I attended a speech by Dr. Eric Polley about his effort to create a computer algorithm program to match the type of cancer based on biomarkers to the optimal treatment. Even though some of the information went way over my head I did understand most of his speech. Today there are so many drugs that have been developed to help people battle cancer‚ but each drug only works with specific types of cancer. There are also countless types of cancer with each tumor being different from the rest. His goal
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Introduction: A Qualitative Analysis of Running In the 1970’s‚ thousands of people took to the road with a new trend of exercise----running. It was fairly easy; just put one foot in front of the other as fast as you can and go as far as you can. Feel the burn in your chest? The sweat trickling down your face? The throb in your knees as your foot pounds into the ground with every step? Well then‚ you’re exercising! You’re running! Since then‚ running has become a dominant factor in sports
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motif throughout her speech 2. Atwood frequently adopts an ironic tone in order to appeal to both Logos and Pathos. She uses logic (Logos) to undermine logic (appealing to Pathos) and this can be shown in the paradoxical line ‘We con-artists do tell the truth’. Overall this paradoxical voice and polyvocal shift between the complexities of an academic argument to simple description of a narrative engages all intellectual levels of her audience. The universal purpose of the speech is made engaging through
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of his speech praises what the founding fathers did for this country‚ his speech soon develops into a condemnation of the attitude of American society toward slavery. Douglass begins his speech by addressing "Mr. President‚ Friends and Fellow Citizens." Here‚ he is likely addressing the president of the Anti-Slavery Society — not the president of the United States. It is noteworthy that Douglass considers himself a citizen‚ an equal to the spectators in attendance. Throughout this speech‚ as well
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In late 1950s and during 1960s‚ the Soviet-US tension started to reach its peak. After Khrushchev ended the speech with saying “We will bury you‚” the Communist tried to proof that the era of capitalism over‚ which means that people are reached to the final destination as Karl Marx (a first person to come up the idea of the communism) stated in the communist Manifesto. The Cold War could be seen as the time that dictatorship of the proletariat tried to spread the communism and become a real communist
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Edmund Morgan’s “ The Paradox of Slavery and Freedom” is about just that‚ the word paradox according to Dictionary.com meaning a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth. It would seem crazy to say freedom and slavery grew and the same time but it is what Morgan calls the “ American Paradox”. Morgan tells stories about how American slavery and freedom began and grew in Virginia. One argument Morgan has is that racism is the
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I have always been terrified of giving speeches‚ the night before a speech I usually can not sleep just thinking about standing in front of a large audience. After reading these tips‚ I will incorporate tip # 3 into my next speech. By using tip #3‚ I’ll feel more comfortable speaking to three people instead of the whole class; and it will also help me remember to look to all parts of the class when speaking. Dear Mrs. Ohs‚ When sending email to your professors we must remember to be professional
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it‚ shall we? You know‚ when we consider all the hate speech on Islam right now‚ you’d think that we’d be a lot more sensitive with what we teach to our kids. You know‚ promote acceptance‚ world peace and those sorts of things. But instead‚ we’re stuck with The Merchant of Venice: an Elizabethan Playbook of sexist beliefs‚ overt racism and unfair treatment of minorities. I’m sure‚ Ms Jones‚ you will agree that a play which incites hate speech and physical assault towards religious minorities has
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For example in the speech Address on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Statue of Liberty Roosevelt states‚ “If we keep the faith for our day as those who came before us kept the faith for theirs‚ then you and I can smile with confidence into the future. It is fitting therefore‚ that this should be a service of rededication‚ rededication to the liberty and the peace which this statue symbolizes”(Roosevelt 13). This part in Roosevelt’s speech defines an American because Roosevelt
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them personally or just knows their type. The people in the jury are devoted to following the church and try to be pious and humble. With this speech the Inquisitor serves a double purpose: having the jury forget Joan’s piety and warning them that no matter how humble or god-loving you are‚ the church knows best. The multiple warnings throughout the speech are used both for warning the jury members not to do the heretical acts mentioned but also do not congratulate or empower anyone who does these
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