What is the fundamental dilemma that all U.S. presidents face?

a. Congress never appropriates enough money for all of the programs presidents want to establish.
b. There is never enough time to engage in real governing because of the demands of campaigns.
c. They have too little authority to satisfy the expectations for their performance.
d. Public opinion is too temperamental to count on as a source of political support.


c. They have too little authority to satisfy the expectations for their performance.

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A researcher decides to study the effects of dance therapy on self-esteem in emotionally disturbed adolescents

One residential program consents to try the dance therapy treatment, whereas another similar program refuses to try dance therapy, but allows the researcher to measure self-esteem. Self-esteem is measured before and after treatment in both groups. This is an example of a A) multilevel, pretest-posttest control-group design. B) pretest-posttest, natural control-group design. C) randomized, pretest-posttest, control-group design. D) multilevel, randomized, pretest-posttest, between-subjects design.

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A. at least five states. B. at least nine states. C. at least seven states. D. at least eleven states. E. all thirteen states.

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The provision of the Constitution that stipulates that the Constitution, and the laws of the United States, represent the supreme law of the nation is referred as

a. the necessary and proper clause. b. the supremacy clause. c. the full faith and credit clause. d. the privileges and immunities clause. e. none of the above.

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