Amne AlRifai’s “Arranged Marriage: Old School Online Dating” is an article published on her web blog “Unveiled Thoughts”. In this post‚ she describes her perspective on arranged marriage. AlRifai explains how she finds arranged “matchmaking” similar‚ or even better than online dating‚ and she clarifies her point of view through her ‘wisdom’ and personal experience. AlRifai looks at this concept and tries to make the reader see it from another perspective‚ using three arguments: her own tale about
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Key Theorists Griffin examines the differing work of two professors whom he met at Wheaton college‚ a behavioral scientist Glenn Sparks‚ and rhetorician Marty Medhurst. Each take a different approach to communication from instances such as Glenn training in empirical research and Marty being schooled in rhetorical theory and criticism‚ according to Griffin 2007. Glenn takes a more objective approach by forming his theory by wanting to explain as well as predict. On the flip side‚ Marty takes an
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Legalization of all Drugs - Persuasion Essay “I ’ve never had a problem with drugs. I ’ve had problems with the police.” This quote‚ told by Keith Richards‚ represents a major problem affecting the rights of the American people. Contrary to what former presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan and much of the American population believed‚ the effects of illegalizing drugs and declaring the “War on Drugs” have been far more detrimental to the wellbeing of the nation than if all of the drugs on the
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O.J. Simpson Trial The O.J. Simpson trial was one of the most recognizable cases in American History. It went on for 9 months. At 12:10 am on June 13‚ 1994‚ Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were found murdered right outside of Bundy drive condo in Brentwood. Evidence found in the scene led the Police to suspect that O.J. Simpson was the murderer. Although the prosecution pointed to the evidence of the case Simpson lawyers argued that the police bungle the investigation
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The Eagles are the most successful American rock band of the 1970s‚ formed in Los Angeles in 1971. The members that have played in the band are Randy Meisner‚ Glenn Frey‚ Don Henley‚ and Bernie Leadon. They have successfully made ten albums and are still a band today. Hotel California was the Eagles fifth album and was their best selling album (despite The Eagles Greatest Hits). The album was made on Asylum (a recording company) in late 1976. This is their first album without one of their founding
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increase in the migration of women from their homelands; which were Asia‚ Africa‚ Latin America and Europe. They became an essential part of a migrant surge which was responding to the call for cheap and willing labor in numerous parts of the country. (Glenn‚ Evelyn) For immigrant women who migrated to North America initially to work‚ found that they had become settlers and their main priorities became their families and the provision of a comforting environment to their surrounding communities. Male
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Musical Performance For Morale In the early 1900’s‚ people began to explore and encounter new music with the new forms of technology. During the era of World War II‚ music began to change America. Americans were influenced positively by the musical movement. Americans encounter with jazz music during World War II led to increased nationalism‚ steps toward equality‚ and a change in culture. Before the introduction of jazz music‚ the Great Depression negatively impacted the lives of the Americans.
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climax its intensity. The beat isn’t the only musical aspect that gives this part its march like feeling. The melody collaborates well with the rhythm in order to create music with such intensity that is capable of putting its listeners in awe. In Glenn Gould’s performance‚ he lacks the instruments necessary to achieve this. Instead‚ he attempts to make up for deficit by performing extra notes in order to make it extravagant. Unfortunately‚ he goes over the top and the section ultimately fails to
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Crossing The short story “Crossing”‚ written by Mark Slouka‚ begins as a straightforward account of a man who takes his son to a remote area where he remembers similar experiences with his own father. He carries their packs across a shallow but fast moving river‚ and then goes back and carries his son across. They spend one night exploring the area‚ but the next day when he recrosses the river‚ he knows that the current is a bit stronger than the day before. When he takes the boy back across‚ he
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The ultimate goal of finding love has gotten easier due to online dating. However‚ how do we know that our “true love” is actually being truthful? In this generation‚ online dating sites like Tinder or Bumble has made it easier to find potential spouses. However these sites have also made it easier to lie to others‚ just so that we can make ourselves seem more appealing in hopes to get that other person to swipe right or match with us. This phenomenon is so common in the modern day that it has become
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