On October 27‚ 1964 Ronald Reagan delivered a speech that is considered to be timeless‚ and even thought to have set Reagan’s political career in motion. The speech was given during a very tense time in American history‚ when the United States was not only in the middle of the Cold War‚ but also at war in Vietnam. Reagan addresses this in the first minute of his speech but that is not what makes the “A Time for Choosing” speech compelling. The speech was so compelling because of Reagan’s use of rhetoric
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economic‚ and social order. The Progressive movement‚ 1901 to 1917‚ was ultimately the triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism. In a general sense‚ the conservative goals of this period justified the Liberal reforms enacted by Progressive leaders. Deviating from the traditional definition of conservatism (a resistance to change and a disposition of hostility to innovations in the political‚ social‚ and economic order)‚ the Progressivism Movement Progressivism implies a philosophy which
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mean necessarily that now we communicate better than before. I’m going to explain some examples. Today it’s difficult to find somebody that doesn’t use mobile phone. This little gadget allows us to speak with everybody when we want and from wherever place. It isn’t only used to speak‚ but also‚ to send photos‚ messages or e-mails‚ to look for on the Internet or even to watch TV programmes. It helps us in difficult situations but to tell the truth we have paid a price for that. We have lost a piece
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Technology Today Today’s technology is progressing faster than anyone has ever expected and is changing the way that we live our lives. Technology is helping us in some ways‚ but it is also hurting us in other ways. The biggest change that we are experiencing is the way that we communicate. We have many different ways to communicate with each other‚ especially compared to 20 years ago. We now have cell phones that can do just about anything and that make our daily lives much easier and help us to get
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weeks later‚ on March 23‚ 1983‚ President Reagan announced his plan for a missile-defense system called the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)‚ or “Star Wars.”The SDI project imagined a shield in outer space to protect the United States from incoming missiles. To defuse the Cold War conflict‚ during the 1980s‚ Reagan and Gorbachev participated in a series of summits and meetings‚ leading to an eventual compromise (“Reagan-Gorbachev Compromise”). Reagan and Gorbachev met for the first time at the
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died out because the monsoons which fed the rivers that supported the civilisation‚ migrated to the east. With the rivers drying out as a result‚ the civilisation collapsed some 4000 years ago. The study was conducted by a team of scientists from the US‚ the UK‚ India‚ Pakistan and Romania between 2003 and 2008.[29] While the new finding puts to rest‚ at least for the moment‚ other theories of the civilisation’s demise‚ such as the shifting course of rivers due to tectonic changes or a fatal foreign
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The Bauhaus was a German school of design from 1919 to 1933. It was a movement that was strongly influenced by the outcomes of World War One and rejected the ideals of the past and embraced the age of the machine. By focusing on the materials and the eradication of superfluous decoration‚ the Bauhaus established a new ideal‚ which was‚ form following function. Through their manipulation of established and new products this enabled them to emphasise the very ‘materiality’ of the items they produced
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have all the modern conveniences that mane our lives easier. There were no airplanes or cars‚ no washing machines no televisions or computers. Therefore‚ it is better to live today in the modern world‚ than it was to live in the days of horse � drawn carriages. What is your opinion of the idea that is it better to live today than it was to live in the nineteenth century? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples
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music of the Elizabethan Era Elizabethan era culture was very different‚ but also similar to our culture today. There are many mysteries surrounding the Elizabethan era. This era started when queen Elizabeth the first took power hence the name Elizabethan Era. During the year the ra took place (1558- 1603) there was a distinct culture of England. People of the Elizabethan era were into many different things like sports‚ food‚ and clothing. People of the Elizabethan era were into sports‚ but not
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world. These problems included labor conflicts‚ unprecedented poverty‚ slums‚ disease‚ social fragmentation‚ and ineffective city government‚ parts of what made up what was called “The Social Problem”. At the time‚ progressivism was never a unified movement as there were divisions on regional matters‚ gender‚ and race. There were several common features such as the strive against major corporations and an attempt to pull society more towards a communal identity rather than individualistic‚ along with
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