Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th president of the United States and the nation’s first African-American president Tuesday. This is a transcript of his prepared speech. In his speech Tuesday‚ President Obama said America must play its role in ushering in a new era of peace. My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us‚ grateful for the trust you have bestowed‚ mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors. I thank President Bush for his service to our nation‚ as well
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social life. Have you ever dreamt about a house that you really want? “A house is a machine for living in.” written by Le Corbusier‚ a well known architect in Switzerland 1923. Do you agree it? If you can design your own house‚ what would that be? In my mind‚ I need a house which has full of sunlight‚ quite wide of space and natural of ambience. This house would be shined by the sun and moon light in the countryside. I do not want to have it in town‚ because usually there are so many buildings that
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Hi! My name is Leyla and I think that there are a few things and clues that can help me and be useful to choose a future career. For example‚ I am good at mental calculus‚ geometry and mathematic stuff. I can learn new languages very fast‚ which is very important nowadays to communicate with other people‚ as we are living in a time of globalization. I often practice sport that gives me a physical condition to do heavier jobs. I can use my computer very well and I know many things about electronic
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Danny faces fitful interior struggle with his father’s side of the family. He feels weird that his grandmother was praising him for being a good student and his talents. He feels so awkward because from the environment others grow up in‚ everyone praises you for the bad boy things you do. Now being praised for being good is something new to him which he hadn’t quite understood yet. Danny feels bad that the adults in the family looks up to him but what he wants are to look up to them as a role model
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I just went through an interesting and instructive exercise; writing one-page synopses of three of my screenplays for a producer. Here’s what I learned: if you can’t write a gripping one-page synopsis of a screenplay‚ your plot points aren’t very dramatic. Two of the scripts proved pretty easy to summarize and make dramatic (well‚ as dramatic as you can make something when describing it in one page). But with one of the stories I kept writing out the dramatic moments and then having to describe
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What is a bad boss or manager? We all have had some good managers and some bad managers. In most cases people don’t care too much for their boss. One of the biggest characteristics flaws in a poor manager is poor communications skills. They possess little to no listening skills and don’t seek out advice or suggestions from their employees. When a big decision needs to be made they normally make the decision on their own with little input from their subordinates. Another characteristic of
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the last to adopt this government mandated insurance coverage‚ is possibly one of the most widely asked question around the nation. This‚ however; is all in the process of changing and will be completed by 2014 with the passing and implantation of Obama-care. There are three systems or levels of coverage under Universal Health Care; Single Payer‚ Two-Tier‚ and Insurance Mandate. Could one of these be beneficial to the United States and what is in store for the United States as we moved toward the
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Throughout my life I want have the chance to travel to the places I have wanted to go to. The first place that I would want to travel to is New York. I would like to go to New York City. I have never been there‚ but I have heard so many good things about that place. I would like to go to college out there‚ but I don’t think that is going to happen. Some reasons why I want to go there is because I want to see the Statue of Liberty‚ in person. Someday I would like to move there. I think that one of
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Since the end of cold war‚ many countries across the globe have chosen democracy as the form of government. Today‚ most of the world’s powerful countries‚ international organizations and political science experts see democracy as a natual choice in comparison to dictatorship. Yet democracy remains a far more complicated form of government as compared to dictatorship. Some decisions that for the common good of the entire community might require some group of people to make some sacrifice e.g.
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R is for RICH. Rich is my dad. He has been there since before my birth‚ and he will continue to be a part of my life long after I graduate from college and fully and officially leave home. How has my dad shaped my view of life? It is hard to pinpoint exactly. I know I have learned a lot from him: the best ways to save money on groceries‚ the value of gift cards in everyday life‚ how to relax and joke and be the comedic relief (not that I use that lesson very often‚ unfortunately)‚ how to separate
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