QUOTATION OF THE DAY
"I was very choked up. How do you explain something that you never thought would happen?"
BETSY MORRIS, 70, describing New York City’s new Second Avenue subway, as she rode the first Q train leaving the 96th Street station.
＊ Q (New York City Subway service)
JANUARY 02, 2017
（０）Angela Merkel, Russia’s Next Target メルケルがロシアの次のターゲット
With a friend entering the White House, Vladimir Putin can turn his hacking army on Germany.
（１）With New Congress Poised to Convene, Obama’s Policies Are in Peril
The most powerful and ambitious Republican-led Congress in 20 years plans quick action on several priorities — most notably to clear a path for the repeal of President Obama’s health care law.
（２）The Afghan War and the Evolution of Obama
A strategy that went from a “good war” to the shorthand “Afghan good enough” reflects the president’s coming to terms with what was possible in Afghanistan.
（３）As Second Avenue Subway Opens, a Train Delay Ends in (Happy) Tears
Thousands of riders flooded into polished stations on the Upper East Side of Manhattan to witness a piece of history nearly a century in the making.
（４）Nightclub Massacre in Istanbul Exposes Turkey’s Deepening Fault Lines
The attack on Sunday, which killed at least 39 people, targeted a symbol of a cosmopolitan Istanbul that is increasingly under threat.
（５）Scientists Loved and Loathed（嫌う） by an Agrochemical Giant
With corporate funding of research, “There’s no scientist who comes out of this unscathed（無傷の）.”
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60-Second Civics: Episode 2753, Ballot Initiatives
Initiative, referendum, recall are a trio of methods, begun during the Progressive era of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, which allow citizens to participate in direct democracy in their states.
_________ involves citizens proposing and drafting a new state law.
a. Indirect initiative.
b. Congressional initiative.
c. Indirect proposal.
d. Direct initiative.
Outstanding! Choice d is correct.
