An examination of the report of the House Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People's Republic of China : hearing before the International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, May 26, 1999.

Shipping list no.: 2000-0165-P.

Report of the delegation to Romania, Hungary, Federal Republic of Germany, and France, of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, first session.

Mode of access: Internet.

The New republic book: selections from the first-hundred issues.

Mode of access: Internet.

Proposed arms transfers to the Yemen Arab Republic : hearing before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, March 12, 1979.

Mode of access: Internet.

The two first centuries of Florentine history : the republic and parties at the time of Dante /

Includes indexes.

The two first centuries of Florentine history : the republic and parties at the time of Dante /

Tail-pieces.

The history of the Brissotins; or, Part of the secret history of the revolution, and of the first six months of the republic; in answer to Brissot's address to his constituents.

Mode of access: Internet.

Annals of the American revolution; or, A record of the causes and events which produced, and terminated in the establishment and independence of the American Republic. To which is prefixed a summary account of the first settlement of the country, and some of the principal Indian wars. To which is added an appendix, containing a biography of the principal military officers, who were instrumental in achieving our independence.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich., University Microfilms [n.d.] (American culture series, Reel 367.1)

The two first centuries of Florentine history. The republic and parties at the time of Dante.

Mode of access: Internet.

Select letters between the late Duchess of Somerset, Lady Luxborough, Mr. Whistler, Miss Dolman, Mr. R. Dodsley, William Shenstone, and others; including a sketch of the manners, laws &c. of the Republic of Venice, and some poetical pieces; the whole now first published from original copies.

The letters are for the most part by or to William Shenstone.

Our first hundred years : the life of the republic of the United States of America illustrated in its four great periods: colonization, consolidation, development, achievement /

Mode of access: Internet.

Georgia scenes, characters, incidents, &c., in the first half century of the republic,

Mode of access: Internet.

The American centenary : a history of the progress of the republic of the United States during the first one hundred years of its existence.

Includes index.

The “Iranian ART Revolution”: infertility, assisted reproductive technology, and third-party donation in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Infertility is a social onus for women in Iran, who are expected to produce children early within marriage. With its estimated 1.5 million infertile couples, Iran is the only Muslim country in which assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) using donor gametes and embryos have been legitimized by religious authorities and passed into law. Th is has placed Iran, a Shia-dominant country, in a unique position vis-à-vis the Sunni Islamic world, where all forms of gamete donation are strictly prohibited. In this article, we first examine the “Iranian ART revolution” that has allowed donor technologies to be admitted as a form of assisted reproduction. Then we examine the response of Iranian women to their infertility and the profound social pressures they face. We argue that the experience of infertility and its treatment are mediated by women’s socioeconomic position within Iranian society. Many women lack economic access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) technologies and fear the moral consequences of gamete donation. Thus, the benefits of the Iranian ART revolution are mixed: although many Iranian women have been able to overcome their infertility through ARTs, not all women’s lives are improved by these technologies.

The old face of 'new' social networks : the republic of letters as a virtual community

This paper explores the idea of virtual participation through the historical example of the republic of letters in early modern Europe (circa 1500-1800). By reflecting on the construction of virtuality in a historical context, and more specifically in a pre-digital environment, this paper calls attention to accusations of technological determinism in ongoing research concerning the affordances of the Internet and related media of communication. It argues that ‘the virtual’ is not synonymous with ‘the digital’ and suggests that, in order to articulate what is novel about modern technologies, we must first understand the social interactions underpinning the relationships which are facilitated through those technologies. By analysing the construction of virtuality in a pre-digital environment, this paper thus offers a baseline from which scholars might consider what is different about the modes of interaction and communication being engaged in via modern media.