not be suitable for use in other environments. they may require a particular type of infrastructure to operate. they may need specialized parts or knowledge to mend when they break we now understand that innovative capacity must be built in different ways." - united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon based on the secretary general's comments, which of these would be most important for a country to improve? a) native literature b) transportation grid c) cultural traditions d) construction styles