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    The Speech How are we going to protect our rights ? Discrimination is huge these days; it is calmer‚ but it was huge back then. In the past‚ African-Americans were only allowed to use specific water fountains and on the bus whites had to sit in the front and blacks in the back . The theme in the interview and the speech is that their needs to be a fight to make a change. In the past‚ white people were very powerful and had privileges that African-American people did not. This made African-American

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    Analysis of the Food Safety Modernization Act The U.S. Congress passed the Food Safety Modernization Act in December. The congressional process was neither fast nor pretty. First caught behind health care reform and then squeezed into the post-election congressional wrap up‚ President Barack Obama signed food safety bill in early January 2011. Long after the tortured process that produced the final bill is forgotten‚ the statutory language and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) implementation

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    Philippine Laws and Judisprudence Databank Philippine Laws and Judisprudence Databank . (n.d.). Retrieved March 25‚ 2013‚ from The LawPhil Project: http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2004/ra_9262_2004.html Rape Victim Assistance and Protection Act Dr. Emilia S. Visco March 26‚ 2013

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    the future. King’s speech can be separated into three main parts‚ past‚ present‚ and future. In these sections King used the same three strategies over‚ to make the speech easy to follow and understand. King uses anaphora‚ repetition at the beginning of a sentence to emphasize the past aspect of his speech. He repeats “One hundred years later‚” to show how racial segregation is still as much of a problem as it was a hundred ago. In the fourth paragraph of his speech King reminds everyone

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    duty‚ world leadership and dedication. These similar topics can be seen many times throughout the two speeches even though the speeches were made for different reasons. Pericles’s speech eulogized the Athenian soldiers who died in the war against Sparta in 431 B.C.E. and comforted their families. Whereas‚ Obama’s speech was written to address the state of the union and inform the citizens of the United States of tasks ahead to help improve the nation. Both speeches however‚ are still highly respected

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    Barbara Bush’s Commencement Speech Barbara Bush has a very good ethos as a writer. Throughout her speech she utilizes that‚ along with much pathos to help bring across her message: that today a new world is forming‚ and the students of Wellesley College are the future of society‚ so find where you think you fit in to society‚ not where others say you have to go. In her speech‚ Barbara Bush discusses how she went to the People’s Republic of China‚ which is where the future of society will be

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    generation. Three things influence a generation: an important event‚ an important person‚ and an important part of the culture. From the ‘80s there are three lasting definitions: Reagan’s “Berlin Wall!” speech‚ Ms. Howe (a progeny of the age)‚ and the popular music of the decade. The “Berlin Wall” speech is the most notable event of the decade‚ and its impact on global politics has lasted into the modern age. Ms. Howe grew up in the ‘80s and has thus been influenced by that age. What she does with her

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    should not be used in vain and those of royal blood and heavenly creatures are supposed to be superior to the common person in a way or another. Elisabeth‚ however‚ in her speech demonstrates to her nation that she considers

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    to be accomplished-- things that fuel our determination and strengthen our resolve. The two poems‚ “Speech to the Young: Speech to the Progress Toward” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “Mother to Son” by Langston Hughes are good examples of how poetry‚ too‚ can speak to a reader’s heart and mind and fuel their determination. “Speech to the Young Speech to the Progress

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    diametrically opposed at the outset of these occurrences. Brutus gives Antony the opportunity to make a speech at the funeral‚ however‚ we find him under some rather serpentine conditions. Fearing rejection from the Roman population for his actions‚ Brutus intimidates Antony‚ telling him that he may not pointing his finger at the conspirators‚ that he must not speak ill of Caesar‚ and to give his speech at the same pulpit. On the other hand‚ Brutus sets himself up to be able to say whatever he wants‚

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