Introduction President Barack Obama has made an undeniable mark in the history of the United States. He has proven to be not only the first Black president but has demonstrated how his influential persona and his oratorical spirit can move human spirits. He empowers many through his actions and through his ability to delivery to use his words to cause one to ponder and reach from within to help make a change. He continues to make history even now as make he has make his indelible foot print here
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ood Morning Ellin‚ First‚ congratulations on your retirement. A rest is well deserved‚ although knowing your Energizer Bunny persona‚ I don’t imagine you will be idle. I wanted to reach out to you with your assistance in helping a student with some financial obligations he and his family will have as a senior in high school. Mike Pimentel has been a positive influence and mentor for my boys since they first met him as 8th graders. He echoed our family values of work ethic and discipline. He
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A man who has been in darker rooms the you can imagine‚ A man who had everything and lost it all in order to gain it all back and beyond. I would like to commemorate The 2010 AL M.V.P. Josh Hamilton for inspiring others and making them believe that when you get knocked down you can always get back up. Josh Hamilton defeated addiction through Christ and came back to spread his message on one of the biggest stages of all‚ Major League Baseball. Josh became addicted to crack cocaine a few years after
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cause of death for women. My great grandmother who I look up to and is the strongest person I know‚ is a two time Breast cancer survivor and she believes that the organization Susan G Komen has made a huge impact on breast cancer in women. In this speech I want to pay tribute to and recognize all the wonderful things Susan G Komen has done in the research and cure for breast cancer. I will start off by talking about how the organization was founded. Next I will discuss all the great things Susan G
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Nicole Olmstead Remillard‚ COM 212 October 8‚ 2013 Commemorative Speech United Flight 93 At 8:46am on September 11‚ 2001 the world stands still. Smoke billowing‚ fire consuming‚ two gleaming towers falling. A third strike‚ Lady Liberty crumples to one knee. This is ground zero. No cough can expel it. No bandage can cover it. No pill can numb it. The world stands watching‚ its mouth frozen agape. America is under attack. Hundreds fight to save what is already lost. The world
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A few months ago‚ thanks to the vivacious Tammy Gillis‚ the accomplished actor Jim Thorburn was brought to my attention (they are married‚ in case you were unaware). While his name was somewhat unknown to me‚ his talent and works included some of my classic and current favorites. As I have been faithfully following his career all this time now‚ I was ecstatic to promote his upcoming film‚ Engaging Father Christmas‚ and he was kind enough to chat with me briefly about his role in this upcoming film
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“Only a foolish optimist can deny the dark realities of the moment.” -FDR‚ 1933 (FDR: The Politician‚ p.662). This quote from FDR shows he knows what he was getting into. When he became present in 1993 it was at the lowest moment in the depression. FDR came up with a plan‚ The New Deal. This was to help the average American not be poor anymore. The New Deal was going to change and reshape the economy. FDR gave people hope. Not only was he their president but he became their friend. His “fireside
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outlook on what they want the government to look like. Many of them expressed themselves in speeches and some in other more violent ways. There are five people that I have read about and have found interest in. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Four Freedom Speech‚ Sojourner Truth “Ain’t I Woman”‚ Ronald Reagan: Tear Down The Wall‚ Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address and Benjamin Franklin On the Faults Of The Constitution (1787). Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the only person elected to the Presidency four
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the United States presided over a country that was slowly recovering from its massive depression five years earlier. FDR wielded the extensive support of his country‚ who trusted him for his personal “fireside chats” and for his success in bringing the country out of its recession. Among his supporters were the vast majority of the American Jewish population. This devotion to FDR by the American Jews can be mostly attributed to Roosevelt’s denouncing of anti-Semitism‚ which‚ at the time‚ permeated
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The First Hundred Days 1. The first hundred days of the presidency between Obama and Roosevelt (FDR) share a common similarity. Both‚ FDR and Obama entered office at a time when an economic crisis was taking place. In moments of despair‚ these men showed the willingness to make America better by giving the people hope. As a result‚ Congress passed several bills that were essential to the growth of the economy and businesses. Similar to FDR’s emergency banking bill‚ Obama creates a 1‚000 page emergency
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