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    Grammy Speeches, toasts, special address, inaugural address, and retirement speeches. It is hard to imagine what these all have in common. All of these speeches are given only for special occasions. Speeches for special occasions are different from the other speeches discussed in the textbook. Special occasion speeches are help give the occasion. In chapter eighteen of The Art of Public Speaking Stephen Lucas discusses speaking on special occasions. Lucas breaks, special occasion speeches in too…

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    government and the allies, but also the enemies in the opposing trenches. Wilson’s Fourteen Points gave him acclaim around the globe, influencing people from all walks of life to sympathize with his ideas. This speech would prove to be a catalyst for peace discussions and the forming of the constitution of the League of Nations. Wilson brought together both warring coalitions to attempt and adopt a treaty, the Treaty of Versailles, attracting them with points directed toward both parties.…

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    allowed to go to school and they should stay home, Malala was infuriated, yet continued to go to school while risking her life. At seventeen years old, Malala Yousafzai has accomplished more than most people will in their entire lives. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition for her…

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    Analysis of Nelson Mandela’s Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son Hendry Mphakanyiswa the tembu tribe chief and South African farmer .Nelson Mandela later became the most prominent figures the leader of the fighting against apartheid. He also was the longest imprisoned member of the African nation Congress (ANC). As a result of his fighting and resisting to the white minority rules in and out of prison he was awarded Noble peace prize.…

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    Mother Teresa Goals

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    Mother Teresa In our world, there are many people who work to achieve justice. Most of those heroes do not think about themselves, they only think about others, and how they can improve their world and their society. Every one of them has their own way to help the people around them. They spend a lot of effort, money, time and for some even their life to make the world a better place for others. Some of them use their position to help people; others do not have anything except their…

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    public eye. Malala began to grow in momentum and her message reach more and more people. Her promotion of women’s and children’s education put her on national media, but it also placed her under the Taliban’s eye. After receiving the National Youth Peace Prize in December of 2011 she began to set out to create the Malala Education Foundation to help send girls that cant afford school, got to…

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    as we know them today. After five years of brutal and slow stalemate, American intervention finally broke the back of Germany. The abdication of the Kaiser and unconditional surrender of the Weimar Republic led to treaty negotiations at the Paris Peace Conferences in 1919. The world that Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, and other conference participants found themselves tasked with reshaping was in terrible ideological and political turmoil. War sickness dominated the popular psychology of…

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    Science and technology is always changing rapidly. Scientists are always going outside of the box to try to create new technologies and better ways of thinking to further how people perceive ideas. Sergio Sismondo states that “Neither science nor technology is a natural kind, having simple properties that define it once and for all. The sources of knowledge and artifacts are complex and various: there is no privileged scientific method that can translate nature into knowledge, and no…

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    and missionary who was raised in India and had dedicated her life to helping those in need. Mother Teresa’s acceptance speech was in front of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, King Harald, and other very important people. Her speech was about finding peace in the world and helping everyone that needs it. She started talking and making reference to God and her outfit went well with what she had to say. Her speech reflected her dedication to God as well as all the people she wanted to help out and…

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    Dylan Nobel Prize Essay

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    within the American song tradition '(Ritter. K, 2016). This is written for the general public of both Britain and America The purpose for this story in the Metro newspaper is to give the public of Britain the knowledge that Bob Dylan won the Nobel peace prize for literature of 2016. This has been done by a small article on page 25 of the newspaper. One of the facts used in the newspaper is 'Dylan 's songs Blowin ' in the wind and The Times They Are A-Changin ' became anthems for the US anti-war…

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