History Mary Cassatt On 1844 Mary Cassatt was born in Allegheny City‚ Pennsylvania to a well-to-do family. She shared the house her father built on Rebecca Street with her younger brother Gardner and her older siblings Lydia‚ Alexander and Robbie. Robert Cassatt‚ Mary’s father‚ was a successful banker and also Mayor of Allegheny City for a time. Mary’s mother‚ Katherine Cassatt was well educated for a woman in the nineteenth century‚ forever having to abandon nests she had only just made. Mary Cassatt
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The speech I will be critiquing is called how we are priming some kids to go to college and others to go to prison. The speech was filmed March 2015 and posted on Ted Talks on May 15‚ 2015. Alice Goffman an urban sociologist who spent six years in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood delivered the speech. Her background says that she sheds light on the justice system that creates suspects rather than citizens. Her introduction instantly grabbed my attention because of the subject and I related to
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I could not decide on what speech that I want to do. So I just picked a random speech. I choose the speech based on the gender of the speaker and the topic on the speech. The speech I am giving is 1988 DNC Keynote Addresses given by Dorothy Ann Willis Richards. Dorothy Ann Willis Richard was born September 1‚ 1993 in Lakeview‚ Texas. Dorothy died September 13‚ 2006; she was 73 when she died. She was an only child and grew up in Waco‚ Texas. She had graduates from Waco High School in 1950‚ and
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of the largest cosmetics companies in the United States‚ Mary Kay‚ Inc. specializes in the manufacture and direct sale of more than 200 products‚ including skin creams‚ cosmetics‚ fragrances‚ dietary supplements‚ and other personal care items. Its direct sales force consists primarily of women who sell full- or part-time through home demonstrations. As of 1999 the company operated in 29 countries around the world. Company Origins Mary Kay Ash founded the company that bears her name in 1963‚ after
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scrolling through Facebook when I came across a link that led me to Matthew McConnaughey’s acceptance speech for winning the Oscar for best actor in 2014. It was a fairly short speech‚ only lasting about two minutes and 30 seconds‚ but it left a lasting impression on me. There are many speeches that I’ve heard that have inspired me‚ but this particular speech struck a chord with me. After watching the speech‚ I felt motivated. I felt like Mr. McConaughey captured my motivations in life perfectly. He first
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Business Practices Visitor Attraction: The Real Mary Kings Close Private/Public/Voluntary Sector: __Private/Public_______________Location:2 Warriston’s Close‚ High Street‚ Edinburgh‚ EH1 1PGStar Grading: Opening Times:March 30th - October 31stMonday - Sunday10 - 21.00 (last tour)November 1st - March 29thSunday - Thursday10.00 - 17.00 (last tour)Friday & Saturday10.00 - 21.00 (last tour)Prices:Adult £12.75Child (5 - 15 years) £7.25*Senior Citizen £11.25Student (ID required) £11.25*
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On august 28‚ 1963‚ a civil right activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his most famous speech called “I Have a Dream” during the march on Washington. In his speech‚ Dr. King used many literary elements in order to enhance his speech. He included allusion‚ metaphors‚ personification and tropes such as anaphora‚ alliteration and rhetoric question. Dr. Martin Luther King began his speech with a personifications and metaphors. The first personification he used to describe what it was like
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bashed Obama’s Oval office speech. She stated‚ "I felt like he could give a s**t." She compared Obama’s speech to going to a dinner party with your parents and wanting to go to a party afterwards. She stated that Obama just wanted to get through the speech as quickly as possible so that he could attend the Kennedy Center Honors. Stacey said that she did not feel any passion coming from Obama. She also said that she did not feel any better after hearing the president’s speech. Additionally‚ Stacey stated
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his best effort into his speech to convince Congress to declare war on Japan. His many forms of rhetorical aspects appealed to Congress’s feelings. The speech had the impact on Congress that Roosevelt had hoped for. The was a near unanimous vote to declare war on Japan. There was one person who didn’t want to go to war no matter what‚ because she was a pacifist. Roosevelt’s speech was from his emotions rather than just doing what he had to do. When we gave his speech‚ he transferred his emotions
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MARY is driving CHARLIE to her farm an hour outside of Tweedbank which is located somewhere in the Scottish Borders to where her and her family live. MARY and CHARLIE are having a personal discussion. MARY Can you believe it‚ Rose has already done a year of university! CHARLIE Holy shit really?! The last time I saw her‚ she just finished her GCSE’s. Where is she at again? MARY She’s at Edinburgh Napier studying English Literature. CHARLIE That’s crazy. I really hope she’s enjoying herself. God knows
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