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    A role of an individual in society can be played many ways‚ one of them being that people should fight for their country. This can be exhibited in "Speech to the Virginia Convention" by Patrick Henry ‚where Henry believes his country should fight for freedom against the British. He is calling on the patriots of Virginia to arm themselves in order to be prepared to fight.. The author encourages this message by using emotional appeals and literary devices. In the text‚ the author exposes the audience

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    His Flight from Paris” on June 21‚ 1971‚ has a pretty straightforward title because this document is just that. The previous day the king and his family had tried to escape France‚ only to be discovered a day’s journey away from the border. In this speech‚ possibly given by an announcer on the square due to its lack of first person pronouns‚ the king gives his point of view about what he thinks about France‚ where it is heading‚ and what has happened. He tries to explain why he left. The king wanted

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    Research Paper The Patriot Act 12-10-08 Eng101:423 Argumentative Essay The Patriot Act America is based on two things: Blood and the Constitution. America is currently at war‚ fighting for our freedom. But what use is that if our Constitution‚ the very thing that grants us freedom‚ is no longer valid? Only five weeks after the September 11 attacks congress passed an act granting greater judicial power to information gathering agencies. The Patriot act‚ passed October 26 2001(New York

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    you regarding concern for the Kid-Safe Chemicals Act of 2008 to be reintroduced to Congress. The Act was introduced in May of 2008 but was not approved by Congress and has not received the recognition that it deserves. As a congressman you understand that the duty of Congress is to help make the United States a better place‚ placing priority on helping the people. The purpose of the bill was to do just that by amending the Toxic Substances Control Act to help decrease the exposure of children‚ workers

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    The Republic Act No. 10648 or the ‘Iskolar ng Bayan’ Act of 2014 has been signed by the President of the Philippines on Nov 27‚ 2014. This act seeks to provide automatic admission and scholarship for the top 10 graduated students in public high school. Although this act is valuable for it gives opportunities to poor scholars‚ I will show that it does not provide prominent access to all Filipino students because it is not beneficial for all‚ it is just an extenuate solution of the government‚ and

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    To view how Canadian legislation has treated rape is to look at the Canadian criminal code. It was only in the 1892 that the Canadian legislation pronounced the act of rape to be a criminal act. This is because before 1892 the act of rape was considered a norm. Members of the society could rape another member without dealing with the consequences‚ or a man raping his wife without dealing with the consequences. These actions were considered a norm before the 1892. It was also said that a man could

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    The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act‚ commonly called the Affordable Care Act or colloquially Obamacare‚ is a United States federal statute signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act amendment‚ it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965. The ACA was enacted to increase the quality and affordability of health insurance

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    Burkean Analysis of Colin Powell’s Dropout Prevention Speech Name George Mason University COMM200 March 5‚ 2012   Abstract This paper is a Burkean analysis of a speech given by Colin Powell at the launch of the America’s Promise Alliance’s Dropout Prevention campaign. Elements of Burke’s Dramatism theories are used to evaluate the effectiveness of Colonel Powell’s speech.   Burkean Analysis of Colin Powell’s Dropout Prevention Speech Rhetoric as the art of persuasion was a key concept

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    Truong Duong English 1301-034 MW: 1:30pm-2:50pm Assignment # 1 An Act of Vengeance by Isabel Allende Story of Vengeance Crowned with the Bloody Jasmines The story begins with Dulce being crowned Carnival Queen. Shortly afterwards‚ readers are introduced to the antagonist Tadeo Cespedes‚ and his history of violence. The senator had originating planned to take his own daughter’s life so that she wouldn’t fall into the hands of his murder. Dulce told her father that if she remained

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    Public Act 12-40 Public Act 12-40‚ was a law signed by Govern Malloy in July 2012‚ which proposes to stops with remedial or developmental courses. “The law gets rid of the classes now used to prepared underperforming students for college-level work‚ and replaces of them with the best of intentions‚ which has some educators‚ community leaders‚ and students worried‚” said Wayne Jebian from Capital Community College in Hartford. According to the research done by Hartford Board of Education 2013;

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