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    think that it would be a Vice Presidential candidate who wrote it? Richard Nixon had created a speech, in which, he put several personal facts about his life, the allegations that were put against him, and how he was inspired to make the speech; This speech had awed all the people who tuned into watch it and helped clear his name entirely. Nixon had begun the speech with the phrase of “My fellow Americans” (“American Rhetoric: Richard M. Nixon”), and this phrase had lived on after the speech to…

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    The Cuban Missile Crisis

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    1. Discuss the Cuban Missile Crisis. Outline what occurred, the outcome, and why it was significant in the mindset of the country. How does it affect national policy regarding the U.S.S.R.? The Cuban Missile Crisis began on the 16th of October 1962 when aerial photographs of Cuba were delivered to President John Kennedy showing possible military camps with missile sites and medium range missiles. The Cuban government was being run by a pro Soviet regime dictator named Fidel Castro. Castro had…

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    because they know that science cannot answer everything that occurs in the world. In mainstream culture people look for easy answers and quickly make those their own since those beliefs seem right. Once one person believes a certain idea, like those of Richard Dawkins and other “new atheists” it usually just becomes a cycle of more people believing those easy answers to big questions to be…

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    Imagine reading a book detailing the senseless slaying of four innocent lives and actually feeling sorry for the brutal killers. The book In Cold Blood by Truman Capote illustrates the murdering of the Clutter Family. The book appears to be a tell all about the killers’ and how their backgrounds and family history played a key role in how they got the title of cold blooded killers’. The Clutters were what some would call the perfect american family. They seemed to have everything that anyone…

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    Jfk Screen Personality

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    strong “screen personality” to build positive images and win public support. Kennedy’s victory in the first debate was indicative of Lubell’s assertion. In essence, Kennedy was an actor. His campaign’s Brain Trust, consisting of Ted Sorenson and Richard Goodwin, urged him to entice voters with his intellect and charm. Kennedy did exactly that. He won by putting forth a charismatic, knowledgeable, and vigorous screen personality that transcended his youth and separated him from Nixon. One way…

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    Norma Rowe Oral History

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    Oral History Project Norma Rowe was born in the early 1940s in Missouri. When she was a very young child, she moved to southern Indiana. She was interviewed about her life in the 1950s and 1960s. She discussed as much information about the topic that she could remember, The 1950s and 1960s were a very eventful time for all Americans. When she was a young adult she experienced events such as John F. Kennedy’s election and assassination. She also experienced how entertainment changed and…

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    Savanna Walker, Assignment 8, July 11,2017  "Eisenhower Diplomacy: Guns, Butter, Nukes, and Space" In the Introduction lesson, the thesis seems to be that Eisenhower was so effective in the use of his power and influence that he managed things such as: a balanced budget, keeping the economy stable, the containment of communism, and ending the war in Korea. In 1952, Eisenhower only spent about 1/10 of our annual budget and the Soviets had spent so much money they had to choose between guns or…

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    As a teen, watching scary movies with friends is exciting and fun. After the movie, my friends and I joke around trying to spook each other, or talk about how the movie was too scary to be real. Watching horror for fun is one of the reasons that Stephen King points out in “Why We Crave Horror”. Stephen King has pointed out as a human we crave horror to have some fun, get a feeling of normalcy, and to be able to face our fears. Humans crave horror for another way to have some fun. In Stephen…

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    Although John F. Kennedy only served a short tenure of less than one thousand days, he became one of the most beloved and well-known Presidents of the United States. In 1961, as the Cold War reached its culmination, America stood in a time of turmoil that struggled with racial inequalities and social injustices. Fearful and confused the American people yearned for a powerful yet compassionate leader. Kennedy provided this reassurance to the American people when he was sworn in as the 35th…

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    “The world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the hunted.” This famous quote can be found in Richard Connell’s short story The Most Dangerous Game. This quote is also mentioned in the film version of this short story. This is one of the similarities between these two versions. However, there are also differences between the two, including characters besides the two main, Robert Rainsford, and General Zaroff, plot events, setting, and resolution. The most differences are in the…

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