(born August 14‚ 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who played point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 13 seasons. After winning championships in high school and college‚ Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers. He won a championship and an NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Award in his rookie season‚ and won four more championships with the Lakers during the 1980s. Johnson retired abruptly in 1991 after
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John F. Kennedy was the most memorable president. Although he only served for about 1000 days‚ his speeches are most remarkable yet. His inaugural speech had a rousing effect on the nation in 1961‚ so much in fact‚ that today‚ his speech is prominently used all over the world. As journalists and historians now recollect‚ there seemed to be an air of triumph and hype that day‚ almost as if Kennedy were electrifying the air with his words of fire. He delivered slowly and deliberately to emphasise the
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of views of the John F. Kennedy Assassination and will interpret primary and secondary sources from this time period. It will go over the major events that led up to the John F. Kennedy Assassination and the political‚ social and economic effects that the John F. Kennedy Assassination had on the United States. It will determine if the primary and secondary sources correlate with the average historian’s viewpoints. John Fitzgerald Kennedy‚ the 35th president of the United States‚ was assassinated on
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John F. Kennedy Assassination Few events in United States History have had such an impact on the psyche and moral palate of the American people as the assassination of John F. Kennedy. It is one of the most hotly debated events in human history and may be considered a defining moment in the relationship between government‚ citizens and the media. Public confidence and acceptance of the Warren Commission‚ which was established by President Lyndon B. Johnson on November 29‚ 1963 to investigate the
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President John F. Kennedy in downtown Dallas. That afternoon he encountered Lee Harvey Oswald‚ the alleged assassin‚ and they shared a Coca Cola in the book depository and later he stood on the grassy knoll and remembers the smell of gunpowder. Those specific memories of his could not possible be true‚ however‚ there is a phenomenon called the Mandela Effect and it could explain why George has such vivid memories of Dealy Plaza in 1963. Due to the fact that the assassination of John F. Kennedy is so
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John F. Kennedy once said‚ “I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party’s candidate for President‚ who happens also to be a Catholic.” In this single sentence‚ he uses a method of Aristotle’s persuasive speech making. One of the greatest examples of using rhetorical strategies is indeed John F. Kennedy’s inaugural address of 1961. John F. Kennedy uses diction‚ syntax‚ and Aristotle’s method of persuasion in his inaugural address that not only made it uniquely his own
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the short presidency of years 1961-1963‚ John F. Kennedy contributed tremendously to the American society if it was his visions becoming realities or his ideas that were then continued with once he was assassinated. John F. Kennedy‚ the youngest president ever to be elected‚ took upon great responsibility and achieved with a memorable impact. This impact being that Kennedy’s attributions were further applied upon the American society. Factors making Kennedy such a legislative success include the creation
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John F. Kennedy’s Assassination and the Effects on the Public Outline There have been many presidents that have gone through an assassination attempt and have survived‚ unfortunately‚ John F. Kennedy was one of the four presidents that didn’t make it. The Death of John F. Kennedy took a great toll on the nation and in some cases places outside of the United States. Unlike Lincoln and Roosevelt‚ whose lives were taken just after finishing major historical movements‚ JFK was assassinated right in
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elected president is given the opportunity to address the American people. On January 20th of 1961‚ John F. Kennedy delivered his first public address as President of the United States. In this speech‚ Kennedy used this opportunity to encourage unity among Americans in order to facilitate change in the world. During this time period‚ fears of nuclear war plagued the United States. Although Kennedy recognized the urgency of that issue‚ he also realized the importance of overall societal issues; he
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Starting with John F. Kennedy “Jack”- who is known for being the biggest womanizer to ever lead our nation. It was as if sleeping with multiple women came naturally to him; he could not help but attend to his sexual desires with the plethora of women that threw themselves at him. However‚ in the conditions he and his siblings were raised‚ answers the question as to why he was a promiscuous man. Raised in Boston as a rich young boy‚ Kennedy lived in an emotionally unhealthy household that was controlled
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