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    Elvia Bautista, Leonard Bernstein, and Albert Einstein would probably not know each other or be grouped in any other way than in a collection like in This I Believe. Each is different and sends a different message, yet I admire all of them. Elvia talks about loneliness and losing her young brother to gang violence. She wants everyone to remember the boys who die from a preference of blue to red or red to blue. Without using the gang names, Bautista draws sympathy from readers and makes the entire

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    Across the planet earth, there are some 196 sovereign countries that each have their own independent ways of ruling the people of their land. Whether it be a monarch, a dictator, or a president, no one in the world beckons such a large power as the President of the United States. This man or woman is in charge of one of the most powerful countries in the world, and that person makes vital decisions daily that could change the fate of their nation they lead so graciously. Through 44 presidents, the

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    In 1972, the biggest scandal in American politics occurred at the Watergate complex. For years, the struggle to reveal secret of who masterminded this operation occupied the courts in Washington D.C. The Committee for the Re-election of the President (CRP) fought to keep President Richard Nixon 's name clear throughout the confessions of the Watergate burglars and of men inside the White House. From 1972 until 2017, many other national scandals have been publicized to the nation, but current political

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    Many people, myself included look up to individuals in an authoritative role such as; senators, governors, and presidents. We view them as being honest and sincere. They have to be right? They do want to run the country after all. Often our thoughts are “they would never lie to us or hide things from us”, but unfortunately that’s not always the case. One of the biggest political scandals to hit the United States of America was the Watergate scandal involving our very own President Richard Nixon.

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    Through music and interpretation, Bernstein's Candide offered a range of entertainment. From the happiness to the sadness this rollercoaster of a plot gave the viewer a performance to be remembered. How Bernstein's uses his costumes and props helps the development of the characterization in Bernstein's Candide. Since the costumes did not follow any time period, each one of them was created to fit each character's personality or attributes. As a result of this Candide’s costume of lederhosen

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    Political leaders will always be talked about no matter what kind of world we are living in. The way they are talked about in the media, however, can make or break their careers as leaders of our country. President Nixon most likely did not want to go down as the president that was apart of one of the biggest political scandals the country has ever seen, and Kwame Kilpatrick did not want to be seen as the mayor that lead to the city of Detroit filing for bankruptcy in 2013. Not everyone gets their

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    At this time, only one other impeachment inquiry existed, so Bernstein and Woodward’s work had to be as accurate as possible. They made sure of this through a few precautionary measures. First, they agreed never to let an article go to print unless they both fully agreed the article was worthy of printing should. When

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    It is widely believed that political leaders are crucial members of nations and societies. Ideally, their main goal would be to construct a strong and prosperous nation, and satisfy the needs of people. However, an unexpected scandal occurred in the 1970s in the United States, which led to a drastic decline in public trust towards the president, and that was the Watergate scandal (Genovese 4). It was so atypical in presidential history because for the first time the president himself was involved

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    On January 20, President Donald J Trump was at his inauguration looking at his crowd of followers. While he has been accused of many things, he still has the same face he always had during his campaign only this time as president. He won the battle against Hillary and will accomplish everything he promised. While many just hate him, some may have noticed some similarities between him and another controversial president. Two similarities between Watergate and Russia investigation are that both denied

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    In next year, all of the citizens in the United States of America are ready to welcome a new president- the 45th president of the America. When everyone think about presidents, they usually give them many honor words, and they also consider that presidents are the most powerful elected official in the world. Specifically, in the America, majority presidents are men, and they are always the best leader of the country. Not embarrassed when everyone talked like this because right now the U.S is one

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