...IP 611 Sample Proposal General Topic: Richard Nixon’s “Checkers” Speech (1952) Why: It is the first great demonstration in America of the use and power of television to shape politics. As with Nixon himself, the speech was brilliant, bare knuckles and mawkish, all at once. By going over the heads of the press in directly appealling to the American people, this speech saved Nixon’s political career, delivered a hard (and some would say low) blow back on his political opponents (especially Dwight Eisenhower, the Republican nominee for the presidency, whom Nixon was running with in 1952), and seriously embarrassed his wife. Possible subtopics: • Richard Nixon’s early political career • Nixon’s relationship with Eisenhower • American political parties • Presidential elections and campaigning • Campaign finance • American media • Television and American society • Public response to the speech • Effects of the crisis on Richard and Pat Nixon • Canines Research Question: What effects did the “Checkers” speech have on Richard Nixon’s career and on American presidential campaigning and politics in general? Working Thesis Statement: Richard Nixon’s desperate, hastily organized “Checkers” speech not only saved his political career—while souring the relationship between himself and Dwight Eisenhower—it fundamentally altered the nature of political campaigning in the United States by its enormously successful, direct appeal to the American people through the...
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...Richard Nixon became president at an interesting time in U.S. history. Not only was the Vietnam War in full motion, but the U.S. and USSR were in the midst of the Cold War. Any Statesman would find it difficult to balance the challenges of the late 60’s, but Nixon wasn’t like ordinary statesmen, he had the ability to deal with what he inherited. He approached foreign policy through detente and linkage. His foreign policy measures would eventually attempt to ease strained relations and connect political with military issues. Relations between the U.S. and USSR were strained during the beginning of Nixon’s presidency but not due to a lack of attempts on his part. The strategies that the U.S. used toward the Soviet Union had to be reassessed due...
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...in any way was the Soviet Union. During World War II both of these super powers fought alongside each other as allies. As the war came to an end so did their civil relationship. The Cold War was a prominent time of tension between the nations following World War II. The war was centered around the issue of communism. This period began in 1945 and lasted nearly 45 years. Over the course of this time period many U.S. presidents came in and out of the White House. Each had their own idea of how to accomplish a common goal; halting the spread of communism and bringing down the Soviet Union. Three of the U.S. presidents that made major contributions during the Cold War were Harry Truman, Richard Nixon and most importantly Ronald Reagan, who ended the War in 1989. Harry Truman began his political career as a member of the senate when he was recruited by Roosevelt as his running mate in the 1944 election. The duo won the election and Roosevelt began his fourth term as president on January 20, 1945. However, three short months later he passed away suddenly leaving the country in the hands of Truman, who was sworn in only hours after learning of Roosevelt’s passing. Truman, who “would never have reached the presidency had Roosevelt not plucked him from the senate to be his vice- presidential running mate…and then died” (Gaddis 55), was left behind with a heavy weight on his shoulders and little knowledge about foreign policy. This left him facing difficult decisions. Perhaps the most...
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...record producer singer songwriter writer Years active 1957–75, 1980 Spouse(s) Cynthia Powell (m. 1962;div. 1968) Yoko Ono (m. 1969–80; his death) Children Julian Lennon Sean Lennon Parent(s) Alfred Lennon Julia Stanley Website JohnLennon.com Musical career Genres Rock pop experimental Instruments Guitar piano vocals Labels Apple Capitol Geffen Parlophone Polydor Associated acts The Quarrymen The Beatles Plastic Ono Band Harry Nilsson The Dirty Mac Yoko Ono David Bowie Elton John Notable instruments • Rickenbacker 325 Epiphone Casino • Gibson J-160E • • Mellotron Signature John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English singer and songwriter who co-foundedthe Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a lucrative songwriting partnership. Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager; his first band, the Quarrymen, evolved into the Beatles in 1960. Whenthe group disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and songs such as "Give Peace a Chance", "Working Class Hero", and "Imagine". After his...
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...NOTE: Discussion items carry no actual grade point values. However, those students seeking consideration for their efforts should prepare, sign, and date an answer for their group’s discussion item. Answer sheets should also identify student’s class and section. Discussion items to be turned in should restate the discussion item and identify the chapter under review. All answer sheets should be typed double-spaced with standard 1” margins on all perimeters. All segment discussion items MUST be received before the end of class on each segment review date. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE. 1. (A) Why was Richard Nixon NOT considered to be a ‘true’ conservative? (B) What constitutes a “Block Grant” as proposed by President Nixon? (C) What were the essential elements in Nixon’s proposed Family Assistance Plan and what were the legislative results? (D) What was Nixon’s Philadelphia plan? (a) Against the wishes and recommendation of the myopic conservative leadership in the late sixties Nixon expanded the welfare state and moved to improve relations with the Soviet Union but most of all he also opened up a dialogue with China. Instead of shrinking the federal bureaucracy as they hoped he would do Nixon infuriated his conservative base by creating a host of new federal agencies such as the Environmental protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Transportation Safety Board. He further alienated conservatives with his support for...
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...What impact - both short and long term, did the Watergate Scandal have on American domestic politics and our foreign policy in the 70s? After Nixon took government in the year 1969 and he proposed dramatic American government restructuring. Nixon believed that buried creative entrepreneurship below Red Tape Mountains and fostered dependency in handouts. Nixon had been practicing the New Federalist when he entered into the congress in 1946. Throughout Nixon political career, he opposed huge government programs, and then he fought to restore the political authority in the local level. By the act of Civil Rights in 1964 and voting rights in 1965, most of the African Americans were lived without any protection of law, equal economic opportunity and equal access of public facitlities. Nixon...
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...to protest the segregation of blacks and whites on public buses. With the support of most of Montgomery's 50,000 blacks, the boycott lasted for 381 days until the local laws segregating African-Americans and whites on public buses was lifted. Ninety percent of African Americans in Montgomery took part in the boycotts, which reduced bus revenue by 80%. A federal court ordered Montgomery's buses desegregated in November 1956, and the boycott ended in triumph. A young Baptist minister named Martin Luther King, Jr., was president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the organization that directed the boycott. The protest made King a national figure. A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career....
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...Football hero, actor, and corporate spokesperson O. J. Simpson forged a successful career on and off the field and became a role model for many. Simpson was accused and then found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife. O.J. Simpson continued to increase his popularity on and off the field. In 1979, when their daughter Aaren drowned in the swimming pool of their home. O.J. and Marguerite finalized their divorce, and Nicole Brown moved into the Rockingham Estate. On New Year's morning in 1989, O.J. Simpson was arrested for spousal battery. Evidence led police to suspect O.J. Simpson of committing the murders, and announced their intent to arrest him. On June 17, 1994, Simpson and his long-time friend Al Cowlings led police on a 60-mile, slow-speed chase through the streets and freeways of Los Angeles. Approximately 95 million...
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...determined by the work of local and regional media. Generally, those journalists do a competent job of reporting on the prospect’s record. In the case of Governor George W. Bush, Texas reporters had written numerous stories about his failed businesses in the oil patch, the dubious land grab and questionable funding behind a new stadium for Bush’s baseball team, the Texas Rangers, and his various political contradictions and hypocrisies while serving in Austin. I was one of those Texas journalists. I spent about a decade trying to find accurate information on Bush’s record in the Texas National Guard. My curiosity had been prompted by his failure to adequately answer a question I had asked him as a panelist in a televised debate with Ann Richards during the 1994 gubernatorial campaign. Eventually I published three books on Bush and his political consigliere, Karl Rove. During Bush’s presidency, many other...
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...MINISTERUL EDUCATIEI CERCETARII TINERETULUI SI SPORTULUI CERTIFIED ENGLISH Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ORADEA, 2012 Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.....................................................................................................4 CHAPTER I: EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION..................................................5 I.1 EARLY LIFE.....................................................................................................................5 I.2 COLLEGE..........................................................................................................................5 I.3 LAW SCHOOL..................................................................................................................8 CHAPTER II: FAMILY, LIFE AND FIRST LADY OF ARKANSAS............................9 II.1 FROM THE EAST COAST TO ARKANSAS..................................................................9 II.2 EARLY ARKANSAS YEARS........................................................................................10 II.3 LATER ARKANSES YEARS.........................................................................................11 CHAPTER III: FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES............................................13 III.1 ROLE AS A FIRST LADY............................................................................................13 III.2 HEALTH CARE AND OTHER POLICY INITIATIVES.........
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...BUSINESS SCHOOL HARVARD SUCCESSFUL 65 APPLICATION SECOND EDITION E S S AY S APPLICATION BUSINESS SCHOOL HARVARD SUCCESSFUL 65 ECSNS A IYI O N S SE O D ED T With Analysis by the Staff of The Harbus, the Harvard Business School Newspaper ST. MARTIN’S GRIFFIN NEW YORK 65 SUCCESSFUL HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL APPLICATION ESSAYS, SECOND EDITION. Copyright © 2009 byThe Harbus News Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For-information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010. www.stmartins.com Library of Congress Cataloging...in..Publication Data 65 successful Harvard Business -School application essays : with analysis by the staff of The Harbus, the Harvard Business School newspaper / Lauren Sullivan and the staff of The Harbus.-2nd ed. p.em. ISBN 978...0..312...55007...3 1. Business schools-United States-Admission. 2. Exposition (Rhetoric) 3. Essay-Authorship. 4. Business writing. 5. Harvard Business School. 1. Sullivan, Lauren. II. Harbus. III. Title: Sixty...five successful Harvard Business School application essays. HF1131.A1352009 808'.06665-dc22 2009012531 First Edition: August 2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 CONTENTS Acknowledgments Introduction ix xi I. Defining Moment Stacie Hogya Anonymous Anonymous David La Fiura Anonymous Avin Bansal Anonymous Brad Finkbeiner Anonymous 4 7 10 13 17 20 23 26 29 ii. UndergradUate experience John Coleman Maxwell Anderson...
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...AS LEVEL Specification HISTORY A H105 For first assessment in 2016 ocr.org.uk/alevelhistorya We will inform centres about any changes to the specification. We will also publish changes on our website. The latest version of our specification will always be the one on our website (ocr.org.uk) and this may differ from printed versions. Copyright © 2014 OCR. All rights reserved. Copyright OCR retains the copyright on all its publications, including the specifications. However, registered centres for OCR are permitted to copy material from this specification booklet for their own internal use. Oxford Cambridge and RSA Examinations is a Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England. Registered company number 3484466. Registered office: Hills Road 1 Cambridge CB1 2EU. OCR is an exempt charity. Contents Introducing… AS Level History A (from September 2015) Teaching and learning resources iv Why choose an OCR AS Level in History A? 1 1a. Why choose an OCR qualification? 1 1b. Why choose an OCR AS Level in History A? 2 1c. What are the key features of this specification? 3 1d. 2 iii Professional Development 1 ii How do I find out more information? 3 4 2a. Overview of AS Level in History A (H105) 4 2b. Content of AS Level in History A (H105) 5 2c. Content of unit group 1: British period study and enquiry (Units Y131 to Y143) 8 2c. ...
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...John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), commonly known by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until he was assassinated in November 1963. After military service as commander of Motor Torpedo Boats PT-109 and PT-59 during World War II in the South Pacific, Kennedy represented Massachusetts's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953 as a Democrat. Thereafter, he served in the U.S. Senate from 1953 until 1960. Kennedy defeated vice president and Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 U.S. presidential election. At age 43, he was the youngest to have been elected to the office,[2][a] the second-youngest president (after Theodore Roosevelt), and the first person born in the 20th century to serve as president.[3] To date, Kennedy has been the only Roman Catholic president and the only president to have won a Pulitzer Prize.[4] Events during his presidency included the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Space Race—by initiating Project Apollo (which would culminate in the moon landing), the building of the Berlin Wall, the African-American Civil Rights Movement, and increased U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested that afternoon and charged with the crime that night. Jack Ruby shot and killed Oswald two days later...
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...Harvard Business Review On Crisis Management ... Managing Crisis You Tried to Prevent Norman R. Augustine Originally published in November – December 1995 Reprint # 95602 A Harvard Business Review Paperback Managing the Crisis You Tried to Prevent Managing the Crisis You Tried to Prevent Norman R. Augustine Executive Summary NEWS REPORTS ANNOUNCING that yet another business has stumbled into a crisis—often without warning and through no direct fault of its management— seem as regular as the tide. And the spectrum of business crises is so wide that it is impossible to list each type. On a single day this year, the Washington Post reported a series of crashes suffered by American Eagle Airlines, the bankruptcy of Orange County, and Intel’s travails with its Pentium microprocessor. Other noteworthy crises have been the Challenger space shuttle explosion, the “incident” at the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor, and the series of deaths resulting from cyanide adulteration of Tylenol capsules. Fortunately, argues Norman Augustine, almost every crisis contains within itself the seeds of success as well as the roots of failure. Finding, cultivating, and harvesting that potential success is the essence of crisis management. And the essence of crisis mismanagement is the propensity to take a bad situation and make it worse. Augustine has distinguished six stages of crisis management and makes recommendations for dealing with each: avoiding the crisis...
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...THE MARKET WIZARDS CONVERSATIONS WITH AMERICA'S TOP TRADERS JACK D. SCHWAGER HarperBusiness You've got to learn how to fall, before you learn to fly. —Paul Simon One man's ceiling is another man's floor. —Paul Simon If I wanted to become a tramp, I would seek information and advice from the most successful tramp I could find. If I wanted to become a failure, I would seek advice from men who had never succeeded. If I wanted to succeed in all things, I would look around me for those who are succeeding and do as they have done. —Joseph Marshall Wade (as quoted in a Treasury of Wall Street Wisdom edited by Harry D. Schultz and Samson Coslow) 2 Contents Preface...................................................................................................................................................4 Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................................5 Prologue ................................................................................................................................................6 My Own Story ......................................................................................................................................7 Part I-Futures and Currencies ...........................................................................................................9 Taking the Mystery Out of Futures.................................
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