Speech Evaluation Assignment #2 1. Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuW4oGKzVKc a. Speaker: John F. Kennedy 2. When the speech was given? September 12‚ 1962 b. Historical events surrounding the speech? Proving America’s energy and skills by deciding to send man to the moon. c. What was society like in that time frame? Society in 1960’s was marked as a time of great social changes. The civil rights act ended segregation in public facilities and racial discrimination
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Moon Landing Each of these four texts uses essential rhetorical techniques in order to effectively get across each purpose‚ these purposes being quite different in each text. The Times article is very analytical‚ while the speech by Safire focuses most heavily on the emotional side of the moon landing in the hypothetical context of the text. Rand’s article paints the launch in an extremely positive and figurative light‚ while the Hemlock cartoon criticizes the attention that the mission receives
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extensive range of situations that could happen to a child being brutally abused. In the book A Child Called It‚ by Dave Pelzer‚ I believe that a variety of situations‚ good and bad will happen to Dave in the next few chapters. I predict the atrocious and exploitative actions Dave’s mother is doing will lead a school staff member to find out about the abuse‚ Dave’s father to leave the home and Dave to be hospitalized. I predict a school staff member will discover the abusive life at home because of Dave’s
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Mick 1 Marsha Mick Dr. Timothy Smith American History Sect. 102 3 March 2011 A Man on the Moon: The Triumphant Story of the Apollo Space Program by Andrew Chaikin A Book Review “In ancient days‚ men looked at the stars and saw their heroes in the constellations. In modern times‚ we do much the same‚ but our heroes are epic men of flesh and blood.” - July 1969‚ Nixon Administration Speechwriter William Safire. Award-winning science journalist and space historian Andrew Chaikin has
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April 21‚ 2011 Kenny G In the history of Jazz‚ musicians have always found ways to come up with new groundbreaking ideas that cause Jazz to evolve and ultimately increase in complexity. However‚ not many musicians took the simple‚ listener friendly approach. Kenny G was one of the few musicians who took this approach. His style has caused for much controversy between other Jazz artists‚ but in the end‚ he is still looked upon as one of the most successful Jazz musicians in the world. Kenny G
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Gillespie recognized rhythm as his greatest influence in seeking to make connections with music from around the world. His explorations were not limited to Cuban music but expanded out Argentina and include tango music. Oscoaldo Frisedo and Gillespie made a record but it was never released in the States (Gillespie 431). “Tangorine” was a song Dizzy recorded to historicize this experimentation. Without any hesitation‚ Gillespie confirms that he was the first one in the North American continent to
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always been intrigued by the cycle they are destined to follow: The Circle of Life. They question things that they cannot answer such as what comes before‚ what comes after‚ and what they will do to cope when they lose someone they love. William Armstrong and Thornton Wilder are two authors who chose to write about the thing that is often forgotten: life itself. William Armstrong’s novel Sounder consists of a mother and a boy who cope very differently with death. The boy is hopeful and optimistic
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Lance Armstrong’s D Even good people get shunned every once in a while. Lance Armstrong is a perfect example of this. Even though he had done much good in his life‚ and he had been though a lot‚ people still shunned him. Lance Armstrong would scarlet letter tear a D for drugs‚ just like Hester Prynne had to wear the scarlet letter A for her adultery. From the years 1999 to 2005‚ Lance Armstrong used Performance- Enhancing drugs. During this time period he had won the Tour de France 7 times
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CASE 7 ARMSTRONG HELMET COMPANY 1. Item Administrative salaries Advertising for helmets Depreciation on factory building Depreciation on office equipment Insurance on factory building Miscellaneous expenses— factory Office supplies expense Professional fees Property taxes on factory building Raw materials used Rent on production equipment Research and development Sales commissions Utility costs—factory Wages—factory Totals © 2008 For Instructor Use Only Direct
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A short history about the world’s fastest growing religion and of the man‚ who seeded the plant of Islam himself‚ Muhammad (saw). Armstrong writes this book in a humanist style and introduces the reader to the cultural and historical background of the life of Mohammed and the revelation of the Quran. She first starts with the West’s long history of hostility toward Islam‚ which has often led to the stigma of “a religion of the sword." She contradicts this ideology‚ by this sympathetic‚ captivating
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