Sleepless in Seattle It is difficult to say at times‚ what exactly makes a movie great. I have found that the good movies are felt as you are leaving the theater. The audience should be able to feel and believe ‚ to some degree. When exiting a movie‚ I hope that I feel this way. Today‚ paying large sums of money for each visit to the theater is tough to keep up. The audience expects an extra special performance each and every visit. I want to feel good as I leave. This satisfies my willingness
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Leader of a Washington Native American tribe‚ Chief Seattle‚ sincerely explains Native American beliefs in a letter to President Pierce in 1855. Chief Seattle’s purpose is to inform and the President of fundamental ideas that remain honored by himself and Native Americans alike. He adopts a serious yet sarcastic tone‚ along with bouts of pathos to express to his audience the flawed logic of white imperialists. Chief Seattle’s noteworthy tone is cleverly spread throughout the letter‚ expressing love
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Sutton. Sean Sutton did not press charges‚ but Kemp decided to transfer to Trinity Valley Community College in Texas‚ but he did not play basketball for them. When Shawn Kemp was 19 years old he declared himself eligible for the 1989 NBA draft. The Seattle Supersonics drafted Kemp first round. Shawn was still young though and struggled to find his place in the NBA. He looked up to his former teammate Xavier McDaniel. Xavier mentored Shawn to help him find his place. Shawn Kemp‚ Nate McMillan‚ Ricky
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spirit my people may have passed but their souls stay among this beautiful land they love. Their ideas are alike with regard to believing in a higher power‚ but while Edwards is enforcing His strength Chief Seattle is wary and puzzled of his. They are also extremely different because Seattle still looks up to his Great Spirit for help in times of need such as when the White Man are moving them from their land‚ whereas Edwards is saying to fear Him‚ He is the only thing holding you from the pits
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Chief Seattle’s Letter "The President in Washington sends word that he wishes to buy our land. But how can you buy or sell the sky? the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water‚ how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle‚ every sandy shore‚ every mist in the dark woods‚ every meadow‚ every humming insect. All are holy in the memory and experience of my people. We know the sap
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On November 30‚ 1999‚ major governments met at a World Trade Organization (WTO)‚ ministerial meeting at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center in Seattle‚ Washington. During this meeting an enormous public protest took place in the streets of Seattle. The protestors were representing human rights groups‚ students‚ environmental groups‚ religious leaders‚ labor rights activists and members of numerous other groups. The groups were not only from the United States‚ but had come from all over
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voice of my father’s father” (Seattle 34-35). Man fails to teach their children to appreciate the air that their grandfather once breathed from and the land in which their great grandfather once walked on‚ the land he is now buried in. It’s hard to imagine the earth still in one piece without the devoted affection and veneration the earth waits to receive. Chief Seattle asks “If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of water‚ how can you buy them” (Seattle 2-4)? How does man dare to
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Article Rebuttal By: Nathan BUS/COM 275 According to The Seattle Times Editorial (2012) website a new Seattle Arena will cost too much tax payer dollars and could affect mobility in the city. It should be understood that the arena proposal uses no current taxes to support neither the construction nor the daily operational expenses of the arena. The tax dollars generated by the arena itself will be put toward paying the balance of the 290 million dollars in bonds. Therefore the arena will require
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oration to Governor Isaac I. Stevens‚ Seattle attempts to fight for equality for Native Americans despite their differences in social status with the Caucasians. Through the use of rhetorical strategies such as figurative language‚ organization‚ diction and tone‚ Seattle attacks the Governor’s malicious deeds‚ while at the same time praises him‚ and reminds him that the Native people‚ although presented as weak beings‚ are not entirely powerless. Seattle begins his oration by addressing the Governor
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coffeemaker. Howard Schultz joins Starbucks in 1982. While on a business trip in Italy‚ he visits Milan’s famous espresso bars. Impressed with their popularity and culture‚ he sees their potential in Seattle. He’s right – after trying lattes and mochas‚ Seattle quickly becomes coffee-crazy.But back in Seattle‚ the Starbucks owners resisted Schultz’s plans to serve coffee in the stores‚ saying they didn’t want to get into the restaurant business. Frustrated‚ Schultz quit and started his own coffee-bar
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