Ronald Dworkin

is one of the reasons why Jimmy Carter wasn’t reelected and Ronald Reagan was instead (“Iran Hostage Crisis.” History). Only as the time was running out on Jimmy Carter's presidency and time was ticking away until Ronald Reagan became President, the Iranians decided to deny President Carter the satisfaction of rescuing the hostages, so they waited until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated to send the hostages back (“6”) . Minutes after Ronald Reagan's Inaugural Address, his first “action” as president…

living in America. As the social and economic standpoint of America as a world power grew, the American people needed to adjust their way of living. Starting with President John Kennedy as a republican president and ending this period of time with Ronald Reagan, a conservative president, the presidential shift represents the social, economic, and…

As I sit listening to Tucker Carlson on the Fox News Channel, I realize that using the word conservative to describe a person’s perspective is almost dangerous. Isn’t it ironic that the term coined slow-to-change, or cautious, could be so misconstrued in reference to politics today? Merriam-Wesbster defines a conservative as “a person who believes in the value of established and traditional practices in politics and society.” The English Oxford Dictionary also states that something conservative…

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 filled with positive diction. She first used quotes from the former president, Ronald Reagan. To explain Ronald…

Chapter 3. The 1980s Trouble On The Oil Front, Then A Short Span Of Economic Improvement … In the 1980s, economic improvement in the US followed President Ronald Reagan’s tax cuts and Paul Volcker’s defeat of runaway inflation. These achievements led to a fairly solid economy that lasted for a few years. By 1980, it was generally understood that price controls and minimum wage increases were not the answer. Thus, adjustments were made soon after President Reagan took office in 1981. Reagan…

boys. His father, William was a land developer. His mother, Jayne Harper was a former mayor. She also was the director of the office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the United States Department of State. She worked under President Ronald Reagan. Kevin wasn’t a honor student growing up. He…

Chile, a South American nation covering 292,258 square miles, borders Argentina to the east, Peru and Bolivia to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. During the time of the Cold War, Chile faced many challenges politically and economically due to the change in systems of government. Chile started as a presidential republic then shifted to a communist based society. Because the types of government have very contrasting viewpoints, the economy suffered through the shift. Before the era of…

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…

‘Media event’ is a term first coined by Daniel Dayan and Elihu Katz with regard to the festive viewing of television. A media event consists of three levels—syntactics (the interruption of the normal routines), semantics (the asserted meaning of the event) and pragmatics (the response of a committed audience). (Dayan and Katz 1992, p. 14) These occasions are preplanned, promoted and presented live to the viewers (Dayan and Katz 1992, pp. 5-7) which thus create a disruption of dailiness including…

In the process, the 62-year-old journalist has been called ''Rambo Rowan'' and the ''Jacuzzi Vigilante'' by some of his critics, while others have lampooned him with posters and placards. He has received a stream of hate calls and letters. He has also become embroiled in a vitriolic public feud with city officials, especially Mayor Marion S. Barry Jr., over whether he should have been charged with a gun violation and whether the city secretly offered him leniency on condition that he stop…