actress that has a proven track record in Hollywood, but she is a graduate of the university she is speaking to, making her success seem more possible to the audience as well as putting weight and meaning to her message. Kerry’s commencement speech was given to arguably one of the hardest audiences to speak to, a group of some five thousand college students. Kerry is speaking to the large graduate class of George Washington University, as well as the graduates’ family and friends. However
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parody, his response was typical of those who seek to censor speech: "Just as no person may scream 'Fire!' in a crowded theater when there is no fire, and find cover under the First Amendment, likewise, no sleazy merchant like Larry Flynt should be able to use the First Amendment as an excuse for maliciously and dishonestly attacking public figures, as he has so often done." Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's classic example of unprotected speech—falsely shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater—has been invoked
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parody, his response was typical of those who seek to censor speech: "Just as no person may scream 'Fire!' in a crowded theater when there is no fire, and find cover under the First Amendment, likewise, no sleazy merchant like Larry Flynt should be able to use the First Amendment as an excuse for maliciously and dishonestly attacking public figures, as he has so often done." Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's classic example of unprotected speech—falsely shouting "Fire!" in a crowded theater—has been invoked
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If people where to manage their amount of sugar they have a day, they could have a much healthier lifestyle. Do you like sugar? Well there are many types of sugars that can be healthy and could be unhealthy, which I will be talking to you about why sugar is not so good for you. Many people are getting diseases from eating an overflow of sugar such as heart cancer, brain damage, diabetes, effects on immune system, and overflow of your liver. If you ate 25g or less sugar a day that is perfect and
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Hello Mr. Davis, I think that we should have a field trip to Lava Beds National Monument Park. It is located near the California and Oregon state border. Only 130,000 people go each year, it compares to nearby Yosemite National Park attracts nearly 4 million people annually. Lava Beds National Park has volcanic rock and underground caves that are full of history and geological wonder. The park has over 47,000-acres, tourists will have plenty places to explore. I know you would probably say no because
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Have you ever went through a turning point? These three individuals went through a lot. Warriors Don’t Cry By Melba Pattillo Beals, I Never Had it Made by Jackie Robinson, and “The Father of Chinese Aviation” By Rebecca Maskell. Melba Pattillo Beals, Jackie Robinson, and Feng Ru changed their countries by going through different hard challenges while risking their lives doing it. Melba was the first to integrate an all white school, Jackie was the first to integrate Major League Baseball, and
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Areopagitica is a written condemnation of pre-publication censorship that has paved a way for the establishment of free speech and the freedom of the press in modern day era. However, this book caused a “lively controversy” in the English public back in 1644, where it challenged the English government, Parliament, on the morality of the licensing law in effect (Sabine
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Welcome to the world's fastest killing broadhead. Fire-N-The-Hole will cut a 1" hole through hair, skin, bone and vitals. This creates a wound channel with devastating stopping power. Recovery of your animal after being cored out by Fire-N-The-Hole, is an average of 3 seconds or 30 yards. Your game will go down so close and so fast that you will not have to track it because you can see it! Resulting in no lost game! No more anxious moments wondering if you will be able to find your game. No waiting
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I stand here today because you have elected change. Too long has our nation been plagued by poverty, unemployment, discrimination, and many other problems our citizens face day-to-day. We are Americans, and it's time for us to act like it. (Applause.) Take a look at the person sitting next to you right now. Disregard the color of her skin. Disregard the cost of his clothes. All you need to know about that person is that she's here next to you, sharing the same goals and ambitions you have, wanting
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Good morning Your Honour and ladies and gentlemen of the jury. I stand before you today with the task of prosecuting Jack Merridew on account of the murders of Simon Jones and Paul Smith, commonly known as Piggy. The tangled and tragic events that took place on the island are difficult to comprehend yet amidst all of this it becomes apparent who was at fault. Jack Merridew. He was a bully, he was self-obsessed and he was a savage. Firstly, the survivors have repeatedly mentioned Jacks inner cruelty
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