“Best part about being a former President is you do what you want to and if you don’t want to do something‚ you don’t have to.” Those were the words of former President‚ Jimmy Carter as he told a story of a young boy who told his father that he wanted to be a “former President.” Mr. Carter and his wife arrived at Grand Rapids Community College to speak for the Diversity Lecture Series to help welcome the 100th birthday of the institution. I personally had the privilege of attending this momentous
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Annotated Bibliography Air Force Association. (2001). Carter Doctrine. Retrieved from http://http://www.airforcemag.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2010/April%202010/0410keeper.aspx In late 1979‚ the US was shaken by Iran’s seizure of American hostages and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The latter event in particular was seen as a direct threat to Persian Gulf oil. President Carter‚ after a period of vacillation‚ used his 1980 State of the Union speech to lay out an explicit pledge to defend the
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Tom was not afraid to face this old man‚ who was now holding a cane. The doctor rapidly spun the cane in a circular motion generating a large whirling tornado. Tom‚ frightened‚ stepped back ready to run for his life. Doctor Carter now aimed it in his direction. The large gray tornado sucked up everything in its path‚ hurtling toward Tom‚ who stood motionless not knowing what to do. When the whirling column of air neared him‚ he realized that it was a horde of thousands of black
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When Rosalynn Smith was 17 years old she went on her first date with Jimmy Carter. They had grown up together in Plains‚ Georgia. Rosalynn Carter was born on August 18‚ 1927 in Plains. Her parents were Allethae Murray Smith and Wilburn Edgar Smith. She was the oldest along side her three other siblings. Her father passed away when she was thirteen years old. As a result‚ her mother took the job as a dressmaker to support the family‚ with Rosalynn at her side. After Rosalynn completed high
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BUSINESS PLAN GLOBAL MUSHROOM COMPANY LTD. -“quality first” MS in Agricultural Economics(Agribusiness and Marketing) MD. TAUHIDUL ISLAM LEVEL-4; SEMESTER-1 ID. NO.: 09 AEAM JD 03M REG. NO.:31636 Group : C DEPT. of AGRIBUSINESS & MARKETING BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY. MYMENSINGH BUSINESS PLAN SECTION 1:
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Individual loan section we have a bad slack for “Salaries overtime”. The company spends 7 times more than planned. The employers in the individual loan section work hard‚ take much overtimes and this influence to the performance of company. Also the company spent the money for “borrowed labor” that she doesn’t plan. In the corporate loan section we have a slack of 100% for “Salaries part time” and “Salaries overtime”. The company don’t use the budget for these 2 costs. Mr. Somersby might control
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wish to investigate during my undergraduate years is the lack of equal pay for equal work in American society. In 1963‚ John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into effect‚ making it illegal for employers to discriminate on the basis of sex. Back then women were paid an average of 59 cents for every dollar that a man made and President Kennedy was attempting to shrink the gender wage gap. Unfortunately‚ his attempts for equal pay have not proven entirely successful because currently women are being
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specifically examine the company Forced Entertainment. It will explore one of the company’s performances‚ Club of No Regrets‚ which premiered in 1993. This performance will be analysed specifically in relation to postdramatic theatre. A theatre company that works within the postdramatic scope is Forced Entertainment. The company consists of six ensemble artists‚ who began working together in 1984 (Forced Entertainment 2011a). Tim Etchells‚ the artistic director of the company‚ explains how Forced
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My interviewee was 56 year old Don Carter who was born and raised in Bentonia Mississippi. Bentonia is a rural are in Yazoo County off highway 49. This small town was once the place where drug dealers lived‚ gangs fought‚ and prostitutes made a living. But Don Carter brought about a total change and brought this community peace and safety. During the interview the question was asked “What was Bentonia like when you were coming up or what one of your best memories is?” Don started to go into a daze
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U.S. President Jimmy Carter creates a moving argument to urge Americans to support the preservation of America’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in order to protect "America’s last truly great wilderness" from oil drilling. He builds his argument by starting off with a first-hand experience‚ pointing out other sources of support‚ explaining the harmful effects on the native people‚ and gives the audience a clear list of benefits for preserving the refuge. Carter begins with an anecdote of his camping
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