The Two-Minute Speech Lasting roughly over two minutes‚ the Gettysburg Address is one of the best known speeches in American history. In the Gettysburg Address‚ author Abraham Lincoln puts hope into the hearts of Americans of a new nation brought up from the ashes of the American Civil War and the noble men that fought to preserve its belief in liberty and the equality of all men. Lincoln’s words deliver a sense of unity and wholehearted purpose among Americans in his Gettysburg Address. In
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the difference between these good and bad characters. In some instances‚ characters can be both good and bad at the same time. In fact‚ there are some characters in books that start out good and end up bad‚ or vice versa. In the novel‚ Heat‚ by Mike Lupica‚ Justin‚ a character who is presented as Michael’s dramatic foil‚ actually ends up as someone important to Michael’s success. All of the lessons Michael learned throughout the book are tied in with Justin’s actions‚ and when Michael and Justin are
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Marcus Murray 11-26-12 7th Two Minute Speech The cause of our war with Iraq all started with the collapse of the twin towers on September 11th in 2001. When the planes crashed into the World Trade Towers in New York‚ Americans were devastated and in disbelief of the act of terrorism. There was also a plane that crashed into a field and the last plane crashed into part of the Pentagon. All around the world people was mourning the loss of many innocent and
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‘ere today with y’all Congressmen. I came ‘ere today to speak to y’all about the workin’ conditions in the Carnegie Steel Mill Company. We work twelve hour shifts‚ seven days a week. We don’t get any breaks‚ only the lucky ones who seem to find a minute or two to spare can get some breaks. Most don’t bring in food ‘cus we don’t have any time to eat while we work. We earn ten dollars only a week‚ while the salary of Andrew Carnegie is the salary of four thousand workers put together. There are not any
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To Drill or Not To Drill I believe that we should focus on other ways of getting energy besides drilling‚ especially off shore. We all have seen what can happen if something go wrong when we drill off shore. I don’t feel that we know enough information about drilling deep water. According to Margolis‚ “ water pressure at those depths is more than 200 times that of the atmosphere at the surface‚ and no one knew what all the heat‚ gas‚ and salt below the seafloor might do to the drilling equipment”(Margolis
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To Drill or Not to Drill? HUM 111 April 14‚ 2013 Keisha Smith To Drill or Not to Drill? For years‚ the nations of the world have relied on some form of energy to sustain the populace and the industrial sectors of that nation. Fossil fuels (oil‚ coal‚ and natural gas) are the backbone of the United States’ energy consumption. Fossil fuels are not an infinite source but a finite source. Scientists do not know the exact process behind the creation of fossil fuels‚ except that the creation takes
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To Drill or Not to Drill? HUM/114 - CRITICAL THINKING AND CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING To Drill or Not to Drill? Gas prices are still hovering around the $4 per gallon mark‚ and us as Americans are aching badly. There are a lot of people who believe Americans are to blame entirely for this energy issue. The truth is these people are the same ones who helped create this energy crisis. I believe America is the culprit as well as the victim. America should exhaust all other resources before looking
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Drill or not to Drill There are many people who are debating against oil drilling in the world. Some of them are discussing how to meet the best energy needs in the United States. Several people argue about how the country should decrease the dependence on oil and how it ’s invested in several sources of energy. The United States seems to be using huge amounts of oil on a daily basis and can be very expensive. I believe in order to meet energy needs we have to find another kind of source
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To Drill or not to Drill Hum 111 April 10‚ 2011 To Drill or not to Drill Foreign oil has been a thorn in the side of America. President Barack Obama has made it one of his priorities to invest in clean fuel and new energy technologies. We have been depending on foreign fuel for years; we don’t have very many options as we don’t produce enough oil in the United States for our needs. The president is looking out for the best interest of the planet and the American public in regards to clean
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To Drill or Not To Drill Hum/111 February 6‚ 2011 Axia College of University of Phoenix To Drill or Not To Drill I believe that we should just continue drilling off the Gulf Coast‚ Alaska‚ and other areas within our country that are currently not being explored. By exploring these other areas and utilizing the resources that are found there‚ we could decrease our dependency on other countries for oil and natural gas. If the United States could decrease its dependency on foreign countries
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