When Sir Winston Churchill was making a speech to the House of Lords November 11th 1941 this phrase was made ( Many forms of government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed‚ it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.) This is only part of the speech this was a debate in the House of Lords to pass the Parliament Act of
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I would like to present the 20th Century Genius Award to Dr. Maya Angelou. She is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet‚ educator‚ historian‚ best-selling author‚ actress‚ playwright‚ civil-rights activist‚ producer and director‚ she continues to travel the world‚ spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies Angelou’s unique power to help readers of every orientation span the
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On May 10‚ 1940‚ Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister. On May 13‚ he presented his angle on acquiring victory “at all costs”‚ and some contend that this “Blood‚ Toil‚ Tears‚ and Sweat speech is what made his career. This speech was given by Churchill on his entrance into the House of Commons with the presence of the outgoing prime minister. There has been controversy surrounding his intense speech regarding the multiple ultra-nationalistic statements he makes‚ however in this quote‚ he
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Southwestern University: (A) Southwestern University (SWU)‚ a large state college in Stephenville‚ Texas‚ 30 miles south of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex‚ enrolls close to 20‚000 students. To bolster its chances of reaching number-one ranking in the Big Eleven Conference‚ in 2003‚ SWU hired the legendary Pitterno as its head coach. One of Pitterno’s demands on joining SWU had been a new stadium. After the 6 months of SWU administrators’ study‚ Dr. Joel Wisner‚ president of SWU‚ had reached a
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Case 1 Southwestern University’s Food Service Southwestern University (SWU)‚ located 30 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex‚ has witnessed tremendous growth in its football program (see Southwestern University: A‚ in Chapter 4). With that growth‚ fueled by the hiring of legendary coach Bo Pitterno‚ has come more fame‚ the need for a bigger stadium‚ and more complaints about seating‚ parking‚ long lines‚ and concession stand prices (see Southwestern University: C‚ in Chapter 6).
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History Applied to Real Life Struggles The quote I have chosen is‚ “Success consists of going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm”. This is one of Winston Churchill’s most well known quotes. This quote was said during his reign as the Prime Minister of Great Britain. It is unknown as to where this quote came from but I found it to be very captivating. I feel like Churchill is trying to get the point across that in life it is normal to not be perfect. Everyone makes mistakes and each
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Case 1. Southwestern university Southwestern university (SWU)‚ a large state college in Stephenville‚ Texas‚ 30 miles southwest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex‚ enrolls close to 20‚000 students. In a typical town-gown relationship‚ the school is a dominant force in the small city‚ with more students during fall and spring than permanent residents. A longtime football powerhouse‚ SWU is a member of the Big Eleven conference and is usually in the top 20 in college football rankings. To bolster
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The waterfall model is a sequential design process‚ often used in software development processes‚ in which progress is seen as flowing steadily downwards (like a waterfall) through the phases of Conception‚ Initiation‚ Analysis‚ Design‚Construction‚ Testing and Maintenance. The waterfall development model originates in the manufacturing and constructionindustries; highly structured physical environments in which after-the-fact changes are prohibitively costly‚ if not impossible. Since no formal software
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One distinct difference between Winston and Julia‚ and Romeo and Juliet‚ is how they met and fell in love. Winston met Julia at his work and from the first time he saw her‚ he hated her. Winston even wanted to kill her once‚ because he believed she was a spy from the Thought Police. His anger quickly changed to love when she secretly handed him a note containing the message‚ "I love you." Upon receiving this note Winston became obsessed with Julia‚ constantly trying to find ways to meet with her
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In this passage author - Winston Churchill - builds an argument to persuade his audience by using his pure opinion‚ mentioning about historical events. He starts the speech by mentioning about his how does he thinks about he has opportunity of speaking to the people of the United States which makes the contrast between people cannot have opportunity to speak for their country. Main points of his speech is; in simple way‚ Countries like United States and Britain should help Germany since they are
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