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    Reagan’s second time going to Berlin and he is going to talk about the Brandenburg Gate to Western Europe. The reason that Reagan is talking to the citizens is because he wants the Brandenburg Gate to be open. He was trying to persuade Mr. Gorbachev to open the gate and tear down the wall. He just wants to see Western and Eastern Europe become open to each other again. Reagan was was hoping that he could get the gate to be open that way all of Europe would be one

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    cuts were reductions in welfare programs which was also a popular idea amongst Reaganites. But what is puzzling is that David Stockman held a large portion of the truth of these tax cuts from Reagan and the public. What would occur with the ERTA was a substantial deficit. This deficit was not the intent of Reagan. Reagan’s intent was that the tax cuts would allow the public to have more money. This additional money which would have otherwise been spent on taxes was supposed to be put back in the economy

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    Nasa Space Shuttle Speech

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    orbiter Challenger exploded just seconds after its liftoff killing all seven passengers on board. In the time of mourning following the horrific space shuttle disaster‚ President Ronald Reagan delivered a speech that offered condolences to the families of the victims from both him and the rest of the country. Reagan‚ first‚ was on live television to give a report on the State of the Union‚ but he found it necessary to acknowledge the tragedy that had just taken place. President Reagan’s strong use

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    been associated with various politicians. However‚ the rise of neoliberalism in 1970s is often related to British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and US President Ronald Reagan. The two leaders both strived to merge traditional conservative agendas with their economic neoliberalism. Nonetheless‚ the results were different. Reagan considered high taxes the main cause of poor economic performance‚ while Thatcher believed the cause was the growth of the money supply. Therefor the politician’s contradictory

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    main point of Ronald Reagan speech is to mourn about the tragedy of the space shuttle and how NASA can come back from that. Reagan uses the stretch and courage of the ones who died to draw the attention of the audience. Since‚ most people are looking for answers to how something like this happen‚ he really was able to grab their attention. The credibility and goodwill helped him‚ because some people were clueless they would have believed anything he said at that moment. Reagan mentioned the astronauts

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    the primary and only reason for the collapse of the USSR was caused due to these internal problems and cold war aggression such as the Reagan doctrine‚ the containment policy had no part to play with it’s collapse. However‚ this assertion in itself is myopic and fails to take into account the impact cold war politics such as the containment policy and the Reagan doctrine had on the USSR. Hence‚ this essay will argue that while the collapse of the cold war was caused by internal problems‚ such as

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    History 1302 Essay

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    current beliefs and morals. Contrary to popular belief‚ the following world leaders have a significant background that leads them to have marked the most negative impact in history since the beginning of the 20th century; Ronald Reagan‚ Osama bin Laden‚ and Adolf Hitler. Reagan (U.S 1981-1989) had to be considered the worst president of the United States because he not only tripled the national debt‚ gave rise to unemployment‚ and attacked the middle class‚ he also ignored AIDS and funded terrorists

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    In Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural speech‚ he states in paragraph 30 that “One nation‚ the Soviet Union‚ has conducted the greatest military buildup in the history of man‚ building arsenals of awesome offensive weapons.” In this statement‚ Ronald Reagan knew that he had to direct the United States’ Military in a direction that would equal or surpass the strength of the Soviet military and any future threat to this nation that would come. The balance of power here between both super powers of the

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    Cold War in 1980s

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    Olympics boycott by not to participate in the Olympics which held in Los Angeles in 1984. It is obvious that the Cold War effected many irrelevant events to political that makes the rivalry between United States and Soviet Union more tense. In 1983‚ Reagan first

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    Introduction The election of Ronald Reagan to United States presidency in 1980 marked a departure from big government and the rise of modern day conservatism. Characterized by lowered taxes‚ praises of the free market‚ and a strengthened military‚ Reagan’s presidency left a lasting impression that revolutionized what it meant to be conservative in the United Sates. Before the 1980 election‚ the Republican Party was greatly divided by fierce ideological warfare and marred by the persistent efforts

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