During his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention‚ Barack Obama introduced himself as a skinny kid with a funny name. The rising star of Illinois politics was elected to the U.S. Senate three months later. His delivery‚ using rhetoric‚ was full of fervid sentiment that reminds us of what we love about the United States of America. His passionate speech inspired Americans to renew their faith in their country and persist their individual dreams and yet still come together as one
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Analyze the reasons why the Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The major reason as to why Chinese government hired a Western public relations firm to work on the 2008 Beijing Olympics was to repair their image before the Olympics. Several agencies around the world were invited to discuss a contract with Chinese officials about the pre-games PR strategies‚ media training‚ and market research on Western perceptions of China. This was done
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priced inappropriately not accounting for external costs to the third party. In this case the external cost is air pollution in Beijing‚ which has caused damage to the environment and health. The main source of this negative externality came from over production of multiple products and car emissions‚ which has in turn made Beijing one of the most polluted cities in the world. Without a proper price or regulations being placed the negative impacts of this market failure has not been paid for. This failure
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With reference to Beijing‚ assess the short term and long term effectiveness of the mitigation measures taken to reduce smog (20). Consider air quality management‚ traffic controls‚ vehicle emission controls‚ zoning of industry and increased use of public transport. Pollution causes a huge concern to people in Beijing. At the moment Beijing’s pollution level is well over the safe level that the World Health Organization has set‚ its level is almost 22 times above. Poor air quality caused by
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Beijing‚ China If you know China‚ you must know the Chinese capital city of Beijing‚ but what is China like? What is Beijing like? Maybe you don’t know. China is too big for me to tell you about in this essay‚ but let me tell you about Beijing. Beijing has many famous places‚ such the Great Wall. Beijing is a beautiful city. It has many ancient buildings‚ and a lot of modern buildings. Beijing is the biggest city in the world. It has 16‚808 square kilometers. Beijing is situated in the northwestern
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The Disarmament Conference The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments of 1932–1934 (sometimes World Disarmament Conference or Geneva Disarmament Conference) was an effort by member states of the League of Nations‚ together with the U.S. and the Soviet Union‚ to actualize the ideology of disarmament. It took place in the Swiss city of Geneva‚ ostensibly between 1932 and 1934‚ but more correctly until May 1937. After‚ The treaty of Versailles Germany was forced to dis-arm it self
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The Charlottetown Conference By the early 1860s‚ the British colonies of North America were considering the benefits of a union. The American Civil War had created a new military power and a renewed threat to the small‚ divided colonies to the north. And British public opinion had been in favour of reducing‚ if not eliminating government spending in North America‚ especially for defence. In September 1864‚ British North American politicians met in Charlottetown‚ Prince Edward Island
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Wannsee Conference The Wannsee Conference was held in order to explain the Nazis’ plan to carry out the “Final Solution”. The “Final Solution” is a euphemism to make their plan sound better than what it actually was. There was nothing good about this plan; the main goal of it was to get rid of the Jews by any means possible. It was estimated that around 11‚000‚000 Jews in Europe will be involved in the "Final Solution”. During the movie it was evident that not a single one of the officials at the
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Beijing 2008 Olympic Sponsorship By Serena Gao Beijing 2008 Olympiad is not only a stage of athletic sports‚ but also brings a wide stage to the enterprises which want to propagandize themselves by dint of the Olympic Games. The Beijing 2008 Sponsorship Program consists of three tiers of support‚ including the Beijing 2008 Partner‚ the Beijing 2008 Sponsor‚ and the Beijing 2008 Supplier. Up to 8th Jun 2008‚ the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) has signed
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