D. Robert Ladd Robert is a now somewhat retired Phonologist of some fame whom taught phonology and phonetics at the University of Edinburgh for 26 years. His PHD thesis focused on “The structure of Intonational meaning” but he has since “grown out of it” and moved into studying Prosody and Laboratory Phonology in various projects both in Edinburgh and overseas‚ only revisiting the subject of Intonation infrequently. Such activities include: studies on pitch and segmental alignment in Greek‚ developing
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In brainstorming ideas about what speech I could study in detail‚ I turned my attention to highly influential leaders in history. One of those people is Adolf Hitler. Even the greatest ideological enemies of Hitler can agree that he was an extremely gifted and prolific speaker. In “Triumph of the Will”‚ one of the most important films of documentation and propaganda which was directed by Leni Riefenstahl and sponsored by Hitler himself‚ many of Hitler’s speeches are shown. Not only can viewers study
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Armstrong‚ Erykah 5/13/13 Amendment 15 A lot of people of other races would not be able to vote without the 15th Amendment. “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race‚ color‚ or previous condition of servitude. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” It allows anyone to have a political say in the government. They can’t hush you because of your skin
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1: SHOULD EVERYONE BE REQUIRED TO UNDERTAKE A UNIVERSITY EDUCAtion DATE: 6 JANUARY 2013 In modern life‚ many students choose to enter university or college after they have graduated high school because higher education is a good environment to prepare for their future. However‚ some others think that it is only one of causes to increase the rate of unemployment‚ while they just need to follow vocational training or start working to improve their skills. This essay argues that everyone should be
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Interviewing Oprah Winfrey By: Shruti Kolli Who Is Oprah Winfrey? Oprah Winfrey is an amazing person and has gone through many struggles throughout her life. She has an inspiring life story that can encourage us to face our problems and to be strong. Oprah Winfrey has matured very much throughout her childhood‚ and has had many “Coming of Age” moments. In this article‚ you will learn about Oprah’s childhood struggles‚ her “Coming of Age” moments‚ and about her amazing life story. Oprah had a
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Ann E. Dunwoody First Female Four-Star General  This November of firsts is not limited to the presidential election. Our military has its own historic event to report. General Ann E. Dunwoody (right) ascended last week from humble beginnings 33 years ago at Fort Sill‚ Okla.‚ to the never-before achieved elite level of four-star general. At an emotional promotion ceremony‚ Dunwoody added a fourth star and‚ looking back on her years in uniform‚ said it was a credit to the Army that she was given a
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To Whom It May Concern: My name is Jennifer. I am student at Brunswick High. I know you are thinking of having students wear uniforms next year. I think this is a terrible idea. Many students don’t like to wear uniforms every day‚ and there might be some students that have allergies with the material of the uniform. When students have to wear the school uniform‚ they can’t express themselves through their clothes. We students need to wear normal clothes so we can express ourselves. If we have
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Annotated Bibliography Scholes‚ Robert. “Hope in Memory in My Ántonia.” Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations: My Ántonia‚ Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Infobase Publishing‚ 1987. 31-35. (#18 a selection from an anthropology) In this article by Robert Scholes‚ it talks about the hope and memory in My Antonia. He says the characters find themselves by looking back at the past. He said “we are reminded of this past constantly: by the Bohemian customs and culinary practices of the Shimerdas;
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Education is not for everyone Even though I agree that people should go to school to get an education and better themselves‚ I also think that people can not go to school and also better themselves. I recently read an editorial and it talked about how people need an better education‚ mainly an college one‚ in order to get an a really good job‚ I do not believe that is right. I think that people can not go to school and also find good jobs like construction workers‚ some basketball and football
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Learning Objective – Chapter 15 LO1 – Decisions about technology and innovation are strategic‚ and managers need to approach them systematically. Assessing the technology needs of a company usually begins with benchmarking. Benchmarking compares the organization’s practices and technologies with those of other companies. Then the company will look at the environment through scanning’s. These scanning’s focus on what can be done and what is currently being developed. Both of these practices still
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