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On 10 December 2014, Malala gave her Nobel Peace Prize Lecture in Oslo, Norway. According to Malala, the award is not only for her, but also for those “voiceless children” (Yousafzai), who don’t receive education. Malala is from Swat, Pakistan. Her name was inspired by “Malalai of Maiwand, who is the Pashtun Joan of Arc” (Yousafzai), and Malala means “grief stricken, sad.”(Yousafzai) She is the first Pashtun and the youngest Pakistani to ever receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She and Kailash…

Literature review Nelson Mandela was a South African leader. He succeeded to end apartheid and with the African National Congress (ANC), he was the first one who won the presidential election with black-African origin. Thus, Mandela received the Nobel Prize for Peace (Britannica, 2016). 27 years as a strong-willed prisoner (Shriberg and Shriberg, 2011, p. ) improved his personal development of forgiveness for his rivals, formed his strength and established supplementary leadership skills like…

Biography of Ronald Reagan In an apartment on the second floor of a commercial building, Ronald Wilson Reagan was born on February 6, 1911, in Tampico, Illinois. (Cannon) With his parents John Edward Reagan and Nellie Wilson Reagan, Ronald moved around to series of towns to finally settle in Dixon, Illinois, where he spent of his childhood. With a grade-school education, John cumulated the family income by opening a shoe shop, which got the family by. (Kengor) He was a visionary, but tough…

Mark Twain and Jack London’s San Francisco Earthquakes Earthquakes are devastating tremors that cause serious damage. Mark Twain and Jack London describe two earthquakes they witnessed in San Francisco. In Mark Twain’s essay, he uses a satirical and humorous approach when describing human reaction towards the sudden earthquake, through a first point of view, and carefully chosen descriptive words. Jack London, on the other hand, focuses mainly on the effects the earthquake had on the city.…

We also held a presidential election in school and Jimmy Carter won. While we walked to the polling place, he was telling me how important voting was for him and how his vote will count during this election and one day it would be important for me for vote as well. When we reached the polling place, my father…

As the 39th president of the United States, in my opinion, Jimmy Carter demonstrates qualities of a “great man” but at the same time, he struggled to respond to impressive difficulties, including a vital emergency and a high increase in unemployment. He revived U.S. relations with China and attempted progress with endeavors to deal with peace in the notable Arab-Israeli clash, however, late in his term a prisoner emergency occurred in Iran. Carter 's analysis of the country 's “emergency of…

to release the hostages as a punishment to Jimmy Carter for his support of the Shah, and others believe in the October Surprise Conspiracy Theory. An October Surprise is a political incident that is arranged before an election to try to change the results of it. In the October Surprise Conspiracy Theory, it is believed that Reagan's presidential campaign came to an agreement with Iran to stall the release of the American Diplomates to stop President Jimmy…

Psychological Effects of Metal For a very long time now music has been used in many different means, whether it be entertainment or therapeutic. From dancing to escaping reality, music has many effects on the mind. I believe that within these effects, music holds more positive growth than negative. But what are some of the effects and who do they effect the most? More specifically, what are the effects of the heavy metal genre? Dr. Katrina McFerran has stated “Most young people listen to a…

In 1980 Republican candidate Ronald Reagan assumed the highest office in government, that of the presidency, defeating incumbent president Jimmy Carter in a decisive victory that saw him win in forty-four of the nation’s fifty states. Reagan secured 51% of the popular vote, and 489 electoral votes, making it abundantly clear that the populist New Right movement that propelled his ascension in politics would usher in a new age of conservatism for the troubled nation. Reagan’s victory in the…

The 1980’s would forever go down in history as the decade America would find its self-identity. While economists and historians will show that it was the decade of great overspending and excess, America would find itself as the decade for American entertainment. movies, music, introduction to video games all being run by an actor out of Hollywood know as President Ronald Reagan. Meanwhile, in the Soviet Union or the USSR, Mikhail Gorbachev would take the head of the office in the Soviet Union.…