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    Vanquished” was written in 2000 by Stuart Schwartz. He received his Ph.D. from Colombia in 1968 specializing in the History of colonial Latin America. Schwartz’s writing on the Mexican empire is a compilation of individual’s accounts of the Spanish victory. “Victors and Vanquished” provides an outlook on the influences behind these events. Personal interests, class biases, and political views are just some of the influences for different interpretations. Following the introduction, there are…

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    In his campaign speech “Grant Park Victory Speech”, Senator Barack Obama explained how he would help the United States of America bring change. In the opening, He talks about people questioning if America is a place where all things are possible, who still contemplate if the dream of our founding fathers is still present in our modern time and ponder the power of our democracy, that tonight is their answer. He believes, whether the answer is spoken by young or old, black or white, Hispanic,…

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    In the following, Barack Obama´s victory speech, which was held in November 2012 after being re-elected as President of the United States of America, will be analysed. Generally, one can say that Obama sends a message of shared values and hopes by using rhetorical devices and structuring his line of arguments in a way that establishes a connection and a feeling of togetherness and involvement in his actions in the audience, for example by the usage of pronouns like “we”. Now, a closer look will…

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    quite while they are making their way across the East River to Manhattan. Next morning when British woke up, all Continental was gone. (David Smith New York 1776 The Continentals’ first battle, page 37) The Battle of Long Island was a conclusive victory for the British which made George Washington, and the Continental Army forced out from New York to Pennsylvania. The British controlled New York City to the end of the…

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    The Second Triumvirate and Octavian’s Victory Over Antony With Octavian’s first orders of business completed, but the Senate expected him to fight Antony, not Brutus and Cassius (conspirators). Brutus refused to give himself up at Mutina and Antony besieged Mutina with his army in order to conquer the city. Seeing Antony and his troops as a major threat, Octavian marched against Antony and, with the support of two consuls, ultimately defeated Antony’s army at Mutina. Shortly after, Octavian…

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    Bremen Wants A Victory Today is the day. The day everyone has been waiting for. The day when all of the blood, sweat, and tears finally pay off. Today is the basketball championship. All of the cheerleaders will arrive at school decked out in their Bremen blue attire. Bows in their hair, cheer bags on their shoulders, and spirit in their hearts. They are ready to cheer their team to a win. On the other end of the campus, the basketball players enter the locker room. Some exchange a few…

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    Dust represents the world and a sort of protector to Winston at first, but later turns into the government watching over him. This evolution contributes to the development of the story. The Victory Mansions of 1984 are mentioned with dust first: “Winston […] slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him” (1). Although the dust here is not yet the government to Winston, it can represent the…

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    The Speech That Led to Victory Ruler of England, Queen Elizabeth I, presented an inspiring speech before sending her troops off to battle against the men who served the King of Spain, King Philip II, in 1588. The battle was taking place in Tilbury and was occurring because both Queen Elizabeth I and King Philip II wanted the control over trade. To try and take that control, the Spanish were planning an attack on English soil. England expected the invasion and prior to the repel against them,…

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    I would like to discuss chapter 3 from the book Blink – Paul Van Riper’s Big Victory. I have professional experience working in conditions similar to both Blue and Red Teams of the Millennium Challenge. Red Team: My under graduation- When I started my career as a Marine Engineer after my under graduation, I had no idea what I was to expect. I trained all through my under grad to work on board a ship; I heard stories about life at sea from professors and seniors who returned from sailing. I…

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    I attended was called Victory Church, as soon as I walked in I was greeted with food and coffee, and a numerous amount of people gathering around for morning chit chat before the worship had started. When I walked into where the worship was held I was…

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