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Many times when an American leader dies there is expected to be praise from within America’s borders, but when an important leader from another country praises the past president or leader it should be taken seriously. This leader believes that this leader from another country deserves to be praised. In Thatcher’s speech to the Americans she conveys the belief that their former president, Ronald Reagan, was an outstanding leader who was able to keep an optimistic attitude during tough times. She…

Edwin Hubble was an Astronomer and scientist who changed our entire cosmology and revolutionized the field of astrophysics. Hubble’s research helped to prove the universe is expanding and he also created a classification system for galaxies we now call the Hubble sequence. He has been called one of the most influential astronomers since the times of Galileo, Kepler and Newton.On November 20th, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, Edwin Hubble was born to parents John Powell Hubble, an insurance…

Defense and foreign policy was also an important issue during the election. Reagan had portrayed Jimmy Carter as being weak in these areas in order to win election in 1980 (Diggins 161). He used a similar strategy to try to paint Carter’s Vice-President as embodying a similar view. Under Reagan’s presidency defense spending had shot up dramatically Reagan’s first budget featured $36 billion more in defense spending than Carter’s, defense spending as a percentage of the budget had grown from…

The wife of the 40th president of the United States once said “As I’ve said before time is short, and life is precious. As Nancy Reagan continues to take on the legacy of her late husband Ronald Reagan she makes sure to capture the great things in life. Being an ninety­four year old is not easy for Nancy but she makes sure to take on the task of his legacy. Nancy Reagan was born July 6, 1921 in Flushing, Queens New York. Although her name given to at birth was Anne Frances Robbins. Later on in…

In June 1987, President Ronald Reagan gave a speech in West Berlin, calling for Mikhail Gorbachev, leader of the Soviet Union, to tear down the wall dividing East and West Berlin. Reagan's public speech was sincere and empathetic. He spoke of hope and freedom, and had a strong connection with his audience. Throughout his speech he truly showed the East his genuine concern for wanting to help them. His use of German phrases made it possible for people to empathize with him and feel his sense of…

In Margaret Thatcher's eulogy in honor of our former United States president Ronald Reagan, Thatcher describes to us that he is a great president, a great man, and a great American. Thatcher is very respectful throughout her eulogy and shows us a side to this that we would have probably never would have guessed. Thatcher calls Rageon by the name of “Ronnie”, in line 23 letting us know that she was very close to him. When Thatcher uses the word choice ‘Ronnie”, it shows how credible and…

This made him settle for his opponent George Bush after they had patched their political and personal differences. However, the phenomenon that can be considered as to have greatly impacted and propelled the rise of Reagan and to have shaped his presidency goes back to 1978. During this year,…

Most know Ronald Reagan best for his acting career and presidency, but not many look back to his past and sees how his leadership roles started early in life; which is where mine starts. Throughout my life, leadership has always been a part of me, I have always strained to help others and try to lead them the right way. Trying my hardest has helped me make a great impact to those around me by showing them what can be done. When I was in eighth grade, a new opportunity was given to my class to…

White Man’s Burden (1995), is a movie that was written and directed by Desmond Nakano, who is a third-generation Japanese-American. (Nakano, 2017). Nakano, born in 1953, was forty-two years old when the movie was released. Being a third generation Japanese- American, it is likely his grand-parents and/or his parents, or people they knew, were interned during World War II. That experience may have been a motivation for writing a story about race relations. The history of America is replete with…

My Voting Experience I can remember my voting experiences ever since I registered at the age of 16 in high school. What I mostly remember is when I was a young girl, I would accompany my father to the voting polls. I remember him saying how one of the important things for him to become a United States citizen was for him to vote; to have his vote count. He explained the differences in registering as a Democrat or Republican. Furthermore, he would say, “It is important to vote, because every…