On March 18‚ 2008 before he was elected President of the United States‚ Barack Obama delivered his speech‚ "A More Perfect Union‚" at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania‚ in which he focused on the racial separation that has plagued our country even after the signing of The Declaration of Independence. His desire was to promote a unity of all people‚ regardless of race‚ religion‚ or walk of life. He is passionate that there be equal rights for all people. A tall‚ thin
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When I began reading Lowell’s For the Union Dead‚ I thought that because the epigraph‚ which means "They gave up all to serve the republic"‚ would in a sense be a complete dedication to the Union soldiers who died during the Civil War. But once the actual poem begins‚ Lowell instead talks about a South Boston aquarium. What I found important about the beginning line is that not only does Lowell describe a specific setting of the poem‚ but he also speaks to us readers and present form. The fact that
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A Comparison between Vegetarians and Meat Eaters During the last 20 years more and more people decide to cut their daily menu any meat and animal products for many different reasons such as fear of food poisoning‚ diseases or etc. However‚ eating meat is part of the daily life of billions of people all over the world. Meat is a prehistoric‚ basic food full of proteins‚ iron‚ and amino-acids. People who eat meat live longer than vegetarians‚ but a meatless diet is healthier than a diet containing
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It could be suggested that the poem‚ The Lotos Eaters and Choric Song‚ is in support for the use of drugs‚ due to the way that the mariners and the island are described. Tennyson uses rich‚ beautiful descriptions of the surroundings of the lotos eaters‚ such as ‘gleaming river’‚ ‘slow-dropping veils’ and ‘sunset flushed’. This imagery in reference to the beauty of the island allows us to feel drawn to it in the same way the mariners are. There is a sense of quiet contentment with ‘warm breezes’
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was started by Roger Baldwin‚ Crystal Eastman‚ Walter Nelles‚ Morris Ernst‚ Albert DeSilver‚ Arthur Garfield Hays‚ Jane Addams‚ Felix Frankfurter‚ and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn in 1920. ACLU began as an advocacy group to protect the freedom of speech of anti-war protestors. Today‚ ACLU has expanded to a staff of 200 lawyers‚ close to 500‚000 members‚ another 2‚000 volunteer attorneys and upwards of 1.2 million in online activists. It has affiliates in all 50
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Breaking Down Obama “A More Perfect Union” was a speech given by Barack Obama on March 18‚ 2008 during the presidential race. Obama addressed the issues of race and the scandalous comments of Reverend Wright‚ his former pastor‚ and shortly before the speech‚ was part of his campaign. Obama discusses the issues of racial tension and white privilege in the United States. He also strives about coming together as a nation‚ by improving each other and our outlook on this country. The use of these three
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For many years‚ State of the Union is presented annually by the president of the United States. The president outlines the accomplishments over the previous years‚ as well as the things to be done for the coming year. On the 12th day of February‚ 2013‚ President Obama declared his agenda on his second term. He was very detailed about his promises and goals to people of the nation. The speech was made to deliver his obligation and responsibilities which will bring the prosperity and restore the complication
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The Lotus Eaters We won the Trojan war! Thanks to Odysseus and his heroic intelligence we tricked those Trojan’s right into letting us in their kingdom and by now we were already sailing home to share the wonderful news. I was so thankful to have survived the war and couldn’t wait to be back home with my family again. I wanted to share all my stories and tell them how the great Odysseus won the Trojan war with a huge wooden horse. It was our third day straight of rowing. My body was shot. I
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reading‚ do you think justice was served in this case? Why do you think Patterson waited so long to sue and how did that effect the case? Yes‚ I think justice was served in the Patterson v. McLean Credit Union case. Although the case was not filed sooner‚ it was evident to the court that Patterson’s employer did not “ensure that everyone has an equal chance at the job‚ based on qualifications” (Bennett-Alexander & Hartman‚ 2015‚ pg. 75) resulting in the case being “nullified by the Civil Rights Act of
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financial institution known as Directional Lending Credit Union (DLCU) by highlighting the current style and managerial
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