1. make a list of all the individuals, institutions, and circumstances that have power over you. for each item, write a brief description of how it has
power over you

the catholic church withhold people's access to the bible during the middle ages.

people could go to church and listen to the teachings, but it was absolutely forbidden to own and/or read the books of both the old and new testaments. it was also prohibited to translate the books (which where originally in biblical hebrew) to any other language.

this was done so the church could remain in control of what their teachings were and to enhance their importance and power, while also being able to judge people's actions through information that was unavailable for the general public.

the dissolution of the soviet union[a] occurred on december 26, 1991, officially granting self-governing independence to the republics of the soviet union. it was a result of the declaration number 142-н of the supreme soviet of the soviet union.[1] the declaration acknowledged the independence of the former soviet republics and created the commonwealth of independent states (cis), although five of the signatories ratified it much later or did not do so at all. on the previous day, december 25, soviet president mikhail gorbachev, the eighth and final leader of the soviet union, resigned, declared his office extinct, and handed over its powers – including control of the soviet nuclear missile launching codes – to russian president boris yeltsin. that evening at 7: 32 p.m., the soviet flag was lowered from the kremlin for the last time and replaced with the pre-revolutionary russian flag.[2]

previously, from august to december, all the individual republics, including russia itself, had either seceded from the union or at the very least denounced the treaty on the creation of the ussr. the week before formal dissolution, 11 republics signed the alma-ata protocol formally establishing the cis and declaring that the ussr had ceased to exist.[3][4] both the revolutions of 1989 and the dissolution of the ussr also marked the end of the cold war.

several of the former soviet republics have retained close links with the russian federation and formed multilateral organizations such as the commonwealth of independent states, eurasian economic community, the union state, the eurasian customs union, and the eurasian economic union to enhance economic and security cooperation. on the other hand, the baltic states have joined nato and th

informed opinion on immigration policy and immigration reforms from the american pubic is not complicated but a nuance. most americans support secure borders and they are not happy that the national’s immigration system is broken. people think that immigrants that shoulder similar responsibilities like native americans should be able to become americans. in the recent polls, stats have shown that there is a good support for tenets of comprehensive immigration reform. for example, in recent polls concerning opinions on immigration reforms, voters want congress to act even if status quo has no support. immigration opponents suggest that latino and non-latino voters disagree and there is controversy in the issue of citizenship.the truth is that the issue is about its leadership and problem-solving aspect and not about immigration reform.the opponents of immigration reforms advocate for the promotion of two myths where the first one is that republican politicians have a choose on latino votes and the second one is that the path to citizenship for unrecorded immigrant is controversial among all this !