The World's 10 Most Wanted

conducting hundreds of studies to try to unlock the key to being happy, it seems that the United States is still seeing a decline in happiness. The 2016 World Happiness Report found that there were “significant decreases” in American happiness over the past 10 years. With all of the self-help books that there are and how much people talk about wanting to be happy, it would seem like more people would have figured it out by now. When asked what people would wish for if they could have anything,…

cushions are listed for $65 and their vests are listed for $90, each of them being “the world’s first Coast Guard-approved, multifunctional personal flotation device.” Most of the sharks were skeptical about investing in their company because they only made $63,000 in the last 3 years due to the delay in the Coast Guard approval, but Kevin ended up making them an offer of $120,000 for a 33.3% stake in their company plus a 10% equity to pay Mark for his partnership, in which they gladly took…

this nation, where nearly half of all US households own at least one gun, nearly 30,000 people die from a gunshot each year. “A Dec. 10, 2014 Pew Research Center survey found 52% of Americans believe the right to own guns should be protected while 46% believe gun ownership should be controlled, a switch from 1993 when 34% wanted gun rights protected and 57% wanted gun ownership controlled. According to a Feb. 20, 2018 Quinnipiac Poll taken shortly after the Feb. 14 mass shooting at Marjory…

Jobs was one of the world’s richest men with a total of $31.8 billion. He was the prideful owner of Apple and even started at age 20 with some of his friends. Even though starting didn’t go so well he kept going and started growing. He also made a lot of brilliant choices to help him grow in more and more fame. Steve Jobs is an influential person because of his smart choices, his successful company, his work as a entrepreneur, and his determination. Steve Jobs had one of the most successful…

economies. He explains his claim using the “Lifeboat Metaphor” in which the rich nations represent the people on the boat. The poor, in contrast, are represented by the swimmers trying to climb on the boat. Hardin believes that taking in additional 10 people…

Obama’s Spill on Green Energy Eleven lives were lost; wildlife was coated in the millions of gallons of thick, black oil that was suspended in the Gulf of Mexico; and the United States wanted answers. Almost 2 months after the BP oil spill on April 20, 2010, President Obama addressed the United States concerning the disaster, and the country eagerly awaited what their leader would say. Obama’s goal was to tactfully provide information and a solution, for the present and future. As a televised…

be the best, one that could stand upright, fight forest fires, and be humanized” (“Task Force”). The larger the animal was, the tougher it would be to fight the forest fires. Smokey Bear was one of the forest animals that had all of the things they wanted, so he…

trusted men into powerful governmental positions. Corruptions like these frustrated Americans and the movie became a hit and landed as the #7 film of the decade, largely because the issue was current and intrigued the public. The frustrated public wanted to see a political figure who made a positive impact and did it the right way and for that reason, many people were intrigued by the fictional Mr. Smith, who faced corruption head-on in a young, strong and patriotic tone. Around the same time, a…

journey and began his talk by reflecting on his on journey of leadership. John went to college to become a lawyer and after graduating from law school, began his career as a lawyer. After 10 years however, John had an intervention in which he ultimately decided that his current career path was not what he wanted to do anymore. One week later, he had accepted a position at DuPont Pharmaceutical company and began to work for them, saying that sometimes you must move laterally to advance yourself…

Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace is best known as Ada Lovelace, a mathematician and the world’s first computer programmer. She was born on December 10, 1815 in Middlesex, England to wealthy, educated parents. Her father was the famous poet Lord George Gordon Byron and her mother was Anne Isabella Milbanke, who was well-educated and enjoyed mathematics and science. Ada was the only legitimate child of Lord Byron. However, she is said to have been abandoned her father and unfortunately, she…