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Simanowski, Roberto, author

The James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings in the Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections is a particularly lovely survey of etchings by various artists depicting the city between 1910 and 1935. Boyd donated the collection to the New-York Historical Society in honor of his wife, Agnes Boyd, in 1935, and continued to...

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An earlier post introduced readers to a sampling of artwork from the James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings. Today’s post highlights works by William C. McNulty, an American painter, illustrator, etcher and art instructor whose work is part of the Boyd Collection. McNulty was born in Ogden, Utah in 1884. He began his career as  an editorial...

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This third installment of selections from the James Boyd Collection of New York City Etchings (be sure to see part 1 and part 2) focuses on the work of Edith Nankivell (1896-1984), who, with 46 prints, figures prominently in Box 3. In researching her, I discovered that she is in fact the daughter of Frank...

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Orr, Graeme, author

Political parties were new, the losers became Vice Presidents, and negative campaigning was finding its feet in the election of 1796. Professor Jack Lynch has the history.

When it comes to the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress and the BJP remain the only real contenders

Finance minister P Chidambaram's interim budget was along the expected lines for the market. The minister contained the fiscal deficit below the target and current account deficit also came in as per the estimates. The growth figure for the current f...

Suman has since skipped party programmes, even when Mamata Banerjee met party MPs to finalise a blueprint to accelerate development work before the Lok Sabha elections.

After tryst with industry, govt shifts focus with agriculture policy that CM Naveen will unveil soon

Simanowski, Roberto, author

Bowlby, John, author

In India Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp have agreed to follow the "voluntary code of ethics" in all future elections, including the upcoming Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls, the Election Commission said on Thursday.

The code, which was derived to act against paid advertisements that violate norms set by the Election Commission, came into force on March 20 in the last Lok Sabha polls.

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The Law Library of Congress is proud to present the report, Regulation of Foreign Involvement in Elections.

This report includes surveys of 13 major democratic foreign jurisdictions on laws and policies addressing foreign involvement in elections. Reports of foreign interference in recent elections in the United States and elsewhere have prompted responses in several countries. For example, Australia, Canada, France, and South Africa have new laws in 2018 addressing political contributions, and most of the other countries surveyed in this report similarly have laws prohibiting foreign donations.

This report is one of many prepared by the Law Library of Congress. Visit the Comprehensive Index of Legal Reports page for a complete listing of reports and the Current Legal Topics page for our highlighted and newer reports. 

Dewey Library - JK2071.H57 2019

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Dewey Library - JK524.T36 2018

Dewey Library - JK1976.S58 2019

Norris, Pippa, author

Rotch Library - N7280.B47 2019

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, author

Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

Malcolm, Janet, author

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Riley, Denise, 1948- author

Political parties were new, the losers became Vice Presidents, and negative campaigning was finding its feet in the election of 1796. Professor Jack Lynch has the history.