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    A Person I Admire

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    Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill ‚ (30 November 1874  24 January 1965) was a Britishpolitician andstatesman known for his leadership of the United Kingdom during World War II. He iswidely regarded as one of the great wartime leaders and served asPrime Minister twice (194045 and 195155). A noted statesman and orator‚ Churchill was also an officer in the British Army‚ ahistorian‚ a writer‚ and an artist. To date‚ he is the only British prime minister to have received the NobelPrize in Literature

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    Hitler’s forces‚ in an attempt to achieve air superiority‚ were preparing for an invasion of Britain code-named "Operation Sea Lion." Prime Minister Winston Churchill‚ speaking of the British pilots in an August speech‚ said‚ "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." The British defenses held‚ and Hitler quietly canceled Operation Sea Lion in October. The Battle of Britain

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    interest‚ sports‚ and etcetera. Sir Winston Churchill is one of the oldest schools in calgary‚ for years Sir Winston Churchill has proved to be a school built for producing high achievers. In Sir Winston Churchill the school values‚ academics‚ athletic success‚ citizenship‚ hard work‚ and caring alumni. Sir Winston Churchill is a school that is all about having students grow and progress‚ some schools give up on students with poor futures but Sir Winston Churchill does not.

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    Roots of Education

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    should try to write meaningful concise sentences that can work as quotes. An original thesis statement leads towards many ideas that encompasses to other distinctive‚ but creative ideas. For example‚ here we are including the famous quote of Winston Churchill‚ who have said that "Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm" Now‚ here we can see that it sets up an argument that is curt‚ but interesting‚ we can use following ideas that can work as a thesis statement

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    Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace on Nov. 30‚ 1874. His father was Lord Randolph Churchill‚ who descended directly from the 1st duke of Marlborough‚ of whom Winston was to write a biography. His mother was Jennie Jerosme‚ an American. Churchill’s childhood was unhappy. He spent most of his time at school‚ something he didn’t really love. His teachers caracterized him as bright‚ but stubborn and obstinate. He loved to read history and poetry

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    shameful to their families and their country if they did not win; they had high determination and morale. On December 8th‚ Japan invaded Hong Kong. Winston Churchill quoted‚ “If Japan ever attacked Hong Kong‚ and Hong Kong would have no chance in defending it.” The others people said saving it was worth a try to save Hong Kong‚ so Winston Churchill told the Canadian troops to deal with it because the British thought that Hong Kong wouldn’t be attacked. The attack started at 07.30 on December

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    Legislation

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    later replaced by Winston Churchill. In October 1940 Herwald Ramsbotham who was president of the Board of Education‚ met with senior officers to discuss the Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s ideal of; “establishing a state of society where the advantages and privileges which hitherto have been enjoyed only by the few‚ shall be far more widely shared by the men and youth of the nation as a whole” (Taylor (1977) cited in Gillard‚ 2011‚ p2). After discussions with Winston Churchill the board’s proposals

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    Chesterton ‘Without a gentle contempt for education no man’s education is complete.’ — G. K. Chesterton ‘I began my education at a very early age - in fact‚ right after I left college.’ — Winston Churchill ‘Personally‚ I am always ready to learn‚ although I do not always like being taught.’ — Winston Churchill ‘The one real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.’ — Mandell Creighton ‘One’s work may be finished someday‚ but one’s education never

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    My graduation speech

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    your success‚ for you have given us the freedom to excel and the belief that we can achieve our best. You have been there for us with support and care. For all these things‚ we‚ the class of 2012‚ thank you. I would like to end on a quote by Winston Churchill directed to the class of 2012‚”Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is

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    escape routes were all blocked; they were sitting targets for the Germans. At this point there was a real danger that the entire British Army could be wiped out before the War had really got under way. On 27 May the British government‚ now led by Churchill‚ put into action a plan called ‘Operation Dynamo’. The plan was to evacuate all the troops to Britain by ship. On the end of the ninth day a total of 338‚226 soldiers had been rescued from the beaches in an assembly of around 800 different boats;

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