Without falling into jingoism or being over-sentimental‚ Robert Pinsky’s poem "9/11" generates a commendable ode to the spirit that drives this country‚ in addition to revealing the American culture for what it truly is enthusiastic and frivolous‚ courageous and fallible‚ petty and resilient. For most Americans‚ September 10th is Before‚ and everything since is After. Citizens from every state across the U.S. responded immediately to the attacks by giving blood and donating much-needed items
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“If we learn nothing else from this tragedy‚ we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” After the misfortunate event that occurred on September 11th 2001‚ it left quite the impact on the United States. Coming out of an event like 9/11 brought a lot of negative changes to the United States. These negative changes left a mark on us that affects us economically‚ politically‚ and socially. Prior to the attacks‚ the United States was already dealing with a recession‚ which the attacks
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more relaxed. Many of the congressmen‚ indeed‚ much of the American people‚ had the same questions that Bush brought forward‚ and they clung to his every word in the hopes of shedding light upon the mystery of 9/11. The questions were well chosen‚ as they allowed the President to steer the speech in a direction that would justify immediate action‚ as apposed to a more reserved‚ cautious approach. Bush incriminated bin Laden and his cohorts of Al-Qaeda‚ and gave some statistics about the fatalities of
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October. 2011. http://www.livestrong.com/article/85202-make-weekly-meal-plan/ SDA. “Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005.” www.health.gov. 9 July. 2008. 10 October. 2011. http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/dga2005/document/pdf/DGA2005.pdf United States Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library. United States Department of Agriculture. 9 September. 2011 10 October. 2011 http://www.nal.usda.gov/
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The air was filled with smoke; slowly I made my way through the enormous building. Not knowing where to go. But feeling the building rumble and shake in my fear of claustrophobia. I remember hearing “GET DOWN! RUN!” That was the dreadful day of 9/11 September 9th 2001 “I have to go to work” As I told Michael (my son). Our apartment wasn’t much; we still had a rent problem. But since I’ve got accepted to my new job at the World Trade Center‚ I don’t think we’ll be having too many problems
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The Legacy of Jerry Falwell Organization: This speech uses topical organization. Audience analysis: The average age of the audience is between 19 and 23 years of age. There are a greater number of males than females‚ and all are Caucasian. All are from conservative religious backgrounds and abide by Liberty University’s guidelines. Central Idea: To reflect and admire the life of Jerry Falwell‚ who lived to win souls for Christ. Introduction I. Attention-getter: A. After 73
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Let me give you an example. 9/11 was considered one of the most impacted times in our American History. We panicked‚ everyone thought we were going to die and we had a feeling that people were going to have to go to war. We were doing the right thing...in the beginning. We went to Afghanistan to try to find Bin Laden and to no avail; we couldn’t find him so what we did? We‚ or the president I should say‚ decided to go to a place where it had nothing to do with the 9/11 incident and that was Iraq.
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School uniforms should not be compulsory. Hi I’m Thalia and I"m here to speak on behalf of students who oppose to wearing school uniforms. I want you all to look at your uniform and think‚ why are you wearing that? What is the purpose? In this day and age‚ school uniforms are completely irrelevant to a students life. They should not be essential in our Australian schools. Uniforms are costly‚ do not help a students education in any way as well as take away a students right for freedom and expression
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For my final project I decided to look at specific Infrastructures that developed as a result of 9/11 I broke my project into 4 different categories 1) Symbolic meaning behind the Twin Towers: Why were the Twin Towers specifically targeted? What did the World Trade Center symbolize to Islamic extremists? 2) Security response: What Infrastructures were immediately put in place after the attack? I will be looking at the physical increase in security‚ funding by the government and zoning to prevent
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1.What impact did the events of 9/11 have on your sense of security/vulnerability? The events of September 11th brought a harsh reality to light. I remember sitting home thinking this wasn’t real and when I finally did catch on and see this was really happening I was overcome with fear. I wasn’t sure if we as a nation were safe or what would happen next. I kept saying to myself “How they can say they are here to protect us and this happens?” 2. Doyou agree or disagree with the U.S. response to
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