physically visited the area and makes the readers more sympathetic to his argument. When the audience is introduced to the value of the Arctic Refuge with a first-hand experience‚ they are more willing to cooperate and agree with Carter. Further into the speech‚ Carter gives examples of past presidents "both Republican and Democratic " who took steps in protecting the Arctic Refuge showing that "The extraordinary
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Worker from University of Tennessee. She is the Director of Social Services at North Mississippi State Hospital and has been working there for sixteen years. Her topic of the presentation was mental illnesses and schizophrenia. I really enjoyed her speech because I had little previous knowledge of mental illness. Even though I have taken a few classes that discussed the illnesses‚ I can understand better with stories or a way to imagine a situation and Debra provided that. Information that I thought
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Windsor Garden Club for hosting this event and inviting me and my fellow cadets to participate in this fine competition. Regardless of who wins‚ you’ve pushed us all to become better citizens by giving us this unique opportunity. I was asked to write a speech about myself but how can one articulate in words who one truly is and what they shall one day become. But‚ for the sake of concision‚ I’ll skip my childhood years and focus on what i’ve been doing in high school since it is most relevant to the brink
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"A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand" Abraham Lincoln June 17‚ 1858 MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION: If we could first know where we are‚ and whither we are tending‚ we could better judge what to do‚ and how to do it. We are now far into the fifty year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting and end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy‚ that agitation has not only not ceased‚ but has constantly augmented. In
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Ezenwa Emejuru Assignment 1 10/11/14 The speech Thurgood Marshall gave in 1987 was part of the constitutional bicentennial celebration. Politicians and Judges around the country were celebrating the "Founding Fathers" for their intelligence at writing a document that established the guiding legal principles of the republic for generations. But Marshall was one of the few people pointing out that the original constitution required numerous amendments‚ momentous social transformations‚ and came
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Inevitably‚ life as we knew it in America changed the moment President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his “Day of Infamy” speech. Although in the beginning the United States had long been divided on the issue of whether the country should stay out of the war‚ the nation was given no other option but to declare war on Japan‚ thus officially entering World War II. The country encouraged citizens to fulfill their patriotic duties by enlisting‚ women joined the workforce‚ citizen ultimately were urged to
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THE DAY THAT AMERICA GOT TRUMPED As his signature theme song from Air Force One plays in the background‚ Donald Trump treads on the podium for his victory speech. As he speaks‚ I put myself in his position‚ a billionaire‚ TV personality‚ real estate king‚ no direct political experiences‚ impudent‚ grandiose‚ has reputation for being a narcissist and misogynist and wondered is there any other way to become the POTUS against Hillary Clinton other than being Trump. It certainly didn’t work for Bernie
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COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN DR. JOSE RIZAL AND PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON A Research Study Presented to Ma’am Angeline Valdez of the Institute of Engineering‚ Information and Applied Technology Kalinga-Apayao State College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY By: Walid D. Barambangan September 10‚ 2013 I. Introduction Life of other people is great way of learning new good things in life especially the life of other heroes
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Mohandas Gandhi and Mao Zedong were two great leaders who succeeded in many ways by their actions and decisions. Gandhi was an Indian leader and Mao a Chinese leader. However‚ their approach to success‚ peace‚ and ultimately‚ a revolution‚ was very different. Mao favored peace through violence‚ and Gandhi favored peace through non-cooperation and standing up for what is right. He also believed that these changes will be accomplished by “conscious suffering”‚ was the way he put it. However‚ despite
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BUSE TOPALAN HIGH INTERMEDIATE R/W 10/05/14 TWO DIFFERENT CITIES IN TURKEY Istanbul and Ankara are two biggest and most important cities in Turkey. Both of two cities are substantial town in my country. They are also differ from each other regarding their role‚ their history‚ weather and style. Some may think that these two important cities could not be more different but they have very unequal roles. One of the difference between two significant cities are
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