Today I talked to my grandma Elizabeth Regan whose maiden name is Blake. I asked her some questions about our family history and found out some very interesting information. My great great grandpa John Blake lived in Clark County‚ Ireland. His family and him lived on a farm that they spent most of their time working on. Eventually they decided to immigrate to America‚ the main reason for this is because of the Great Famine or the Potato Famine. John had eleven siblings‚ the oldest named Bill‚ was
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It’s a Tuesday afternoon‚ a beautiful summer day and I just got off of a nine-hour work shift. Most of my friends made plans to go and enjoy their spare time at the beach‚ but I have to spend my off time working out and preparing for the upcoming football season in the fall. Why would someone choose to work out and to spend his or her summer vacation preparing for something that is months away? I’ll tell you why; it is for the love of the game. (Describe the love of the game) Being a college football
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perceived by many to be the ideal country. A land of opportunity where all your dreams can come true and as some say‚ “money grows on trees”. Although it is true that we project this image of ourselves as wealthy successful and happy to the world‚ in many cases it a false ideology that few can obtain. We base ourselves as a country on freedom and the ability to have control over our own lives. When in reality this is not entirely true. Some say that we have a paradoxical country and in order to assess the
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Bush‚ not known for his eloquent speaking‚ delivered a speech to the American people and the members of congress that would almost single-handedly get him reelected in 2004. The American people‚ including the congress‚ were eager for information and a direction to move the country past this terrible attack‚ which left the country frozen for a short period. Therefore‚ with the help of his advisors and a group of speechwriters‚ President Bush
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I have decided to write you wishing to persuade you into supporting my education. As I’m sure you are aware‚ I am student who genuinely cares about school. With that said‚ I have taken the liberty to only ask for you to add some well deserved ten extra points to my average grade in your class. I highly believe this is of your importance not only because it can be argued fair‚ but it can also can open many opportunities for me‚ a student who cares for its future. I am aware that grading follows
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India has formal diplomatic relations with most nations; it is the world’s second most populous country‚ the world’s most-populous democracy and one of the fastest growing major economies.[1] With the world’s seventh largest military expenditure‚[2] ninth largest economy by nominal rates and third largest by purchasing power parity‚ India is a regional power‚[3] a nascent great power and a potential superpower. India’s growing international influence gives it a prominent voice in global affairs‚
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declaring war upon the Japanese Empire. Each word in this memorable speech tugged on the emotions of the American people. His emotional and passionate appeal about his duty as President and former commander and chief showed while delivering this speech. In this rhetorical essay I will evaluate his effectiveness in persuading his argument as to why we should declare war on the Japanese Empire. President Roosevelt’s persuasion in his speech succeeds because the context‚ the different ways it is organized
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I’m suppose to be giving a short speach about the places of interest in Penang Island.Please help to correct any mistakes or give any of your ideas to make this more interesting . There are many interesting places in Penang Island.My family and I visited several of the interesting places there during the last school holidays.First we went to the Gurney Drive.The Gurney Drive is most famous for its hawker stalls offering a mouth-watering varieties of Penang specialties such as hokkien mee‚ asam
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Shrew & Ten Things I Hate About You Several hundred years separate ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ and 10 Things I Hate About You‚ are women represented any differently in today’s society? (M) Hello there‚ and welcome to S.A.S. otherwise known as the Shakespeare Appreciation Society. My name’s Mandella and we’re here live at Hathaway’s Theatre. Today we’re going to look at the differences between good ol’ will’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ and its movie adaptation ’10 Things I Hate About You’ and to help us understand
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The country of Jordan is located in the Middle East region of the world and lies at 31 00 degrees north longitude and 36 00 degrees latitude. Jordan is located just north of Saudi Arabia and is also bordered by the countries of Iraq‚ Israel‚ Syria‚ and West Bank. On a more common scale‚ Jordan is just a tad smaller then the more known country of India with 89‚ 213 total square miles‚ also having a 26-mile coastline. The land of the country is mostly dry desert climate in the east‚ with more of a
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