race to the moon had begun. In 1963‚ President John F. Kennedy made a speech saying "We will go to the moon in this decade amongst other things‚ not because they are easy but because they are hard." After he was assassinated‚ NASA decided to pursue his plan and in 1967 the Apollo program began. In 1969‚ NASA landed Apollo 11 on the moon and the race was finally over. This was a major leap not only for Americans‚ but also for mankind. Videos and photos that were taken on the moon were shown to
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Crystal Sotelo Public Speaking November 18‚ 2012 Effective Speech President Obama and John F. Kennedy are both effective speakers. I will critique President Obama’s Tucson Memorial Speech and John F. Kennedy’s Moon Speech. However‚ the speech of Obama was more effective than John F. Kennedy’s speech. An effective speech should have a public speaker who will either‚ persuade‚ inform‚ or entertain their audience. The public speaker should also have good eye contact with his/her audience‚ be
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“Rose Kennedy was a devout Catholic‚ and Bobby absorbed her religious intensity. He made his first communion when he was 7‚ and went on to become an altar boy and attend a school run by Benedictine monks. Bobby grew up with a strong sense of right and wrong‚ good and evil. Like his brothers‚ he was toughened by the religious demands of his father‚ but he was disguised‚ as well‚ a gentler nature. Bobby‚ a friend said‚ was “truly in touch with his emotions.” (PBS transcript‚ 1964). Kennedy managed
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Effective Communication: A Walk on the Moon Effective communication is key in fostering and maintaining healthy relationships‚ regardless of the nature of the relationship (i.e. familial‚ sexual‚ platonic‚ et al). You have observed the following couples in the film‚ A Walk on the Moon: Pearl and Marty; Pearl and Walker; and Alison and Ross. Your task‚ now‚ is to analyze the communication patterns and styles of each couple. You will do this by applying what you have learned in class and from
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Throughout known history the system of democracy seems to be the most just‚ the most logical and the fairest of all ruling systems. Its ability to adjust to changing times is only one reason for its perseverance. In John Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down‚ this durability is displayed through the townspeople led by Mayor Orden‚ under the oppressive heels of their conquerors. One of the most obvious examples of democracy’s endurance is the resistance displayed by the townspeople against their invaders
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1) Idealistic family love or general idealized version of what love should be like but she doesn’t know herself so doesn’t actually know what she wants: “And my brother‚ he does the thing that brothers do‚ makes me not a single child‚ which is important. For most of my childhood I would expect that we would be together for quite some time. This isn’t the way that things have turned out which was to be expected but it does seem odd that we see so little of each other now. “ pg 15. “I told you
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James Robert ‘Radio’ Kennedy is a 65-year-old handicapped man from Anderson‚ South Carolina‚ where the story of his involvement with T.L. Hanna High School takes place. This story was captured by the 2003 movie‚ “Radio”. The filmmakers condensed four decades of Radio’s story into one year from 1976 to 1977 in order to‚ what director Michael Tollin states‚ “show the convergence of events that led to Radio becoming an integral part of society in this small town”. What Tollin didn’t want to make was
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great great grandpa John Blake lived in Clark County‚ Ireland. His family and him lived on a farm that they spent most of their time working on. Eventually they decided to immigrate to America‚ the main reason for this is because of the Great Famine or the Potato Famine. John had eleven siblings‚ the oldest named Bill‚ was in the army. One day when John walked into the house after doing chores‚ he saw a man hugging his sisters and John got upset‚ ran outside‚ and told his dad. John and his dad went
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The function of the moon in TAKETORI MONOGATARI ~The world on the moon and the world of human beings~ Introduction The moon can be found in many literary works‚ and it is an element full of literary and narrative quality. The moon in the Taketori Monogatari‚ which is considered the ancestor of Japanese Narratives by the Japanese renowned writer Murasaki Shikibu‚ is without exception an indispensable part. According to NI‚ Jin-Dan‚ in literature‚ the concept of foreign land
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bother you anymore‚ but at least they gave you supplies. I should vote against‚ your brain says. Again‚ it says‚ I should vote against. “Mr. Morton‚ are you for or against?” Against everything your thoughts tell you‚ you say: “For.” That vote by John Morton‚ my 8th great-grandfather‚ provided the swing vote that caused Pennsylvania to ratify the Declaration of Independence (Mouser‚ David). That is one of many interesting stories of my family’s past. I’m Isaiah Savage‚ and this is who I am. I decided
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