Mikhail Gorbachev

Margaret Thatcher was Great Britain’s former prime minister and in 2014 on June 11th, she delivered a eulogy in honor of Ronald Reagan to the people of America. She had worked closely with President Reagan throughout his presidency. [D1:Rephrase] Margaret Thatcher used several techniques in her speech to help prove her point. The top three techniques that Thatcher used that jumped out the most\were the many quotes from Ronald Reagan, a few examples of pathos, and a majority of the speech was…

Former Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Thatcher, delivers a powerful eulogy to former President Ronald Reagan. In her eulogy she cherishes the greatness of her dear friend, Reagan, and she celebrates the astonishing achievements that Reagan accomplished. Thatcher uses a plethora of rhetorical strategies such as repetition, exaggeration, and she also creates a sense of pathos to the audience. Margaret Thatcher employs the use hyperboles throughout her whole speech. She says "When the…

By 1989, a dozen major issues existed that led President Gorbachev to introduce the reforms of perestroika and glasnost. These reforms failed, and within a few years, the entire Soviet Union broke apart into various nations across Eurasia. In some circles, the Soviet collapse was blamed on Gorbachev’s poor and hesitant leadership. Despite Gorbachev’s leadership being a contributing factor, several other significant issues remained. To supplement the readings, we played a political game to…

Gorbachev became involved in the conflict because he did not want to get into an arms race with the United States that he could not afford. President Reagan became involved in the conflict because he wanted to destroy communism. Reagan’s goal was to spread freedom around the world by opposing the spread of Soviet-backed Marxist regimes and stopping containment of Soviet communism (Reagan Doctrine). The strategy was simple: “We win and they lose.” Reagan did not believe in co existing with…

reforms that would include some democratic forms of ideas. One man by the name of Mikhail Gorbachev would become the leader of Russia, while in office he would make several important reforms. Mikhail Gorbachev would learn about the Soviet Union’s system and its problems, he would then quickly work his way into the party. It was his goal to bring change into the Soviet Union which he would succeed at doing. Mikhail Gorbachev would create reforms that he hoped would help save the Soviet Union;…

Soviet Union was Mikhail Gorbachev. As a member of new and modern generation, his agenda was to make some reforms to communism party. These ideas were to modernize the communist party and the way the government works. The policy of reconstruction of government was called “Perestroika.” The key points of this process were to bring the country to a new level of foreign relationships and let people to have more freedom on home front. According to politicians “By 1988… Gorbachev had demonstrated…

enough to keep the government going. The eventual downfall of the Soviet Union’s communist government in 1991 has several sources, including tensions from different ethnicities, economic downfall, and the Cold War, but the key factor was one man: Mikhail Gorbachev.…

I’m not built for ballet. My frame is well suited for soccer and other sports that involve strong legs. But I love ballet. At young age, I excelled at swimming and was even offered a spot on the local team but it wasn’t for me. I joined soccer but the schedule was grueling. I still wanted ballet. One day my mom was walking by the store Fat Albert and turned into the wrong door. That wrong turn changed my life. My mom had accidentally walked into the dance studio that became my second home…

Misty Danielle Copeland was born on September 10, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. Even though she was born in Kansas City, she was raised in San Pedro, California. Misty was very late in starting ballet studies, but it didn’t stop her. Usually, ballerinas start studying when they are three or four, but Misty was thirteen when she took her first ballet class. When she unlocked the magical world of ballet, Misty was coping with the fact she was living in a shabby motel room with her five siblings…

On December 6th, I saw the Moscow Ballet 's Great Russian Nutcracker at the Miller Auditorium in Kalamazoo, MI. The Moscow Ballet was on their 2016 National Tour. The choreographer Stanislav Vlasov, former soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet. Stanislav Vlasov reimagined the ballet and showcased his own view of the Great Russian Nutcracker. It was practically special because Western Michigan University symphony orchestra had the opportunity to play along side of the dancers. Throughout the ballet,…