Mecca, or Makkah, is Islam's holiest city. Located in Saudi Arabia, it is the birthplace of Muhammad and the religion itself. Millions of people travel there every year for the annual Hajj.
I believe a field of blooming flowers would best describe this. flowers are associated with growth. A flower that is blossoming signify growth.
Grandfather clauses were designed to prevent poor and illiterate African Americans from voting.
This term was coined in the 19th century when new rules for literacy tests, poll taxes and requirements for voting were established.
Some white people who did not fulfill the requirements were still allowed to vote because their ancestors ( grandfathers ) had the right to vote. This was a way to make voting possible for white Americans, and to make voting almost impossible for black people.
Today, this term applies to a provision in which an old rule continues to apply to some existing situation while a new rule will apply to future cases.
Deceptive, dishonest, irresponsible, untrustworthy, unreliable, unacceptable, unbelievable!
The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism. Mercantilism is an economic practice by which governments used their economies to augment state power at the expense of other countries. Governments sought to ensure that exports exceeded imports and to accumulate wealth in the form of bullion (mostly gold and silver).
