...My rhetorical analysis is an example of my strengths in argument. My essay remains focused and progresses logically as I make my points, and my arguments are convincing due to my effective implementation of sources and direct reference to the speech I analyzed. President John F Kennedy’s speech at Rathaus Schonberg on May 26,1963, Ich bin ein Berliner, addressed the problems of a city under siege. With their eastern counterpart separated by physical and economic barriers, the people of West Berlin represent the model of the future for a world in conflict. In the midst of the Cold War, Kennedy took up the task of supporting a civilization without provoking the communist regime. In his speech, the President praises the existence of West Berlin as a model of perseverance, hope and determination for freedom, and while simultaneously mocking the alleged power of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union was the United States’ rival in the Cold War. As world powers they were in a contest over systems of government. The democratic and communist institutions had each left their mark on the German capital by dividing Berlin into western democratic and eastern communist sectors. After American air support thwarted the Russian military blockade on the Western half of the city, John F. Kennedy addressed the struggles of the city and praised them for their tenacity. Kennedy proclaims that, “two thousand years ago, two thousand years ago the proudest boast was ‘civus Romanus sum’. Today...
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...Alexandra Roach Dr. Fiddner PLSC World Politics 101 006 October 8, 2015 Cuban Missile Crisis Analysis Due to the Cold War, in October 1962, tensions were high between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 14, 1962. This was by far the most significant event to happen in the Cold War. The Soviets had been using Cuba as a place to set their missiles from which they would be able to launch a nuclear attack at any time on almost anywhere in the Southeastern parts of the United States, this including places like Washington D.C., New York City, New Orleans, and other major cities in the United States. Photographers were able to capture pictures of these missiles with high-altitude U-2 spy planes giving evidence that the missiles were 90 miles off the American costal line. Although it seems as if the Cuban Missile Crisis happened at a blinding pace, this crisis actually was a culmination of a much longer process. In this essay I will be focusing on the events that led up to the terrifying 14 day event of the Cuban Missile Crisis as well as looking at the crisis from an individual level of analysis and from a realist point of view. In order to fully understand the Cuban Missile Crisis, we must first take a look at all of the events that had lead up to the crisis. Among many of the factors leading up to the nuclear standoff between the countries, one of the factors, of course, was the genuine concern of defense of each leader, John...
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...Mehltretter from Penn State University. The 1960s was an important time during American history. In John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration Address, he used ethos, pathos and logos, to grab the audience’s full attention about the worries of communism and nuclear warfare. Historical Background During the early 1950s, the Korean War is taking place. The current president ordered makings of hydrogen bombs. In 1955, Rosa Parks, an African American, refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. Which caused a boycott, that lead to bus segregations being unconstitutional by The Federal Court. The time of the election of John F. Kennedy as president, the 1950s were known by an unpleasant tension that was ongoing between the United States and the Soviet Union, historically known as The Cold War. The Cold War...
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...RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 1 Rhetorical Analysis of “I Have Dream” Speech Alfonso Gonzalez Itt Technical Institute Instructor Deana Schoneberg EN 1320 RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 2 The main point of Dr. Kings speech was that an injustice had been done to the black people. They were promised freedom from the emancipation proclamation and up to that point they still were not free. They were segregated and treated like second class citizens. Were they suppose to sit down and let white men at that time humiliate them, beat them, bomb their houses, and strip them of human dignity? No! Dr. King was preaching to all who listened, that now was the time to metaphorically cash this check, a check that will give them upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. But to do this, not with violence or retaliation, “we must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.” (Carson, 1998, p225) This would be the way Dr. King would want to see his dream played out, with non -violence. Were all his efforts done in vain? On August 28, 1963, The March on Washington was organized by Bayard Rustin and led by union leader A. Philip Randolph. The backdrop ironically took place on the steps...
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...Father Like Daughter Aung San Suu Kyi was born on June 19, 1945 in the city of Rangoon, Burma (Palmowski 2004). Suu Kyi’s life was a little different then what most people are accustomed to in the world. Her father was assassinated for his political beliefs and her mother was an ambassador of the country of Burma (Zaw 1). Politics played a big role in Suu Kyi’s life and that is why it is not hard to believe what would soon happen to her. Suu Kyi had made her way back to her homeland in 1988, to take care of her sick mother. While in Burma she joined the pro-democracy movement, which was pushing for political reforms in Burma (Palmowski 2004). On August 26, 1988 she addressed a half million people in a rally at the famous Schwedagon Pagoda in Rangoon (Encyclopedia, Britannica 2009). She had preached to these people and called for a democratic government so that the people of Burma could experience freedom. An army unit in the Irrawaddy Delta confronted her almost a year later on April 5, 1989 while she was delivering a speech for democratic freedom. The army unit had orders to aim their weapons at her during the speech waiting for the order to fire. A major had finally ordered the troops back which prevented her from being assassinated like her father. Suu Kyi provided text to her mass rally speech on August 26, 1988 “Speech to a Mass Rally at the Schwedagon Pagoda.” In her speech Suu Kyi expresses the need for a democratic system of government in Burma and...
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...PEST Analysis Political Canada is a democratic system with a parliament government. Canada’s system was adopted in 1848 and derives from that of the United Kingdom’s Parliament. Stephen Harper has served as Canadian Prime Minister since February 6th, 2006. Canada’s parliament has three distinct elements: the Crown, Senate and House of Commons. The Senate serves as the upper-chamber while the House of Commons serves as the lower-chamber. The members of the House of Commons are elected from their corresponding electoral district by receiving the largest number of votes. While Canada has many political parties, the most dominant are the Conservative Party of Canada and the Liberal Party of Canada. From 1996-2013, The World Bank rates Canada’s political stability at an average value of 1.01. As of 2011, they ranked 27th in the world and 5th in the North America at 1.06 behind Aruba, Barbados, Dominica and the Bahamas respectively. Contrary to popular belief, freedom of speech in Canada is not considered absolute. Under Section 1 of the Constitution Act of 1982, freedom of speech is given to Canadian citizens within certain limits. Although individuals have freedom of speech, it is not given freely of Government ramifications. In regards to foreign investors, Canada has a wealth of opportunity for global business. Canada offers a low tax establishment with corporate tax rates 13% below that of the United States. At a Federal corporate income tax rate of 16.5% and plans to reduce...
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...East Side 4.2.1 The MFY Survey 4.2.2 The ALS (American Language Survey) 5. The meaning of Labov’s studies for modern sociolinguistics 6. Conclusion 1. Topic and Introduction The topic of this term paper are “Labov’s studies in New York and Martha’s Vineyard”. Labov’s observations in Martha’s Vineyard served Labov as a model for his Master’s essay and his observations in New York as a model for his dissertation. The second chapter will give a survey of William Labov’s motivation for studying sociolinguistics. Chapter 3 is about his observations in Martha’s Vineyard. After that I’ll give a detailed description of his studies in New York (chapter 4) divided up into the two parts: First, the social stratification of (r) in New York City Department Stores (4.1) and second The Lower East Side (4.2). These studies are Labov’s most famous works and two of his early publications. With his studies he created the base for a modern way of analysing language without using tape-recorded interviews (see also chapter 5 of this term paper, the meaning of Labov’s studies for modern sociolinguistics). Finally a conclusion will be given in chapter 6. 2. Labov’s motivation for studying Sociolinguistics William Labov was born on December the 4th...
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...out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance…”1 When the First Prime Minister of India, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, gave his speech, he must have been prepared with the various post-independence hurdles, the infant democracy would have to undergo. Certainly, India, exemplifies the phrase, ‘Unity in Diversity.’ It is thus, astonishing to see a country with innumerable divisions and differences, managed to stay united for the 65 years of independence it has seen. Post independence the main motive of the Indian Government was to ensure that the Indo-Pak partition incident isn’t repeated.2 as many as 136 small and large states were acceded to the Indian Union. The states were reintegrated soon to form the Union. However, people in various states have been from the time of independence, till date, extremely vocal of territorial autonomy and political independence. One such demand relates to the demand of ‘Reorganization of states’3 ethnic differences, and economical differences. This movement, thus led to what we see today, ‘The Union of India’, with 28 states and 7 Union territories. On the eve of independence on the basis of language, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s speech, at the time of Independence, 15th 1 2Majeed A. (The Changing Politics of States' Reorganization). 2003 Publius Vol. 33, No. 4, Emerging Federal Process in India (Autumn, 2003) (pp....
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...1. "Everybody else does it":: is an example of one of the ways unethical conduct is rationalized. A city could condemn property: with slum housing and take it for use in the revitalization project for its downtown area. A company awards a contract to a firm owned by the father of the state attorney general while the company is under investigation by the state attorney general's office. The father and the company:: have a conflict of interest. 24. Corruption in international business operations:: undermines investment. Due process rights are: found in the fifth and fourteenth amendments. Due process rights are part of the:: Fifth Amendment. Expropriation is not: the act of state doctrine. Expropriation:: is the taking of private property by a government. Federal district courts have subject matter jurisdiction:: over criminal cases involving federal statutes. Foreign businesses conducting business within the United States:: are subject to both its civil and criminal laws. Gaining access to federal databases is a violation of the:: Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. GATT is an example: of a multilateral treaty. GATT stands for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and is: an agreement among 100 countries to increase trade by reducing tariffs. 2. 25. 3. 26. 27. 28. 4. 5. 6. 7. A consent decree is comparable to: a nolo contendere plea A consent decree:: is the same as a plea of nolo contendere. A default in a lawsuit is like: a forfeit in sports...
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...Agricultural Marketing Service February 2014 Railroad Concentration, Market Shares, and Rates Marvin Prater • Adam Sparger • Daniel O’Neil, Jr. Summary Since the passage of the Staggers Act in 1980, many railroads have merged. The market share of Class I railroads has increased since then, while the number of Class I railroads has fallen to only seven. Through railroad mergers, rail-torail competition has been reduced, railroad market power has increased, and rail costs have fallen by over half in real terms. Over much of this period, most of these reduced costs were passed on to shippers as savings through lower rates. Since 2004, however, average rail rates per ton-mile for all commodities have climbed 36 percent, negating some of the savings over the period. Although some of these real rail rate increases have contributed to record rail profitability and capital investment, most of the rate increases are the result of increased railroad costs; real rail costs, adjusted for productivity, increased 29 percent during the same period. Although deregulation of railroads in 1980 produced more than 550 regional and local railroads throughout America, the 7 Class I railroads originated well over half the grain and oilseed shipments in 2011. Introduction For many years, railroads have been merging in order to increase efficiency and develop financially stable rail businesses large enough to compete with other modes of transportation, mostly trucks and barges. Following...
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...how specialized they may be (Encyclopedia of Associations). This paper will explore different types of interest groups, their influence, the methods and tactics they employ, and Citizens United’s effects on elections in the United States. TYPES OF INTEREST GROUPS Special interest groups can be classified into numerous categories. Though not an empirical list, these groups generally belong to at least one of the following categories: Economic interest groups are the largest category. These organization represent big business, such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and labor unions like the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. These corporations and unions usually have offices in Washington, D.C., and represent entire industries (Types of Interest Groups). Government interest groups such as the National League of Cities, the National Conference of Mayors, and the National Governors Association, bring the issues of local and state government before Congress and the administration. One critical task performed by these groups is to help state and local governments get federal grants. These funds are important because they are a central means in which states get back money taken away through federal taxes (Types of Interest Groups). Civil rights interest groups such as The National Association for...
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...marriage requires planning and practices that can be most effective to advance marriage equality. This case study examines how building and maintaining strong coalitions aided in attainment and preservation of civil rights and protections for same-sex couples in Minnesota. As a historical policy analysis, it dissects collaborative strategies and events that led to a municipal domestic partner ordinance and state civil rights protections for sexual minorities in Minnesota during 1983–1995. Viewed through the lens of Advocacy Coalition Framework and Punctuated Equilibrium theory, findings support and highlight the importance of strategic planning of developing capable leaders, building strong coalitions, and capitalizing on events to garner public support and advance public policy toward civil rights protections and legal recognition for same-sex couples. KEYWORDS advocacy coalitions, punctuated equilibrium, policy, lesbian, gay, domestic partner benefits INTRODUCTION The city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, a large urban community, passed a Domestic Partner Ordinance in 1991 as the result of intensive lobby efforts by community organizers and private citizens and liaison building with the city government. The ordinance was repeatedly challenged in the municipal court system, and eventually rescinded. However, it provided impetus for Address correspondence to Lake Dziengel, St. Cloud State University, Department of Social Work, Stewart Hall 234, 720...
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...Primary Source Analysis Paper 1. In the pictorial, Miss Colombia’s School House (1894), my initial impression is that this picture serves as the basis for the term “the great melting pot”. The pictorial shows the exclusion of Hawaii and Canada from the United States at that time but the desire to include them. The views of the South are expressed with the presence of the African American child being accosted with a weapon. The picture further depicts an Anglo child assaulting an Asian child. In the back of the pictorial one of the attendees is protesting his view of socialism by carrying a red flag with the work socialism publicized on the flag. This pictorial gives a quick look in to history regarding America’s relations with surrounding nations. Aguinaldo’s criticism of America’s policies towards the Philippines echo in the 1894 cartoon is when the Spanish was eradicated from the Philippines. It was at this moment that the American guerrilla began. Cuba was under the Spanish control and America became an ally and attempted to free Cuba from their tyrannical control. The Spanish also controlled the countries of Puerto Rico and Guam at this time. Due to the corrupt treatment, Aguinaldo deciphered that those in America viewed all native of the Philippines as savages. Due to this view the land of the Philippine Island was transformed from “a land of despotism and vicious governmental methods into an enlightened and progressive republic, with America guiding them”. The documents...
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...Church Robert Reed Church was one of the most influential African Americans of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, but he was also one of the most influential Memphians in the history of the city. He was the first African American millionaire (it is widely believed that at his death his net worth was closer to that of $750,000) in the south and a major player in the development of Memphis. His families’ legacy extends to generations today, and his impact has forever shaped Memphis. Church was born into a white, very wealthy family to a white father, Charles B. Church, in Holy Springs, Mississippi in 1839. His father was a wealthy steamboat owner who, while affectionately loved his son, never formally recognized him as such. His mother, Emmeline, was of mixed race and sources are not clear if she was a slave or not. Charles Church, instead of bringing him into the family business, relegated him to the highest jobs in the steamboat industry that an African American could hold. These jobs such as dishwasher and steward put him in a weird quasi class, which was neither black nor white. During these jobs, he would pick up much business acumen and contacts, which he would use in the future to build up his own businesses. He would go on to work in these positions for a few years until the Union army captured one of the steamboats and Church was dropped off in Memphis. While he never received any formal training or education from his father, he did inherit some money, and with little...
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...have sustained the conviction, which do you find most persuasive and why? Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989), was an important decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that invalidated prohibitions on desecrating the American flag enforced in 48 of the 50 states. Justice William Brennan wrote for a five-justice majority in holding that the defendant Gregory Lee Johnson's act of flag burning was protected speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Gregory Lee "Joey" Johnson, then a member of the Revolutionary Communist Youth Brigade, participated in a political demonstration during the 1984 Republican National Convention in Dallas, Texas. The demonstrators were protesting the policies of the Reagan Administration and of certain companies based in Dallas. They marched through the streets, shouted chants, and held signs outside the offices of several companies. At one point, another demonstrator handed Johnson an American flag stolen from a flagpole outside one of the targeted buildings. When the demonstrators reached Dallas City Hall, Johnson poured kerosene on the flag and set it on fire. During the burning of the flag, demonstrators shouted such phrases as, "America, the red, white, and blue, we spit on you, you stand for plunder, you will go under," and, "Reagan, Mondale, which will it be? Either one means World War III." No one was hurt, but some witnesses to the flag burning said they were extremely offended. Johnson was charged with violating...
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