Whitney Houston is a star who has touched the hearts‚ and ears of millions of people. She is an American pop and R&B singer‚ actress‚ film producer‚ record producer‚ songwriter‚ and former fashion model. Her crossover success opened doors for other African Americans‚ particularly women‚ to find success in the music business. She is known mainly for her powerful‚ penetrating pop-gospel voice‚ but she has done so much more. She is extremely generous with her time and money and has shown a commitment
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the 22nd of November 1963‚ when President Kennedy was travelling through Dallas on a speech presenting tour. The president had previously been warned that the people of Dallas disliked him‚ and that the trip would be dangerous. Despite these warning‚ JFK saw it as a way to gain popularity and enhance his standing in the Southern states. As President Kennedy disembarked Air Force One‚ he was escorted into an open limousine 2nd from the front of the Motorcade‚ where he was to be driven to a conference
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JFK Saved the Day President John F. Kennedy was faced with tough decisions during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Many of his advisors advocated a military assault on Cuba. With the power of hindsight‚ we now know that any type of invasion would have led to Cubans retaliating with ready short range nuclear weapons. The theory of brinksmanship and MAD (mutually assured destruction) did not seem to discourage or dissuade the Cubans‚ particularly Castro. JFK’s decision to merely blockade Cuba and seek diplomatic
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Essay on Sam Houston HIST 1301 April 8‚ 2013 A Legendary Man After reading the book “Sam Houston and the American Southwest”‚ I have learned Sam Houston’s life experience and his great contribution to the development of Texas. It is him to make the Texas became independent from Mexico and refuse to be withdrew from the federal government. He was a congressman‚ senator‚ governor‚ president of the Republic of Texas and a hero. From his stories‚ in my view‚ he is a legendary and controversial figure
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Alliteration 5. Bold imagery 6. Audience analysis He had delegated his aide Ted Sorensen to read all the previous presidential inaugurals‚ with the additional brief of trying to crack the code that had made Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address such a hit. Fifty years on‚ the debate about whether he or Sorensen played the greater part in composing the speech matters less than the fact that it was a model example of how to make the most of the main rhetorical techniques and figures of speech that
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President Lincoln addresses the countrymen of the United States in his second inaugural address to discuss the closing efforts of the civil war and how the war should not go in vain‚ but that it should benefit the country and preserve the nation’s democracy amongst all the nation’s people. In his address he uses biblical references and literary devices to tell how he would ike the effects of the war to be progressive and not without reason‚ In lincoln’s opening paragraph he sets the tone for the
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Architectural buildings are an important part of art and life because they express human creativity and unique qualities. Notably‚ over the last one decade‚ architecture has gone through significant transformation. Nevertheless‚ despite how old an architectural design becomes with time‚ it retains certain qualities which makes it appreciate value (Bressani‚ 2014‚ 12). For example‚ old architectural designs such as enlightenment period buildings during the 18th and century are still being combined
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Cited: * Baker‚ Meredith. "Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder; Body Image; Skinny on a Weighty Issue." The Houston Chronicle 10 June 2008: 3-3. LexisNexis Academic. McKeldin Library‚ College Park. 9 June 2009 http://www.lexisnexis.com.proxy-um.researchport.umd.edu/us/lnacademic/results/docview/docview.do?risb=21_T6746998999&treeMax=false&sort=&doc
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Emma Watson’s address to the United Nations is extremely effective in drawing people in to her cause of supporting feminism. Watson’s emphasis on equality regardless of gender rather than one gender dominating the other. Her anecdotes about her childhood and decision to call herself a feminist connects with her audience and allows them to understand why they should support gender equality as well. By introducing her draw to feminism with these stories‚ Watson personally connects with the cause and
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changed my outlook on life. I worked with the Hydrocephalus Association in both eleventh and twelfth grade. The Hydrocephalus Association focuses on three things community‚ clarity‚ and cure. Hydrocephalus is a condition defined by an abnormal‚ excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within the cavities of the brain. Some people with this condition can live a normal life being unnoticeable while other have difficulties. The association works on awareness to find a cure‚ clarity in helping families
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