Elected in 1960 as the 35th president of the United States‚ 43-year-old John F. Kennedy became the youngest man and the first Roman Catholic to hold that office. He was born into one of America’s wealthiest families and parlayed an elite education and a reputation as a military hero into a successful run for Congress in 1946 and for the Senate in 1952. As president‚ Kennedy confronted mounting Cold War tensions in Cuba‚ Vietnam and elsewhere. He also led a renewed drive for public service and eventually
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Apollo 13 and Leadership On April 10th James “Jim” Lovell‚ John L. Swigert‚ and Fred W. Haise embarked on one of the most historic missions in NASA history. Three days later on April 13th‚ while performing a routine stir on the O2 tanks‚ the Apollo 13 mission suffered a terrible electrical malfunction and was forced to make an emergency return mission. The movie has forever contributed two phrases to our everyday cultural vocabulary‚ “Houston we have a problem”‚ communicated by Jim Lovell‚ and “Failure
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The gods‚ Apollo‚ Ra‚ and Horus have many things in common and share many differences in everything they are‚ stand for‚ and represent. Apollo and Ra are both god of the sun in their different cultures. Ra is represented with a large sun disc placed on the top of his head while Apollo wears a symbolic laurel wreath atop his head. Hypnos is the greek god of sleep. Like Apollo‚ Hypnos has a twin sibling too. His twin brother was named Thanatos. Ra’s children‚ Shu and Tefnut wandered off one day and
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Moon Project Jessica Davidson Astronomy 7 Observation Time: 8:50 p.m. Obervation 1 A) Date & Location: September 24‚ 2012. Mt.SAC Campus B) North determined by IPhone App C) Altitude: 37 degrees D) Azimuth: 143 degrees E) F) Waxing Gibbous
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Case Study 9/13/2011 Zach Newcomb “Leadership in Apollo 13” There are certain events in our lifetime that change who we are as a person and how we view life. During the movie Apollo 13‚ Jim Lovell has a dream that he will walk on the moon. His dream becomes a reality when is promoted to commander of the Apollo 13 mission to the moon. After a series of dangerous events‚ the crew finds themselves in a struggle to stay alive. Jim and Houston control works around the clock to find a solution to the
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Alabama Moon Notes Main Character: Moon Blake Supporting Characters: Kit Slip‚ Hal Mitchell‚ Constable Sanders‚ Mr. Wellington‚ Mr. Mitchell‚ Mr. Abroscotto‚ Pap(Oliver Blake) Plot: Moon Blake grows up in the forest with his father because of his father ’s hatred for the government. But‚ when his father passes away suddenly‚ Moon is quickly thrown into a world he knows nothing about. On his way to Alaska‚ he is taken as a ward of the state and put into Pinson‚ a boys ’ home. He escapes with
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Conspiracy: The Killing of a President In 1976‚ the US Senate ordered a fresh inquiry into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy‚ who was murdered in 1963 during a motorcade in Dallas‚ Texas while campaigning for re-election. People who had been involved in the original Warren Commission investigations were asked to make fresh statements. The FBI and the CIA were persuaded to release more of their documents on Oswald. New lines of inquiry were opened and individuals who
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Did the CIA kill JFK? A Conspiracy Theory The CIA was established to protect the United States from any threats to our national security‚ but have they taken their authority too far? They have the authority to protect the U.S. to any extreme they believe necessary‚ but their definition of “national security” may not be to the same extent as it was originally (www.fff.org). There are many conspiracies about the CIA and their involvement with Coup D’états around the world and connections with the
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Warwick Valley Middle School The JFK Conspiracy ELA 8H Mytch Cime March 17‚ 2010 Cime 1 The assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy was one of the most tragic moments in American history. At the time of his death‚ America was at the height of the Cold War. The nation was also just affected by the Cuban Missile Crisis as well. Kennedy’s death left the nation helpless and feeble anticipating the worst has yet to come. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 17‚ 1917 in Brookline Massachusetts
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This has been a post I’ve been meaning to write for a long time. I’m an absolutely die-hard fan of Sailor Moon‚ and part of that is because it served as my childhood introduction to feminism. That might be a little bit hard to believe‚ considering the super heroines of the show are known for outfits not much more revealing than Wonder Woman’s. Silly outfits aside (you get used to them)‚ this show was absolutely groundbreaking. Its protagonists are 10 realistically flawed‚ individual and talented
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