serving his duty in the Marine Corps. One of his more outstanding awards was the Sylvanus Thayer Award. On May 12‚ 1962 General MacArthur gave his farewell speech after receiving his honorable medal (MacArthur‚ 1962). His farewell speech impacted the lives of many‚ making it one of the best speeches in American history in my opinion. Throughout his speech‚ General MacArthur is saying goodbye while also explaining his choices were not made to disrespect President Truman at the time‚ but to protect people
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Babe Ruth’s Farewell to Baseball speech was delivered on April 27th 1947 at the Yankee Stadium in New York. Babe Ruth at the time was 52 years old and dying of throat cancer‚ his speech was directed towards his dedicated fans. He wanted to thank everyone for their kind words throughout the years and he knew he wasn’t going to be around much longer. He began by speaking about how horrible his course voice sounded and how it felt just as bad. That statement I’m not quite sure if it could be construed
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Speaking of a classmate‚ I want to talk about sarah‚ she is my flat mate as well. She is a real knockout. And she definitely has this package: sweet‚ smart‚ cute‚ confident‚ thoughtful‚ vivacious‚ humorous and always a straight A student. She is 21 years old‚ but definitely looks much younger than she actually is‚ just looks like a little princess. Except a little overweigh‚ she could be perfect all the rest. Well‚ unlike other girls in our university who just like shopping‚ watching TV‚ hanging
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Respected Principal‚ Teachers and my dear friends. We have gathered here today to bid farewell to the students of standard 10th. I am indeed honoured to be given this opportunity to represent the students of standard 9th. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person‚ something comes to alter the recipe. In this context‚ I would like to mention that for the past few months‚ the students of standards 9th and 10th have indeed worked very closely together to organise various school activities
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As a curious person‚ I like to know more about my classmate that sit next to me. Her name is Cintia and she is from Argentina. For me‚ to experienced other countries than your own is extremely interesting. While I was interviewing her‚ all the wonderful things she told me about her country fascinated me. I can imaging it is such a pretty country and unique culture that she has been grown up. Also‚ I know what Cintia likes and dislike as her personal. I believe this will be an awesome interview that
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Four months after the Battle of Gettysburg‚ Abraham Lincoln delivers an farewell speech to the brave soldiers who was willing to give away their lives for America. Lincoln’s purpose was to emphasize to the audience about liberty‚ freedom‚ and equality within the new nation. He adopts the speech in a solemn and hopeful tone to present to the audience how he felt about the soldiers who commit their lives for America. Through the use of repetition‚ and parallel structure Lincoln illustrates the importance
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FACE RECOGNITION INTRODUCTION • People have amazing ability to recognize and remember thousands of faces. • Face is an important part of who you are and how people identify you. • While humans have had the innate ability to recognize and distinguish faces for millions of years‚ computers are just catching up. • Face recognition is a fascinating problem with important commercial applications such as mug shot matching‚ crowd surveillance & witness face reconstruction. • In computer vision most
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Thank you President Johnson! Good morning to everyone. Buenas Dias a todos! Yes‚ you heard it loud and clear my friends‚ I am an alum of Westwood College. President Dwayne Johnson‚ Dean Thomas Bustamante‚ Our dear Program Chairs‚ Faculty and staff‚ Westwood College students‚ parents‚ relatives‚ friends and Class of 2015 – It a great pride and honor not only to join you on this special day but to be your key note speaker. I am humbled in a way that I am here in front of all of you. It was just
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Madison‚ Washington did not gain political power through persuasion. Nevertheless‚ Washington made many great contributions toward the young nation. And before his term came to an end‚ Washington reached out to the American people. Through his 1796 farewell address‚ Washington employs a patriotic tone and clarifies the dependency between the colonies in an effort to defend his stance on unification. Washington integrates a patriotic tone throughout his passage in order to instill a sense of pride within
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For my diversity assignment‚ I chose to interview my classmate Annemarie Farina. I conducted my interview on February 5th in the Library at Pete’s Café. I first met Annemarie in my Foundations of Public Health class‚ when a few of us agreed to meet up to study. I wanted to interview Annemarie because although we met because of the same major‚ we have differences that are outside of the classroom. This is her second year at UNC Charlotte‚ and this is my first. We also differ in other things including
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