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    Rhetorical Analysis of Clinton’ Speech On April 19 in 1995, America has witnessed a tragic act of terrorism- the bombing of federal agency building in Oklahoma- in which 168 people died, and hundreds of individuals were injured. For the US, where people rarely doubted their security, this act of terrorism was a big loss. Families of victims and citizens of America were hurt, desperate, and heartbroken, and of course the US Government feared that this incident may contribute to loss their…

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    building was located at 200 N.W. 5th Street in Downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was designed by an architect named Wendell Locke, Locke worked for Locke, Wright and Associates. The building was built using reinforced concrete and was built in 1977. The cost of the whole building process was fourteen and half million dollars. The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was the target of the Oklahoma City bombing that occurred on April 19, 1995,…

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    The Oklahoma City Bombing happened on April 19, 1995. This terrorist attack was the worst terrorist attack to happen before 9/11. The truck was packed with 4,800-pounds of explosives which consisted of diesel-fuel and fertilizer (ammonium nitrate). The bomb was detonated on April 19, 1995 just outside Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City shortly after 9am (Nacos, 2016). This catastrophic blast killed one hundred sixty-eight people and injured hundreds more (Nacos,…

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    Domestic Terrorist

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    In today’s society, there is more and more Americans who are joining terrorist groups. Therefore, the US government need to become more vigilant and understand the reasons as to why these individuals are following extremist groups. Instead of Americans concentrating of Muslims who wear turbans in American, the Federal Bureau of Investigations should also look at every day American men and women of all colors of skin. Although there are many reasons as to why Americans may become a home grown…

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    On April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m. Timothy McVeigh went into the annals of history for committing the single largest domestic terrorist attack in the history of the United States, killing 168 people – 19 of which were children. He was later captured that day by an Oklahoma State Trooper when he was stopped for driving a vehicle without a license plate and being in illegal possession of a firearm, then developed into the suspect of the event, indicted and convicted. On June 11, 2001, at 7:41 a.m.…

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    rehabilitative and deterrent concerns would not be attained if the juvenile court retained jurisdiction, it was imperative for the case to be waived. Typically, judges would seriously consider the offence committed, the age or maturity, and the previous history of the offender prior to waiving the juvenile to adult court. Therefore, in consideration of the three waivers, judicial waiver and the status of Roper v. Simmons’ case presupposes judges were the only ones in the best position to…

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    Ted Kaczynski's Suicide

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    After Kaczynski graduated from the University of Michigan, Kaczynski taught at the University of California, but according to Maria Haberfeld, author of A new understanding of terrorism, Haberfeld notes that “Kaczynski continued his pattern of having limited contact with others at Berkeley” (Haberfeld, 2009, 38), which furthered Kaczynski’s isolation patterns. In 1969, Kaczynski inexplicably resigned his teaching position with the overriding concern that technology was to enslave mankind. In the…

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    The complexity of world history spans from the multiple tiers of information collected over many years. The subject of world history has caused much controversy and has kept educators and scholars deciphering content. The controversy has kept educators wandering what to teach and how to teach. This broad subject holds educators to an extremely high standard which they must not fall beneath; teaching philosophies and lesson plans must meet each standard. An educator is responsible for their…

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    What makes a criminal? What makes someone intentionally want to cause harm to other people? The type of environment a person grows up in could dictate whether or not they become a criminal. If a person grows up in a home where criminal behavior is normal, and they become desensitized to that type of behavior, they may grow up believing there is no harm in it. If you look at a criminal’s background, they normally don’t come from a happy home. Drug addicted parents, and police constantly showing…

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    item that I planned to mention. I could hear the clicking, clattering, and chattering of the employees as they prepared for the day ahead. I loved my job as the head of the Federal Employees Credit Union at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and had looked forward…

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