Why did Jimmy Carter win the presidential contest in 1976 and yet lose to Ronald Reagan only four years later? Carter took the presidency with several issues that needed resolving‚ such as rising inflation and unemployment‚ a country disillusioned with the political system and turbulent foreign relations. To determine the reasons why he was successful in 1976 but not in 1980‚ it is necessary to look at what his successes and failures were‚ as well as the different situations in 1976 and 1980.
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Argo [2012] Argo is a name of a movie which got Oscar for best movie in 2012. It has been done in Warner Bros production‚ with Ben Affleck as a director and George Clooney as a producer. It’s a thriller (120min) full of surprises and unexpected events‚ so I would rate it 10/10 for the story. This thriller is about hostage extraction from Teheran in 1979 and it’s based on a true story about a fake movie. During the Iranian diplomatic crisis‚ the CIA rescued six US diplomats by passing them off
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The 26th amendment helped further balance the difference in equality between 21 and 18 year olds by allowing the latter to vote. The 26th amendment states “ The right of citizens of the United States‚ who are eighteen years of age or older‚ to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.”1 A large number of individuals fought for this amendment; the amendment provided for significant popular consent of the American democracy. It was proposed on March
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Ronald Reagan was Born on February 6th 1911 in Tampico Illinois. Ronald was from the Irish descent. When he was little we went by the name “Dutch” because he didn’t like the name his parents gave him. Ronald went on to college at Eureka College on a athletic scholarship. Ronald was the governor of california before he ran for president and he lost the first time he ran. Ronald Reagan started as a democrat then changed to a republican for many reasons. His wife was one of the reasons. Reagan
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Throughout America’s history‚ few things have left the nation in such controversial turmoil as the Vietnam War. With an American death toll of almost 60‚000 troops‚ the Vietnam War has gone down in infamy as one of the most tremendous struggles Americans have faced both overseas and on the home front. Because of the tumultuous controversies caused by the war‚ Americans split into two social factions – those against the war and those who supported it. During the years of 1961-1975 - the era in
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My study of Robert Gray’s poetry‚ the ’Challenger Address’ speech (1986) delivered by President Ronald Reagan and ’The Pedestrian’ by Ray Bradbury have all enhanced my understanding of discovery. This is because initially my thoughts on discovery were only the physical aspect‚ but as I studied these texts‚ my understanding has grown in the societal and personal aspects. When I first started studying discovery my thoughts were about people like Captain Cook who physically discovered new lands‚ but
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Do you think that Donald Trump will do good for our nation for the next 4 years of presidency? Donald trump had made a good speech on how he would make this nation great again. He also was very polite to the former president Obama his speech was also very inspirational on how he would help this nation so this shows the people that he might stop being rude and start to act serious in new job. However‚ there were some things that he had said that worries us‚ so now we are theorizing on what will happen
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1980’s Technology Technology has been around for a long‚ long time. Many of the most popular consumer products still around today. A surprising number of the technologies that define life today got their start in the 1980s‚ such as camcorders‚ cell phones‚ answering machines‚ personal computers‚ etc. Technology has come to benefit our lives and make it easier and will only get better. During the time of the 1980’s‚ there was a lot going on in our history. The Cold War was on its last years
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Economic Rationalism: Economic rationalism is the idea that markets and money can do everything better then what the government and law can. This also states that there is no point in political debate because it just generates insoluble conflicts It tells people to forget their national identity‚ to caste away their national goals and public policy and just let the market forces decide on the their own rational situation Economic rationalists will assert that by customers preferences dictating
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This play is a story between a French diplomat Rene Gallimard and a Chinese Peking opera singer Song Liling. In the year 1960‚ the French diplomat Rene Gallimard met Song Liling in a German ambassador’s house for the first time. With his fascination with Madame Butterfly‚ Gallimard fell in love with Song at the first sight‚ because he believed that Song was his submissive Madame butterfly. Days later‚ Gallimard was invited to Song’s apartment and began a love affair with Song. During this period
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