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    The debate was held at the Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, and started at 8:00pm. According to CNN money, over 80 million people watched the debate (money.cnn.com, 2016). It was moderated by Lester Holt of NBC News. The electorates expected Donald Trump to demonstrate that he would be able to manage his temper as the commander-in-chief when faced with challenging situations. This was expected because he has shown overtime during the campaign, that he was easily upset when he was asked certain

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    Eloquently conveying thoughts to the masses is no simple task. It entails more than just a clever arrangement of words, or a refined set of diction. Speeches are far more intricate than that. Since speeches are a profound form of communication that is essentially used to grasp an audience, moving them to a particular mood or mindset, it is imperative that a speech encompass more than just decorative rhetoric. A skillful orator understands how multifaceted crafting and delivering speeches are and

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    Presidential Persuasion The 2016 presidential election, one of the most controversial elections in recent history. The two main party nominee’s Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Many people would say that they don’t like the two main choices for the presidency. A poll conducted by the Wall Street Journal and NBC news was taken in mid summer 2016 that showed that Hillary supporters voted for her because they did not like Trump. While Trump supporters voted for Trump because they did not like Hillary

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    Pleasantville and A Clockwork orange are both films that have certain things that are abnormal. Pertaining to Pleasantville it begins in black and white and end to be in color because of being exposed of certain things. In a Clockwork Orange that is exposed with violence robbery is highly unusual because it is not something morally right to do. While analyzing both of these movies they both have certain distortions that can be covered that make their own individually, out of ordinary, a tad shocking

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    Politicians and government institutions have been around for over thousands of years. Such organizations and public figures hold tremendous value to society and the individuals within those societies, usually exercising great influence in how local, state and federal government conduct business. Their role as political figures in a democracy is to represent the mass public in different issues, and in order to conveyconvince? their audience to support a particular matter they use various tools such

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    Pulp Fiction, a film where every 1950’s pop culture icon is on display from Zorro to Buddy Holly. Quentin Tarantino 's 1994, Pulp Fiction, went on to win an Oscar for best original screenplay, and gained a cult following. This report will examine the film 's relationship with Nihilist theory. The film is centered around Jules Winnfiel’s [Samuel L. Jackson] transformation, from someone with no sense of what to believe in, to someone who experiences ‘Divine intervention’ and rethinks his system of

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    Introduction The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior was a significant event in the history of New Zealand. It was the first ever act of terrorism in New Zealand. On July the 10th 1985 two French spies planted 2 bombs on Greenpeace’s the Rainbow Warrior. At 11:38pm the first bomb went off blasting a hole about the size of a car. Then at 11:45pm the second bomb went off. Photographer Fernando Pereira drowned when the vessel sunk as after the first blast went off he went a tried to retrieve his camera equipment

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    There have been several talks about President-Elect Donald Trump and the Republicans surprising landslide victory in the recent election results for the President, Congress, and House of Representatives. Although Donald Trump did not win the popular vote in the November 8th election, he will be the next President of the United States of America once he is inaugurated on January 20, 2017. Unfortunately, the popular vote went to Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton and many people believe that she gained

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    Presidential Elections were two of the most famously negative campaigns in history and share multiple similarities despite being separated by twenty years. In 1992, incumbent President George H.W. Bush was seeking reelection against Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton, while the 2012 general election saw incumbent President Barack Obama seeking reelection against former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. The campaigns of both incumbent presidents incorporated heavy use of television attack advertisements

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    It is easy to glance at the 2016 Presidential Election and paint it as a looney bin with unpredictable results, wacky campaigns, and erratic candidates. However, after studying the election closely, I have discovered quite the contrary. In fact, I would even go as far to suggest that each candidate was a master of their craft—rhetoric. Looking back, it is entertaining to see how each candidate enhances their credibility, evokes a fusillade of emotions, and presents certain calculated policies. If

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