own dance group‚ worked with handicapped children‚ and maintained an active social life. She was married two times. Her first husband was Bill Warren and they got divorced because he was on the road a lot and she wanted a family. In 1947‚ Betty met Gerald R. Ford‚ a Navy lieutenant who had recently returned from duty to resume his law practice. The young couple dated for a year before getting married. Two weeks later‚ her husband won election to the House of Representatives. The Ford family expected
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Announcing a Program for the Return of Vietnam Era Draft Evaders and Military Deserters September 16‚ 1974. By the President of the United States of America Gerald R. Ford. The United States withdrew the last of its forces from the Republic of Vietnam on March 28‚ 1973. In the period of its involvement in armed hostilities in Southest Asia‚ the United States suffered great losses. Millions served their country‚ thousand died in combat‚ thousand more were wounded‚ others are still listed as missing
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American Ballet Theatre: This theatre began in 1939 and was managed by Richard Pleasant. By 1939‚ former Hollywood agent‚ Richard Pleasant‚ came to New York to manage the company. By the summer of 1939‚ Pleasant and Chase developed big ideas to turn the company into a full-fledged ballet company and to base it on “a gallery of dance rather than the vision of a single choreographer" and a "living museum of
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Richard Corey by Edwin Arlington Robinson To the "people on the pavement‚" Richard Cory looked like he was on top of the world. The narrator of this 16 line poem (four a‚ b‚ a‚ b rhyming stanzas) tells how Cory was physically good-looking‚ well-dressed‚ humane‚ and very rich ("yes‚ richer than a king"). Yet "Richard Cory‚ one calm summer night‚ / Went home and put a bullet through his head. Appearances are deceiving. Depression and despair are not confined to the "people on the street." Richard
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most seemed mad though because there was no remission of guilt‚ no apologies. However‚ when he left office‚ it was 0600 hrs on the west coast; half of his audience was asleep. This was pointed out by David Frost. Gerald Ford became the new president. One of the first things Gerald Ford done was to give Nixon a full‚ free pardon for all the offenses against the US. Ford was desperate to move on from the Watergate thing. 2-1 public opinion poll‚ disapproval of the full free pardon for Nixon
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Describe and Discuss an Episode of Significant Investigative Journalism and Analyse What Impact This May Have Had In this essay I am going to look at the significance of the Watergate scandal and the effects that it had on America. I will also discuss what the importance of investigative journalism is and the role that it has in society. The chain of events known as Watergate was an American political scandal in the 1970’s which ultimately led Richard Nixon to resign as president of the United
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The Watergate Scandal Victoria Daniele Constitutional History May 19‚ 2013 The Watergate Scandal involved a number of illegal activities that were designed to help President Richard Nixon win re-election. The scandal involved burglary‚ wiretapping‚ campaign financing violations‚ and the use of government agencies to harm political opponents. A major part of the scandal was also the cover-up of all these illegal actions. The Watergate Scandal got its name from the Watergate office complex
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Umair Zia Houghton English June 30th‚ 2013 Book Smart vs. Street Smart In the article‚ “Hidden Intellectualism‚” Gerald Graff discusses the topic of book smart versus street smart. Being street smart means having interest in other activities more than in school work‚ while being book smart is the complete opposite of that. Graff believes that having the personality of a street smart person can benefit society if one knows how to channel their potential correctly. He persuades his views
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Identifications: * Yuppies/VCRs/Three Mile Island * Yuppies: young‚ urban professionals who wore ostentatious gear such Rolex watches or BMW cars. they came to symbolize the increased pursuit of wealth and materialism of Americans in the 1980s‚ represented decade of greed‚ stopped being radical‚ worried about weight. * VCRs: video cassette recorders became popular in the late 70’s that allowed viewers to tape and view later their favorite programs and to rent movies on cassette
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A summary of “hidden intellectualism” by Gerald Graff: In his essay “Hidden Intellectualism” Gerald Graff offers a critique of the education system for overlooking the intellectual potential of those who possess unconventional “street smarts”. We as a society assume that only the inherently weighty academic subjects grant us “true” knowledge‚ and that knowledge in subjects such as fashion‚ sports or even dating holds no intellectual tenor. The problem with this assumption‚ Graff insists‚ is that
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