Mikhail Lermontov

Ronald Reagan's most famous address is undoubtedly the “Tear Down This Wall” speech. In his oration, Reagan used bias to support his argument. Reagan tailored his speech towards his intended audience. His audience was filled by Western Europeans who agreed with him and Eastern Europeans who did not. President Reagan included facts to support his position. First he said, quoting George Marshall, “Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine, but against hunger poverty, desperation…

According to Bill O’Reilly’s and Martin Dugard’s novel Killing Reagan: The Violent Assault That Changed a Presidency, “Scores of police officers are called into line the route but cannot prevent the strikers from pelting the vehicles with rocks and bricks. Everyone on board is instructed to lie down on the floor to avoid being hit in the head by broken glass and projectiles.” The two authors later go to point out Reagan’s complete and utter hatred for the pro-communist protest by stating that…

Many dancers now are turned away because they are simply taller than the mandated height, sometimes they will be turned away based on their body types, yet having a thin body was a recent development by the famous George Balanchine. Commonly referred to as the ‘Balanchine Body’, this ideal body type that first began in the 1900’s shapes what we see as the perfect ballet body yet what is said and done in whispers behind closed theater doors, dressing rooms, and practice rooms, is often nowhere…

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…

The Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev was very different place than the Soviet Union under Mikhail Gorbachev. While these leader faced similar problems, their methods of repairing the Soviet Union differed greatly. While Gorbachev was open to change Brezhnev was very conservative and unwilling to reform. Brezhnev remained in power for eighteen year, but its was Gorbachev that completely changed the landscape of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union under both Gorbachev and Brezhnev faced…

and there are no Gods but... (Oniria pΣΝΒνΥ) I was the lonesome crewmember along a black dog in a spaceship travelling forlorn in the deafening and monstrous silence of the universe. At some point, the huge monitor, part of the central computer —or was it the dog?— asked me: Do you know my name?—and I answered: No—, next she asked: Do you know the dog’s name?—and I answered: No—, next she asked: Do you know your name?—and I answered No. Then, the computer, whose name I never got to know, but…

This excessively specific physique has become a sort of “job requirement” for ballerinas. Most are not born with the qualities that are required, meaning that they starve themselves almost to the point of death. These requirements do not make sense because in order for a ballerina to survive 8-hour rehearsal days, she must eat. If she doesn’t, she won’t be able to perform her best, and will in turn not look her best on stage. Weight and body image is something that Copeland, as well as many…

Motive For Murder: Boris Yeltsin and Mikhail Gorbachev disagreed on many subjects. The most prominent of these disagreements is the rate at which they wanted social reform to occur. Gorbachev prefered a slower pace to his reform, easing into it carefully. Yeltsin however, was very much the opposite and this caused conflict between the politicians, “Yeltsin proved an able and determined reformer, but he estranged Gorbachev when he began criticizing the slow pace of reform at party meetings,…

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…