BIOGRAPHY OF GORDON NIXON BY: Mohit Agastya(300822554) Position/Title: Gordon Nixon is currently working as a director of BCE and George Weston limited. Gordon Nixon who was the CEO of Royal Bank of Canada gave up his position recently on August 1st 2014 and was succeeded by David McKay. Gordon Nixon was in the position of CEO for 13 years and built up the shares of Royal Bank to it’s peak as it was the strongest shares of all global banks.…
Today I will be informing you about Lane Frost. Lane was born on October 12, 1963. He was born in La Junta, Colorado. Lane’s parents were living in LaPoint, Utah at the time. So after lane was born they went back to LaPoint, Utah.…
Speech In January 1944, a 17-year-old Navy seaman named Nathan Schnurman volunteered to test protective clothing for the Navy. He was told that it was safe he was just Following orders, he wore a gas mask and special clothes and was escorted into a 10-foot by 10-foot chamber, which was then locked from the outside. Sulfur mustard and Lewisite, poisonous gasses used in chemical weapons, were released into the chamber and for one hour each day for five days, the seaman sat in this noxious vapor, on the final day he became nauseous, his eyes and throat began to burn, and he asked twice to leave the chamber. He did want to leave but he was ordered to stay.…
Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain received 120 mutineers, who were brought into Colonel Chamberlain’s camp. These mutineers had signed up for three years in the war, but they disbanded their regiment because of the lack of men and additionally, these men wanted to go home. These men were sent to the colonel, under guard, because he was the only other main regiment. Colonel Chamberlain was told to shoot any of the men who were not willing to fight under the colonel’s own brigade. Colonel Chamberlain had to convince theses men to join his regiment and continue to fight in the war.…
In her speech addressed to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, Florence Kelley reveals the dark truth of children who are underage working. Kelley reveals that not only are they working, but they are working tirelessly for the luxury of citizens. In her speech, she states facts about the amount of children working and where, reveals the horrible truth of the matter and plants guilt inside the audience, and asks questions that incite motivation to act upon child labor. Kelley influences her audience by making a call to action for the sake of the children.…
Vietnam Veterans Against the War On April 23, 1971, John Kerry spoke to the Senate Committee of Foreign Relations about Vietnam War veterans that were testified to committed crimes. Kerry believed that the war was wrong and he stated that soldiers had committed atrocities during the war (Newsmakers). The war was between South and North Vietnam, which lasted from 1957-1975. The United States supported South Vietnam and a Communist-led insurgency supported North Vietnam (Dictionary of American History).…
Dear ladies and gentleman of the jury, we have come here today to asses the case of the “Scottsboro Boys.” These clients are undoubtedly innocent, they just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. It is very crucial for the Supreme Court to hear this case, for it is very unconstitutional and all the convicted deserve a fair trial. The prosecution had interesting evidence pointing towards the guilty verdict.…
Look around, have you ever realized how privileged you are? How you can walk into school and never have to deal with racism? You get to talk to your teacher and not feel like race will impact his/her answer. In Little Rock, Arkansas in the year 1957, sadly things were like this, African American kids could not enjoy school with other children of different races. This was the sole purpose of our entire unit.…
General Purpose: To Inform Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the most popular JFK Conspiracy’s Theory’s. Central Idea: The top 5 conspiracies are the Soviets did it, the Mafia did it, the Cubans did it, Lyndon Johnson did it and the CIA did it. Introduction I. November 22, 1963; anyone recognize this date? It was the day that John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas.…
The freedom citizens in the United States is what sets the country apart from many others. This freedom, however, did not come easily. Many U.S. citizens were more than willing to risk their lives for the future of the country. But was all of that sacrifice truly worth it if the only citizens that gained freedom were white males? The United States eventually, however, reached a point where it would allow all races, gender, etc., equal freedoms.…
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson. Well i am here to tell you that he was one of the many Civil Rights Activists. Lyndon B. Johnson was born on August 27, 1908. In a small town called Stonewall located in Texas. But was raised in a small farm house.…
It was a beautiful day as the wind blew the clouds through the bright blue sky. ”I was just crowned King with George Washington in 1234. Logan said,”Finally my dad can buy me a lot of stuff.” George Washington said,”Now don't get ahead of yourself.”…
Interviewer- Welcome to ‘Rear Vision’. I’m your host, Kellie. Today we're here to discuss the battle fought by our brave Australian soldiers in 1942 on the Kokoda Track. It is important to remember this event as many people gave their lives for us to be free.…
The speech titled “Every Man a King” by Senator Huey P. Long discusses his plan to redistribute wealth in the United States. He used hyperbole, allusion, and rhetorical questions, along with appeal to faith and argumentum ad numerum to create an image of an intelligent and relatable figure. The use of these rhetorical techniques and logical fallacies allow him to convince the audience to side with him and trust him as a man. Senator Long utilizes rhetorical questions in an effort to have the audience think about the distribution of wealth and the poverty issue in the United States. While discussing the unfair and immoral distribution of wealth among the nation he mentioned, “Is that a right of life, when the young children of this country are being reared into a…
From the beginning of recorded history, speeches have a tendency to be influential as they connect with their audience and illicit a specific thought or emotion. Continuing this custom, writer David Foster Wallace delivered his compelling commencement speech aptly titled, “Commencement Speech,” to an audience of students at Kenyon College in 2005. His purpose is to make the audience aware of our ‘default-setting’ of thinking. His ability to connect with his audience via word choice and the examples of everyday life he provides, proves his speech to be effective.…