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  • 81Maryland Toleration Act — A large broadside reprint of the Maryland Toleration Act Other names Act Concerning Religion …

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  • 82Smith Act — The Alien Registration Act or Smith Act (usc|18|2385) of 1940 is a United States federal statute that makes it a criminal offense for anyone toIt also required all non citizen adult residents to register with the government; within four months, 4 …

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  • 83Sarbanes-Oxley Act — The Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (USStatute|107|204|116|745|2002|07|30), also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act of 2002 and commonly called SOX or Sarbox; is a United States federal law enacted on July 30,… …

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  • 84Coinage Act of 1873 — Caricature from Puck magazine, 1900. The Fourth Coinage Act was enacted by the United States Congress in 1873 and embraced the gold standard and demonetized silver. Western mining interests and others who wanted silver in circulation years later… …

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  • 85Sedition Act of 1918 — The Sedition Act of 1918 was an amendment to the Espionage Act of 1917 passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who was concerned that dissent, in time of war, was a significant threat to morale. The passing of this act forbade Americans …

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  • 86PROTECT Act of 2003 — The PROTECT Act of 2003 is a multipurpose United States law intended to prevent child abuse.cite web|url=http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/April/03 ag 266.htm |title=Fact Sheet PROTECT Act |publisher=Department of Justice|date=APRIL 30, 2003] cite …

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  • 87Apostrophe (figure of speech) — Apostrophe (Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé , turning away ; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a talker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an imaginary person or abstract quality or idea. In… …

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  • 88Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading) Amendment Act 2008 — The Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading) Amendment Act 2008 was a statute enacted in September 2008 by the Fifth Labour Government of New Zealand that established the first version of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, a national… …

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  • 89Individual events (speech) — Individual events is a type of speech competition characterized by individuals competing in a variety of different events. These events span the areas of public speaking, acting, reading and interpretation. Sometimes confused with competitive… …

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  • 90Day of Affirmation speech — The Day of Affirmation speech was a speech given by Robert F. Kennedy to National Union of South African Students members at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on June 6, 1966. Kennedy, who was then a U.S. Senator from New York, gave the… …

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