capable of great things. I want to thank the rest of my family‚ especially my older sister‚ as well as my teachers and friends. I must say our class is one of the most intelligent and capable classes. Any number of us could have achieved this valedictorian honor. But this is also one of the classes where students have the habit of leaving things for the last minute‚ and I must confess that there is a bit of that same spirit in me. I apologize for having left the preparations for this speech for the
Premium Learning High school Dream
Charlie Wilson’s War Charles Nesbitt Wilson was a United States naval officer who was also a former Democratic U.S. Representative from Texas’s 2nd congressional district. Charlie is best known for leading congress into supporting Operation Cyclone‚ the largest CIA covert operation which supplied military equipment to the Mujahideen including Stinger missile systems which were the main downfall of the USSR in the Afghan Proxy War. Charlie was born in the small town of Trinity‚ Texas. Charlie earned
Premium Soviet war in Afghanistan United States
“A Rose for Charlie” is just one of countless examples of why tribalism is extremely harmful in modern society. Back when humans were scrambling for resources‚ it was necessary to fear one’s surroundings (i.e. when survival wasn’t guaranteed‚ humans needed to be wary of the unknown)‚ but with today’s accommodations and tricks to cheat death‚ there’s no need for people to hang on to their preconceived notions of how people should be and act. Unfortunately‚ that kind of instinctive reactionary attitude
Premium Human Religion Morality
day‚ of which will forever be known as the great depression. On this day‚ both the United States and the world were thrown into a vicious cycle of poverty and unemployment. The combination of unbalanced asset distribution‚ and severe market crashes. Gave birth to the greatest economical disaster of American history. At the start of the 1920’s‚ the U.S. began disparately transferring large unequal sums of wealth. These transfers included parties from the rich and the middle-class‚ the U.S. and
Free Franklin D. Roosevelt United States Great Depression
Charlie Sheen: Hollywood Gold Living in the city of Los Angeles it’s difficult not to notice that most of today’s actors work‚ live and play in the city of angels. One does not have to drive out to sunny southern California and take a cruise down Sunset Blvd to get a glimpse at what actors and actresses are doing. Finding access to their glamorized private lives is as easy as reading headlines on tabloid publications staring you down when standing in checkout lines and due to the fact that major
Premium Actor
minds of his time who accomplished numerous feats which are still spoken and studied today. Rising to power through manipulation and self-promotion‚ Caesar became one of the most prominent men of the Ancient World‚ leading him to be known as the Dictator of Rome. Caesar’s early life and militant nature enabled him to rise to power through politics‚ and multiple triumphant military endeavors. When studying Caesar’s legacy it is important to explore the duality of his actions contrasted against his
Premium Julius Caesar Roman Republic
Charlie Parker was born in Kansas City‚ Kansas on August 29‚ 1920. He was born under the name Charles Christopher Parker. His father did not play a huge role in his life and left Charlie and his mother after Charlie was born. Charlie’s mother‚ Adelaide "Addie" Bailey‚ was a strong independent woman who was half African American and half Choctaw Indian. She soon moved the family to Kansas City‚ Missouri. Charlie then began going to school. In 1931‚ Charlie went to Lincoln High School in Kansas
Premium Family Mother Transposing instrument
Charlie Bucket was an ordinary boy‚ neither stronger‚ nor faster‚ nor cleverer than any other child his age. His hair was an ordinary brown‚ neither too dark nor too light‚ neither too short nor too long. His eyes were green or they were brown or they were gray or they were blue‚ for they seemed to be rather undecided about color and changed with Charlie’s emotions. He was not too tall (except for his pants) or too short or too heavy‚ but was perhaps too skinny He was from a poor‚ but loving family
Premium English-language films Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Charlie is a poor boy who lives with his parents and grandparents on both sides. There was a famous gigantic chocolate factory‚ ran by a man named Willy Wonka. The factory had closed its’ gate for more than fifteen years‚ no one had ever got in and the workers had never came out. But children loved their chocolates. Once‚ Wonka held an activity for children who like his chocolate around the world. Five golden tickets were hidden in five of the chocolate bars
Premium Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
emotional motion picture. This is an extraordinary silent film; it is poetic‚ moving‚ and tender. Charlie Chaplin is a master at comedic pantomime‚ conveying everything he does without the necessity of actually talking‚ but through the universal language of movement‚ gestures‚ and reactionary expressions. The film humorously displays the misadventures of the “Little Tramp” character and the harsh reality of The Great Depression. During the 1930s‚ the setting of which the film takes place in‚ nearly every
Premium World War II Adolf Hitler Nazi Germany