Asare 1 Charles Asare English II Mr. Phillips 29 October‚ 2013 The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded in a ball of fire less than two minutes of launching resulting from a gas tank leakage. The disaster was broadcast live on broad day light news stations across the nation. The Challenger‚ as it is popularly known among all other space shuttles was the first to explode. America was terrified by the horrible incident as it was the first time US astronauts
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office in 1981‚ the state of the United States economy was in dismal shape. The high unemployment of mid 1970’s seemed to be on the way down‚ but because of an unnaturally low Federal Reserve’s interest rate‚ inflation was out of control. By the time Reagan got into office‚ the unemployment rate in the country had increased from a low of 5.8% to 7.6% in 1981. Although the country was experiencing an increasing unemployment rate‚ the inflation rate was skyrocketing above 14% for multiple months in 1980
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Analysis of Steve Jobs Commencement Address Known as one of the greatest innovators of this time; Steve Jobs‚ had no problem establishing his credibility and convincing his audience that life should be about following their heart and finding what they love to do. Steve Jobs’ speech was effective in motivating Stanford’s graduating class and encouraging them to listen to their heart. I am agree with the speech that he gave to the students because we only live once and our goal in this universe it’s
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disaster due to error in engineering design. The example we focus on was the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster in January 28‚ 1986. It was a disaster that really touch the public. Unfortunately‚ all the seven members of the crew including the teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe died. She was the first civilian astronaut from the President Ronald Reagan project the TISP: Teacher In Space Program. The Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA’s second space shuttle orbiter to be put into service. The shuttle also called
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The Challenger disaster is a prime example of poor leadership and Groupthink. When examining the disaster that took the lives of 7 people‚ this occurred do to multiple forms of neglect and pressure felt by leaders (UK Essays‚ 2015). This disaster occurred due to numerous defects within NASA’s engineering leaders‚ pressure from the media‚ public opinion‚ and the relationship with leaders at Morton Thiokol‚ makers of the defective O-rings that ultimately destroyed the Challenger into pieces (Dimitroff
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Angelina Jolie uses about three rhetorical devices. Throughout her speech to the UN Security Council in 2009. She uses anaphora‚ imagery‚ and anecdote in her speech to prove to the council on why the need to shift their focus onto helping Syria. By using all of these devices throughout the speech‚ it creates a certain feel to have people want to go out and help. Make them want to volunteer their time and stand up for the people of Syria. By using imagery Jolie demands that the UN helps Sryia
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defined as a “situation where one is forced to choose between two alternatives which both alternatives can be unfavorable” (p.4)‚ and using depth to answer the question it was simple. I‚ like Reagan‚ needed to do what right so I could generate a safe aircraft and potentially save American lives in the process. There are traits in a leader like Reagan that I want to emulate. These traits encompass being able to make a tough decision when it really counts. In the end‚ we changed the broken part
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Caessar Saldana Jan 30‚ 2013 Lit Comp AP Brown-Pd. 5 Rhetorical Analysis on the Second Inaugural Address of President Barrack Obama Barrack Obama’s inauguration speech successfully executed crafty rhetoric to ensure our country that we will be under safe hands. The speech draws from ideas straight from the founding documents and Martin Luther King’s speech to establish ‘our’ goal to join together and take action on the many problems facing our country. As President Barrack Obama begins
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Trump delivered his first State of the Union address. A large portion of his speech was devoted to the controversial topic of immigration reform. A careful analysis of his remarks reveals that he does not want undocumented people living in America. Although he does squeeze in some ideas that will allow a limited amount of immigrants to receive citizenship most were ideas to them keep out or severely hurt their chances. Trump uses a series of rhetorical devices to label undocumented immigrants as bad
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Reagan was ideological. He liked to delegate via his cabinet. He was a staunch anti-communist and wanted to place the pro-American spirit back into the people. He told his cabinet what he wanted done‚ and they did it their own way to get there. He not only increased the defense budget‚ he doubled it. Reagan was a realist. He supported rebels fighting communists known in the Reagan Doctrine. He was also around during the red scare‚ influencing his beliefs as well. He believed in returning to containment
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