While Cuba's constitutional convention gathered in late 1900 and early 1901, Secretary of War Elihu Root listed provisions that "the people of Cuba should desire" for their constitution; these included granting the United States the right to intervene freely in Cuban affairs and access to land for naval bases.
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a unique role in international affairs, providing access to resources, expertise, and assistance to supplement State resources.
Grow corn at home, or meddle in other people's affairs for access to oil? Onward! to our bright, biofueled future.
"Given the extraordinary ease with which seemingly valuable documents were being obtained, however, there was widespread worry that the enemy had mounted some purposeful deception," Richard Wires writes, in "The Cicero Spy Affair: German Access to British Secrets in World War II" (1999).
Xi, as the standing committee member in charge of party affairs, has direct access to the party's communication channels.
"Internal affairs had minimal access to many investigations," Wong said.
There is limited transparency into tribal government affairs, no public access to documents, no annual reporting on accounts, and limited communication about what tribal council members discuss in their meetings.
The goal of the broadband stimulus was to quickly connect millions of poor and rural populations to help fuel new economic growth, create jobs, engage more people in civic affairs and provide access to medical, educational and government services.
Then he begins an affair with Renée, and through that affair he acquires exceptional access both to power and to money.
He correctly recognizes that a Britain outside the union would count for less in world affairs, forfeit the privileged access it now enjoys to its largest trading partner, and lose its seat at the European table where matters of great importance to Britain are discussed — from cross-border banking rules to environmental regulation.
