At the diversity speech‚ we were given the wonderful opportunity to listen to the stories of three very different women: Dr. Xiaoyi Liu‚ Pia Driessen-Knittle‚ and Bernadine Lewis. Listening to these women speak really opened my eyes to how different we all truly are from each other. Although these women were probably some extremes of diversity‚ it demonstrated a good sense of differing backgrounds. Regardless of where these women came from‚ they found themselves here in America‚ on stage‚ speaking
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every school age student across the country has every right to receive. This was just one of the many examples that President Barrack Obama had addressed during his State of the Union Address that was read on February 24‚ 2009 to the Nation. This speech was to inform the us that the problems of America have been heard‚ not ignored President Obama was given this position at one of America’s lowest points in history. He had inherited close to a trillion dollar deficit‚ a financial collapse
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President Barack Obama uses a wide variety of techniques to make a successful victory speech. The main features that allowed this were his choices of language; rhetorical devices; his mode of delivery; paralinguistic & prosodic features; and his structure. Obama’s speech is full of carefully thought out language choices that all give a specific effect on the audience. For example‚ many times in the speech Obama repeats the first person pronoun ‘we’ which makes the audience feel included and
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Obama and Reagan’s position in the United States both started during hard economic times. While Reagans term was during the inflation period‚ Obama also addressed the weak economy he was faced with when he took office. These presidents have different views and ideas of how government works and how much government should be involved in citizens personal lives. Reagan believed that the United States was “a nation that has a government – not the other way around.” He strongly believed that the government
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Obama Care Travis Mills COM/156 Judith Sargent Obama Care In March‚ 2010 a significant change in the way that American health care will be handled passed legislation‚ The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; this bill will mark the beginning of huge medical changes here in America. The number of Americans uninsured have dropped because of President Barrack Obama ’s success in getting‚ most popularly known as Obama Care‚ The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (hereafter known
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U.S. is falling into a recession and domestic industries and markets are collapsing * Partly because of the integration of the U.S. economy in the world economy‚ the world is slipping into a global recession Obama’s views on globalization * Obama believes globalization will continue to be beneficial to the U.S. if we pursue multilateral trade agreements judiciously * He believes that globalization will continue with or without the U.S. being a main participant He believes we must “embrace”
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The 44th president of the United States inauguration. Statement of intent: I chose Barack Obama’s first inauguration‚ as it was one of the capacious events that I think to occur in my lifetime. Barack Obama’s speech during his inauguration talked of forging a more united “post racial” America. I agree with many of the president’s ideals and for this reason I was interested in researching him and how America has changed since his first inauguration. Focus question: Distinguish whether the
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When Barack Obama was nominated the 44th President of the United States‚ he became “the first African American to serve in that office_ on January 20‚ 2009 ”.After his election as U.S. Senate he became the “highest ranking African American office holder in the country ”‚ Ahead of his presidency his political career was rather abridged yet impressive. During his active years as a politician Barack Obama established himself as “master of the craft” and a seasoned politician “Over the course of his
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President Obama addressed the survivors of Hiroshima May 27‚ 2016. He spoke at the Peace Memorial and the speech was also broadcasted worldwide. President Obama had a very humble tone throughout the speech that conveyed his respect for the people of Hiroshima. He expresses this when he says "We come to mourn the dead... Their souls speak to us. They ask us to look inward‚ to tkae stock of who we are and what we might become." He acknowledges the horrific event in the beggining paragraphs of
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the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting‚ Mr. Obama gave an immaculate speech to the mourning community of Newtown. Former President Obama realizes the need to prevent this issue of gun violence‚ and gave a speech to Newtown residents brimming with emotion and thought. Former President Obama not only spoke as the president‚ but as a loving parent to the grieving community of Newtown and all of America. While giving the speech as a parent‚ Mr. Obama used many rhetorical devices to portray the message
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