“Best part about being a former President is you do what you want to and if you don’t want to do something‚ you don’t have to.” Those were the words of former President‚ Jimmy Carter as he told a story of a young boy who told his father that he wanted to be a “former President.” Mr. Carter and his wife arrived at Grand Rapids Community College to speak for the Diversity Lecture Series to help welcome the 100th birthday of the institution. I personally had the privilege of attending this momentous
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Esposito 2/6/2015 Jimmy Valvano Speech 22 years ago Jimmy Valvano took the stage at the first inaugural ESPY Awards. He commemorated individuals and teams on their accomplishments during sports in the past year‚ Delivering an unforgettable‚ inspirational speech that marked a life changing moment in the history of sports. Jimmy was honored by receiving the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian award for demonstrating his success and generosity he brought to the world of sports. In June of 1992 Jimmy was diagnosed
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conversation between Jimmy and the warden tells the reader that Jimmy is sarcastic and is probably a bad person. The reader can make this inference because it says that he was arrested for burglary and that’s a negative thing. On page 181 it states “Me?” said Jimmy in surprise. “Why‚ I never cracked a safe in my life…” oh‚ no” laughed the warden “of course not.” This conversation proves that they are speaking with sarcasm and that he has been caught cracking a safe. The reasons why Jimmy is retrieving
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“A Retrieved Reformation” Jimmy Valentine is the main character of this story. Jimmy was a criminal‚ intelligent‚ and clever. Jimmy was sentenced to prison for four years because he robbed banks. After only 10 months‚ he was pardoned by the governor and released. He had returned to his home and gathered his safe-opening instruments. Jimmy then proceeded to burglarize a bank in Richmond‚ Indiana. And again‚ he robbed a bank in Jefferson City and purloined five hundred dollars. Ben Price was a detective
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Jimmy Carter’s book‚ A Call To Action began by establishing certain ethical dilemmas that have gone on in the past‚ and are still going on today. These dilemmas include women’s rights issues such as slavery‚ genital cutting‚ rape‚ spousal abuse‚ etc. Carter claims that a factor for the abuse of women is that people turn to violence first‚ instead of solving issues ethically and using violence as a last resort or even ceasing the use of violence entirely. Our former president then talked about how
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Jimmy v speech analysis Jim Valvano‚ better known as Jimmy V‚ was a men’s basketball coach in the NCAA for many years and is remembered most for coaching his North Carolina State Wolf pack squad to the 1983 national championship over the Juggernaut University of Houston team. That team established the term “Cinderella” as no one ever expected them to win the way that they won. Jim Valvano received some horrible news in the middle of 1992. His doctors told him that he had terminal cancer. Several
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beginning of her eternal life. Not just today‚ but many days I’m reminded of her faith‚ wisdom‚ and love. Like‚ when I heard Jimmy Carter’s press conference telling the world how he felt regarding his health issues‚ I was once again reminded of my mom. Both seem to have held the same deep sense of faith for the God they worshipped. “I’m perfectly at ease with whatever comes.” Jimmy Carter “Whenever the good Lord wants to take me I’m ready . . . I’ve led a long
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at a first glance‚ they can actually be seen as love stories because of the emotional connection each character has with each other. First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross is a good example of how the stories in The Things They Carried are love stories. Lieutenant Cross loved a girl named Martha and the chapter ¨Love¨ is based on his love for her. Jimmy Cross also has emotional ties to the soldiers in his squad. When one of his soldiers‚ Tim Lavender‚ takes a bullet in the head and dies the Lieutenant can’t
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James Earl Carter Jr. had become the 39th president of the United States in 1976. The Democrat and once Georgia senator had promised to bring a fresh‚ new approach to the White House in hopes to break people’s doubts about the presidency that were left from the Nixon/Ford era. In the election of 1976 Carter squeaked by the republican‚ Gerald Ford by a 49.9% vote to a 46.9% vote. Carter had differed greatly from all of the previous presidents in several ways. He brought a more informal‚ "homey"
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notebooks‚ and lamps‚ all of which are normally there. Jimmy Potters‚ a sophomore student at Marshall College‚ has massive amount of different things on his desk. Some items have “Top Secret” written on them. Jimmy is sitting down at his desk while the sun is ready to set. People outside his window are playing bean bag toss set about 25 feet apart. Right before he looks at his desk‚ Jimmy suddenly looks at the envelope stating “Top Secret ” on it. Jimmy is about to grab the envelope and someone mysteriously
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