on January 17th‚ 1964‚ ("Michelle Obama Biography") to her parents‚ Fraser and Marian Robinson‚ Michelle LaVuaghn Robinson was the youngest of two children. Her family lived on the south side of Chicago in a small run down suburban area. Michelle excelled throughout her life in academics and graduated from Princeton University and from Harvard Law School in 1988. She then went on to work at a Chicago based law firm‚ where she met her future husband‚ Barack Obama. (whitehouse.gov). The couple married
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Winston Churchill Speech‚ Blood Toil Tears and Sweat Blood‚ Sweat and Tears speech by Sir Winston Churchill May 13th 1940 On Friday evening last I received from His Majesty the mission to form a new administration. It was the evident will of’ Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include all parties. I have already completed the most important part of this task. A war cabinet has been formed of five members‚ representing
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Good morning Mrs Njapha‚ teachers‚ parents‚ students and to the class of 2016. It is really an honor for me to be addressing you at your speech day function today. When Mrs Lategan asked me to be the guest speaker at this function I was initially pretty nervous was I going to be funny‚ interesting or inspiring. Afterall the last time I spoke at a public function was at my sister’s wedding and considering they were family it wasn’t a tough crowd to please. Standing here on the podium gives me an immense
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Was Dunkirk a moral victory or a military disaster? Firstly‚ let’s set the scene for this event. Neville Chamberlain had declared war on the Nazis eight months ago and currently there was a stalemate between both sides called the “Phoney War.” On May 10‚ the Germans launched a blitzkrieg attack on the Netherlands and Belgium. By May 15‚ they had already broken through the French defenses and started to head straight for the English Channel. A week later‚ German forces had the British Expeditionary
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“A More Perfect Union” by Barrack Obama It was March 18‚ 2008‚ many watched and listened as one of the most persuasive speeches on U.S. race relations was given by at the time senator‚ Barrack Obama. This speech was entitled‚ “A More Perfect Union”‚ a line taken from the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution‚ and was given at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia‚ PA. It brought forth the concept that all men were created equally‚ however to this day we still strive to be treated equally
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Assess the contribution of Miltiades to the Greek victory at Marathon. Miltiades‚ one of the ten generals of Athens later the Strategos had contributed greatly towards the Greek ’s victory at Marathon against the Persians. After word of the Persians arrival at Marathon the Athenian assembly met in order to discuss whether or not to fight at Marathon or remain in the city in order to protect it. Considering what had happen at Eretria‚ Miltiades had convinced the polemarch‚ Calimachus and the Athenians
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In 1943 Albert Tucker painted ’Victory Girls’‚ a very odd‚ gruesome reflection of society at that time. It was a feature in a series known as the Images Of Modern Evil painted in the space of 1943 - 1947. ’Victory Girls’ is an oil on canvas artwork. The paint is applied thick and in long strokes‚ and is especially noticeable in the sky and clothes of the figures. Patches of paint has been used to distinguish the light reflections. The painting is of four figures‚ two of them are young women‚ half
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decisively won the war‚ but were forced to occupy and policy the lands as a result of a lack of an exit strategy. The issue of winning wars and defining victory is an issue Emile Simpson analyzes in her article “Why We Failed to Win a Decisive Victory in Afghanistan”. Simpson begins the article by defining what Western militaries consider victory by quoting Clausewitz‚ stating “we must render the enemy powerless: and that‚ in theory‚ is the
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begun due to his first steps as becoming the first colored president of the united states but America did face greater problems and over looked his color. Eight years of his presidency all began with this one speech of prosperity‚ conflict‚ greatness‚ and change. In president Barack Obamas‚ first inaugural address he used allusion‚ anaphora‚ and pathos to convey his feelings towards the Iraq war and to rebuild national pride in the United States based on how we have grown as a nation within many
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interview or an important talk with a friend‚ do you ever ask yourself “why did I shake his hand” or “I should have spoken more clearly and slowed down?” After watching Amy Cuddy Your body language shapes who you are‚ I believe the main purpose of the speech was to teach people a valuable tool while interacting with others. She emphasizes a lot about the way you present yourself and even the choice of posture you choose. While interacting with others‚ people gather personal opinions of you when they are
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