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- 6531: Courageous John Quincy Adams
- ... how much he angered others. John Quincy stood up for what he thought, and did not just join the bandwagon, if he did the United States would be different today. We would of went to war with Great Britain, or we would still have bad relations with Great Britain. The risk of being injured or killed was worth what he did. If he was killed he still would have been known ...
- 6532: The Presidency of Gerald Rudolph Ford
- ... sought accommodations with the Soviet Union and China, and he helped preserve a tenuous Middle Eastern peace. But public desire for more vigorous leadership led to his defeat in the 1976 presidential election. During World War II, Ford served four years in the Navy as an aviation operations officer, including two years aboard the aircraft carrier USS Monterey. He was discharged as a lieutenant commander. After practicing law again, Ford ran ...
- 6533: Louis Armstrong’s Influential Career
- ... s, made up of Jack Teagarden, George Wettling, Big Sid Catlett, Dick Cary, Peanuts Hucko, Bob Hagart. That turned out to be the group he worked with until his death. In the heat of the Civil Rights Movement, Louis Armstrong was called an “Uncle Tom” by blacks, referring to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. African-Americans blamed Armstrong for not using his fame to speak out against the ...
- 6534: King Mohammed the VI of Morocco
- ... praised for, by the people in Morocco. He changed the government that has been in place since 1996, has already initiated such reforms as; the reduction of social disparities, judiciary reforms, the education system, the civil service and state media, and of course, human rights, which led to the improvement of women's status in Morocco. Some people in Morocco think that he has good ideas, but people also think his ...
- 6535: Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau
- ... and nature. "As a plant upon the earth, so a man rests upon the bosom of God..." (Emerson 59). Emerson and Thoreau also wrote often about nonconformity. In Emerson's "Self-Reliance" and Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience," the authors discuss citizens' rights and duties to think for themselves and only act of their own will. "Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist" (Emerson 87). Thoreau's argument on nonconformity ...
- 6536: Emperor Hadrian of Rome
- ... s wall helped to spread Roman ways of life and the Latin tongue across their vast and diverse realm(Readers Digest)." Hadrian's wall was one of the greatest attempts of defense without resulting in war. Hadrian's dedication to his country made him a hero; however, he was not a well-respected man by the time he passed away. After naming Antonius his heir, He refrained from participating in public ...
- 6537: Cesar E. Chavez
- ... industry, people from all walks of life and economic classes. Cesar E Chavez was a remarkable person; he dedicated his life for farm workers rights with non-violence and is one of our countries greatest civil rights leaders. Chavez helped change history to improve the future for my generation and our children.
- 6538: Flo Hyman
- ... realize it’s not as if I broke a bone. Pushing yourself over the barrier is a habit. I know I can do it and try something else crazy. If you want to even the war, you’ve got to pay the price.” Just as the American people knew Hyman, she suddenly collapsed during a routine substitution during a volleyball game. “Flo Hyman, the best American volleyball player ever, was spending ...
- 6539: Jim Morrison and Susan Sontag
- ... Melbourne Florida to parents Steve and Clara Morrison(Hopkins, Sugerman 5). A few months after the birth of Jim Morrison, Jim's father Steve and his mine layer were sent off to fight in World War Two. For the next three years Jim's mother Clara, was forced to raise Jim with only the help of sympathizing relatives who believed in ideas such as "Children should be seen and not heard ...
- 6540: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream for America
- ... ring” (King, 1996, p. 360). Let freedom ring all across the United States. Thus, hes is pulling the whole country together; from north to south; from east to west. He emphasizes freedom for all, not civil disobedience. Throughout this speech Martin Luther King, Jr. uses many important writing techniques to introduce all the issues at hand. I found that he intermixed all three elements of ethos, pathos, and logos. This speech ...
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