I’ve learned that Ronald Reagan was a good communicator, which helped him to persuade his audience. Reagan didn’t just inform his audiences, yet he was trying to gain their trust to them. He failed to achieve that with that with the minority of electorate, but he was able to gain the trust of the majority of the electorate. His credibility made him successful in communicating his message because of his personal and professional relations. Also his rating shows that he was a really famous and…
Condoleezza Rice was the first African American woman to become Secretary of State. She is also a renowned political science professor at Stanford University and a concert pianist. With hard work, dedication, confidence, and support, she became one of the most successful politicians America has ever seen. Condoleezza Rice’s success story is interesting because various aspects of her life prove many of Malcolm Gladwell’s theories, including the Matthew Effect, The 10,000 hour rule, timing,…
George Walker Bush was born on July 6, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was the son of George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. George was the oldest out of five siblings. He was from a very wealthy and powerful family. His father was the 41st president of the United States. His mother was a warm and loving homemaker. George was a typical boy in his early years. He did not do well in school and often got into trouble. In fact, he did so poorly in school that at times he thought he would…
Actor and TV legend Dick Van Dyke just endorsed Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders. Related; Did Ron Paul Just Endorse Bernie Sanders? Why is this important? Well for a couple reasons. For one Van Dyke is 90 years old and because he has been around and in the entertainment industry for 70 plus years he has seen his fair share of corruption and chicanery inside and outside of the industry, and maybe more importantly this is the first Presidential candidate Van Dyke has felt…
George Herbert Walker Bush, who was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to Prescott Bush and Dorothy Walker Bush, is a member of the Republican party. Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. He was also a two-term U.S. vice president under Ronald Reagan, from 1981 to 1989. His career was viewed successful in foreign affairs but a disappointment in domestic affairs. Bush was unsuccessful because he failed to persuade the Americans to give…
A Day with a President The president of the United States is a powerful and important position to fulfill. Past presidents of the United States have many interesting facts that occurred while in office. A president that America viewed as one of the greatest presidents was Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, is a president that one would choose to spend a day. Ronald Reagan would be the best president from the past to spend a day with for the following reasons:…
There have been many great presidents over the years. One could say that George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and George H. Bush are among the greatest. However, many people over the years have decided that Ronald Reagan shaped this nation into what it is today. In this great president’s childhood, many people knew that he was a special kid simply because of how good of a person he was. He grew up being chubby with the nickname “Dutch”. His parents owned a small farm in Illinois, where Reagan…
Andrew Barr was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 10 December 1915; he had a twin brother, Jack. The family moved to Australia when the boys were six. Growing up in Melbourne, Andrew attended Kew Public School and played Australian rules football. He was also the Victorian Schoolboys' 100 yards athletics champion three years in succession, from 1926 to 1928. In 1931, aged fifteen, he began his association with the Lord Somers Camp and Power House social and sporting organisations located at…
If I had the opportunity to go shopping with an unlimited amount of money to spend, I would want to go to Minnesota. In Minnesota they have the Mall of America, but they also have other malls that I could shop at. I would want to travel with my mom and my sister in law, Kelsey. Even though I would have unlimited money, that is not what this trip should be all about. I should focus on the good times that I have with my family. The first place in the Mall of America that I would approach would be…
In the post-war time, the United States were facing a period of flourishing, economic growth, and the consumer prosperity. However, the period of wealthy life came to its end in the 1970s, and many people became poorer than they were a decade before. Under such conditions, it was necessary for the authorities to introduce a new system of American life. With respect to this, Ronald Reagan who gained the victory in the elections of 1980s started a new era in the history of the United States called…