“President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino” María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco Aquino (January 25‚ 1933 – August 1‚ 2009) was a Philippine politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines‚ the first woman to hold that office‚ and the first female president in Asia‚ though not the first female Asian head of state. Aquino was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution‚ which toppled the 20-yearauthoritarian rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy to
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102 02/17/2014 President Barack Obama’s speech on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington President Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th and current President of the United States‚ and the first African American to hold this office. President Obama gave a speech following remarks at the “Let Freedom Ring” ceremony to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington on August 28‚ 2013‚ at the Lincoln Memorial. President Obama gave this speech to remind Americas of
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A President for the People The future of the country and its citizens lies in the hands of two very qualified candidates. President Barack Obama and his opponent Mitt Romney have been debating for the past few weeks to convince voters far and wide as to why they would make the best‚ future president of the United States. Both candidates have extensive experience in leadership‚ and both have very different views of how to run the country. From abortion laws to taxes‚ each candidate’s opinion on where
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Throughout President Franklin Roosevelt’s Pearl Harbor speech‚ he uses various devices to appeal to the audience listening. Although‚ the most effective excerpt from the speech is when President Roosevelt depicts the resilience and determination of the United States to fight back‚ both figuratively and metaphorically‚ “With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounding determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God” (paragraph 17). By accentuating the unity
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The speech at the Brandenburg Gate gave insights to what could happen if they took down the wall and connected the county as one. President Ronald Reagan gave a speech to persuade the people of the community to let it become one. This Would allow people to see their families‚ communicate and share ideas. Their was many efforts before this to connect the county but they were failed attempts. Reagan had a passion and motive to connect the parts. He was trying his hardest to make this possible. Reagan
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B) Analysis and comments on President Barack Obama’s speech ”Back to School” Education is one of President Barack Obama’s key issues. It is a very import factor in determining the rising generation’s competitiveness and more important a keystone in maintaining their position as the only superpower. Obama’s speech “Back to School”‚ which was held at Wakefield High School in Arlington‚ Virginia on September 8‚ 2009‚ is an excellent opportunity for the President to address students across America directly
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aspect that been discussed by Irina Rudyk in “Power Relations in President Bush’s State of the Union speech based on Critical Discourse Analysis is meaning. From this context‚ Rudyk analyse the choices of vocabulary employed by the speaker which is President Bush. Besides‚ meaning is also the presupposition on how the listener or the reader interprete the speaker’s speech based on their ideology on a particular matter such as in Bush’s speech‚ he talked about the enemy and the peacefulness for the sake
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government. The President of the Philippines is the head of state governing the country. According to the Philippine government‚ the office has been held by politicians who were inaugurated as President of the Philippines following the ratification of a constitution that explicitly declared the existence of the Philippines Philippine Presidents‚ which are locally known as "Ang Pangulo"‚ are the head of state and government of the Republic of the Philippines. Philippine Presidents serve a term of
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“The power of the president is limited to the power to persuade.” Discuss. (45 marks) Many people view the president as the all-powerful authoritative man who governs the country as he pleases from his oval office. However the president derives his power from constitutional authority. The president is required to influence those around him with political persuasion to achieve his political agenda. The president can’t simply wave his hand and demand changes in public policy and expect the governmental
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Presidents should have great characteristics. In my perspective they need to have a kind heart and a good personality. He/she needs to have a good thinking process and need to keep to their word. They also need responsibility for themselves and their country. Presidents do not have an easy job. They need to be responsible for the things that happen in our country. A president has a lot to learn when they start this job. They have to learn how to take care of a big country like ours. A president needs
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