"Legislative Capacity and Executive Unilateralism" By Alexander Bolton and Sharece Thrower
American Journal of Political Science, Volume 60, Issue 3 (May 20, 2015)
6. Explain the meaning and etymology of unilateralism.
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From his studies of coptic, champollion knew that the egyptian word for "sun" was pronounced rah. he wrote down the first two letters of that sound, ra. next he put a question mark for the unknown middle hieroglyph. then, at the end, he wrote ss, the sound of the last two hieroglyphs. he studied the combination: ra ? ss. suddenly he remembered a famous pharaoh whose name appeared in ancient greek chronicles and also in the biblical book of exodus: rameses, or ramesses. could this be a hieroglyphic representation of ramesses' name? based on the excerpt, what detail did champollion need to conclude that the hieroglyphics might represent ramesses’s name?

2. which of the following topics would be too broad for a speech lasting 5 to 10 minutes?

The story is about a postmaster who is trying to adapt to the new life in the village of ulapur. in what way is the postmaster's life different from his life in urban calcutta?