The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor George Lakoff (c) Copyright George Lakoff‚ 1992 To Appear in Ortony‚ Andrew (ed.) Metaphor and Thought (2nd edition)‚ Cambridge University Press. Do not go gentle into that good night. -Dylan Thomas Death is the mother of beauty . . . -Wallace Stevens‚ Sunday Morning Introduction These famous lines by Thomas and Stevens are examples of what classical theorists‚ at least since Aristotle‚ have referred to as metaphor: instances of novel poetic language in which
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The Presidential Establishment‚ also known as the Executive Branch of the government‚ comprises of many individuals‚ primarily the President‚ Vice President‚ the Cabinet‚ and the Executive Office. Including the armed forces‚ the Executive Branch has over 4 million employees. The power of the Presidential Establishment lies with the President of the United States. The President has many different roles‚ whether it be commander in chief or head of state. It is the President’s responsibility to enforce
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President Barack Obama. Given the enormous domestic and global significance of the said speech in times of international economic turmoil it is crucial to decipher ideological traits typical for Barack Obama’s enshrined in his inaugural address. Inaugural address predestines policies of the newly inaugurated president and its overall significance is enhanced in the case of Obama’s policy of change. The aim of this paper is to examine persuasive strategies of President Barack Obama and its ideological
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The 2000 Presidential Election was one of the most suspenseful and unclear presidential elections for more than a century. For weeks after November 7‚ it had been uncertain to America who had won the presidency. The election ’s closeness and bitter words between parties over the results will leave controversy for years to come. When the elections began‚ the Republicans and Democrats chose their candidates. Caucuses were held in each state to choose delegates. It had begun like any other election
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This is my eclectic essay regarding Barack Hussein Obama’s 2012 victory speech held at McCormick Place Chicago‚ Illinois: ”We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions‚ and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.” This is one of many bold declarations made by the 44. President of the United States of America in his Presidential Acceptance Speech 2012. Barack Hussein Obama won the election 303 electoral votes
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|political science 1000 | |DIFFERENCES IN PARLIAMENT AND PRESIDENTIAL SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT | |[Polticial Science 1000] | |
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joe anyone Writing 1 July 23‚ 2012 2012 Presidential Campaign Ad Analysis The purpose of all ads‚ regardless of their content is to sell something to the reader. Whether it is a billboard for a Hollywood blockbuster‚ or an antismoking ad on the back of a buss‚ they both are meant to make the reader want to buy a product or an idea. In the cause of the billboard the product is a ticket to the movie‚ while the item being sold by the antismoking ad is the idea that smoking is unhealthy. Political
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U.S. is falling into a recession and domestic industries and markets are collapsing * Partly because of the integration of the U.S. economy in the world economy‚ the world is slipping into a global recession Obama’s views on globalization * Obama believes globalization will continue to be beneficial to the U.S. if we pursue multilateral trade agreements judiciously * He believes that globalization will continue with or without the U.S. being a main participant He believes we must “embrace”
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Presidential Nomination The government has been changing the presidential nomination in order to fit the citizens. According to Wattenberg‚ these changes are to ensure that the citizens (who generally add up as voters) don’t lose their trust in the system that nominates a presidential candidate (146). In addition‚ these changes also ensure the regeneration of leadership if possible. This has a huge impact because‚ when a new president is installed‚ people will respect the person in charge and will
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Why Obama won the 2012 Election The American elections of 2012 was very competitive between the Democrat candidate Barrack Obama‚ who was the president then‚ and Mitt Romney‚ the Republican candidate. The campaigns and presidential debates were quite heated and as has been earlier mentioned‚ it was tight for each of them as polls clearly indicated that both Obama and Romney had more or less an equally high chance of winning the presidential elections. Demographics played a significant part in
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