Bill Gates is the co-founder and a part time Chairman of Microsoft, the largest PC software company. He organizes many charities that support education and world health. He was also the wealthiest man in the world from 1995-2014. But Gates didn't get into this position only by intelligence, but by his leadership skills. Throughout the years, he has shown many qualities of a good leader. These qualites include ambition, selflessness, motivation, and intelignece. His ambition is shown through…
Analysis of Bill Gates Innovating to Zero Speech Bill Gates gave a speech, titled Innovating to Zero, at a TED conference in 2010, on climate and energy. He talked about climate changes, the over use of energy and how, through technology, we can reach goals to conserve energy and slow down climate changes. The goal through his speech seemed to be to motivate and inspire the audience to be passionate to help the world reach these future advancements. To reach out to the audience being addressed,…
INTRO The Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton Scandal of the mid to late 1990’s sent a shockwave across the nation, and was the first time in American history where the personal life of a sitting President was deemed as fair game for a pending criminal investigation. When Lewinsky came on board as a trainee in 1995 to the White House, no time was wasted in establishing an inappropriate relationship with the most powerful man on the planet at the time, President Clinton. The situation was an utter…
The story of Bill Cosby and his sexual assaults of many women has been a hot topic in the news lately, and it has also been the start of the #MeToo movement that has shook the nation for the better. In the the New York Times article “Bill Cosby Found Guilty of Sexual Assault in Retrial,” it not only goes into depth about the trial, but how these women coming together brought forth a whole movement that has allowed so many women to tell their stories about being a victim of sexual assault. In my…
The 1990s began with the presidential campaigns of Bill Clinton, George Bush and Ross Perot. The 2 questions we have to ask is how a sitting president with an 80% approval rating in 1990 lost the election 2 years later and what caused the right to left political shift. Republican’s seemed slightly lost after the Persian Gulf War and were leaning to a more conservation right. With no major foreign affairs to focus on all eyes were on the economy. George bush then uttered those 6 famous words…
The Bill of Rights is a series of items in one document that states our rights. All of them are very important. Three of them will be shown here. The 8th amendment from Document 8 is very important because the government will not be able to impose excessive fines on anybody. They also can’t hurt you with cruel and unusual punishments. Excessive bailing is also prohibited. This means that someone is not allowed to be bailed out with a very expensive price. Amendment 1 is a very valuable…
Many people have been killed by terrorist attacks, such as 9/11and the Oklahoma City attack which occurred on April 19,1995. Therefore, many people were left hopeless and terrified. I believe the speech Clinton wrote was very effective in showing support for the American people during the tragedy because the words which were used by him showed sympathy, offered hope, and offered help. Firstly, I believe Clinton's speech was effective in showing support for the American people during the tragedy…
of the other different ideas that has came along. Clinton's Inaugural Address was and still is very influential in today's presidential inaugural addresses and plans. Although every presidency starts with a speech, the inaugural address, Bill Clinton's address to the nation in 1993 came at a time of political Sinicism from the majority of voters. Consequently, President Clinton won the election with out a…
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution make up the Bill of Rights. The bill of rights was written by James Madison, for constitutional protection and for individual liberties. The Bill of Rights is a list of limits on the government’s power. James Madison reviewed the Constitution and changed where he believed it needed improvement, but Roger Sherman opposed Madison or Congress can change the Constitution. In response to the objection, James Madison presented his changes in the Article VII…
three events have stuck out in American history more than any other: the Columbine shooting, Virginia Tech shooting, and most recently the Sandy Hook shooting. All three of these events called for a presidential address from the president at the time, Bill Clinton, George Bush, and Barrack Obama. While each rhetors ' purpose was to comfort their audience, they also had a different goal within their speeches. Bush 's goal was to give his audience strength in a time…