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“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it” - Douglas MacArthur. You must be able to risk things in order to have a gain. He was born on January 17, 1921 and passed away on March 6, 2007 at the age of 86. Louis Ted Seith was the commander of the 483rd Bomb Group which destroyed the only flying prototype of the Nazi Long Range Bomber and lots of fighter jets while more than 200 enemy fighters opened fire on the bomb squadron without an escort from ally fighter jets. He may have…

these values. The Bass’s Model of Transformational Leadership is one of the best ways to describe the style of the leadership within this organization. The Boss used charisma, power and inspiration to inspire his organization to follow his leadership. Al Capone was arguably one of the most famous American gangsters. During the prohibition era Capone led his organization to profit millions of dollars all…

Humans were created to do good and given the ability to reason right from wrong. The gift of our conscience is a beautiful thing. It is unfortunate that in our world many humans fail to love and fall victim to the many evils of this life. I believe that humans are bad because they are motivated by power and thus they become blood thirsty to acquire and retain it. William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies shows that humans are malicious through the murder of Simon (pg. 202). Simon was the…

good motives behind the government’s intentions to evoke the prohibition of alcohol, crime and corruption increased. A lot of organized crime blossomed during this time period due to prohibition. Money was placed into the pockets of Gangster’s such as Al Capone. Many police and public officials also were put into these crime…

Conspiracy theories have become almost a big trend in American culture. Many of these conspiracy theories relate back to the American government, and usually not in a good way. One of the most well known conspiracies is the Malcolm X assassination. Malcolm X was a prominent civil rights figure during the 1950s and 1960s. He fought for equality amongst White Americans and African Americans, which was seen as a threat by many White Americans. Although many believe Malcolm X was killed by his own…

In the article, “An Afghan American Speaks” by Tamim Ansary, he talks about how it was for him after 9/11 happened. How Americans were raged by the fact of how could someone want to kill so many people. Many Americans wanted to take all of their anger out by, “bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age” as Ansary says in his article. Ansary uses Pathos a lot throughout his article. Some ways that he uses Pathos in his article is at the beginning when Ansary states how he heard on the radio that…

The Roaring Twenties in the Great Gatsby By: Isaiah Aguilera The 1920s was a decade of exciting social changes and profound cultural conflicts. For many Americans, the growth of cities, the rise of a consumer culture, the upsurge of mass entertainment, and the so-called "revolution in morals and manners" represented liberation from the restrictions of the United States’s Victorian past. Sexual mores, gender roles, hairstyles, and dressing all changed profoundly during the 1920s. But for many…

Throughout time in History there have been major obstacles and setbacks in the development our country to expand our economy, and wealth to our greatest potential. However, we have met some complications from some other countries, and a strong opposing force or a terrorist organization whose goal was to weaken our economy and stop the Great Country of America. A major attempt at this took over half a century ago in the state of Hawaii at Pearl Harbor, which was bombed from Japanese fighter…

D.B. Cooper: The Unsolved Hijacking “Miss. You’d better look at that note. I have a bomb,”. This quote from Cooper is what began the infamous hijacking in 1971 (Gray). There is still plenty of debate about whether or not he survived the jump that enabled him to get away on that night. This debate stems from the plethora of facts that can back up either side of the story. Who knows how it has been over forty years with the case still open and still unsolved. Although it may never be proven…

Turning on the television at 10 o’clock for the evening news as you do every night. Except this time you see a catastrophe unfolding, deaths being committed as you watch the cameras rolling the horrifying footage. As I clearly remember as if it were yesterday, today I will discuss the tragedy that changed Paris forever. • II. Relevance to the audience: Have you ever had the pain of your stomach knotting up when you hear bad news, the death of a family member, or see a horrific car crash? This…