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As a result, by the mid-16th century, the Spanish Crown had gained control of much of western South America, and southern North America, in addition to its earlier Caribbean territories.
Al Capone capitalized and profited from the illegal alcohol market.
Alice Rivlin is an economist and former U. S. Federal Reserve and budget official.
In this excerpt, Rivlin is criticizing the tendency that people have to look for strategies that require very little hard work or sacrifice. The examples she gives are losing weight without dieting and learning a language without sitting down and studying. She makes a parallel between this attitude and government spending, arguing that reducing spending is desirable but no one is willing to sacrifice what is necessary, such as some governmental programs.
The first president of the UK was Robert Walpole. He was the president from 1721 to 1742.
You might try looking at the sources Wikipedia used, down at the bottom under ‘references’ or ‘further reading’ that should give you some good sources.