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    Jimmy Carter, Former US President, uses descriptive imagery to capture the audience and draw their attention to the bigger picture of how The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be saved. Carter's tone reflects the excitement that can be expreienced within the Arctic Refuge, while creating a saddened tone when mentioning what could happen if the Arctic Refuge was overthrown by an industrial economy. The Former US President conveys personification by creating life-like portrayals of his encounters

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    campaigning he talked a lot about how he was experienced in how the government ran. During commercials he would bash Carter and say since Carter was born in George he did not know what the “big times” where and saying how he should stay in the rural area. Many people believed that Ford was right and how Carter did not know how to running a big country. On the other side there was Carter, Carter was a governor from Georgia and a small farm owner who planted peanuts. Carter’s ideology was that since he was

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    My grandfather gave me a hammer and nails as a small child and encouraged me to build whatever I wanted, which began my love for building and working with my hands. This is why I was immediately attracted to the idea of building houses for needy families through Habitat for Humanity. Habitat for Humanity (“Habitat”) is a non-profit organization that helps build homes for people who can 't afford a home on their own. Habitat for Humanity believes in “building hope, building homes and building better

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    James Earl Carter, Jr. was elected president in 1977 and served until 1981. Known for morality being his passion, Carter approached many decisions both domestic and foreign with utilitarian ethics, hoping to do as much good for as many as he could. Carter came to the White House determined to make human rights considerations integral to U.S. foreign policy. He did not want the U.S. to use its influence and power for what he deemed unethical pursuits and tried to reduce the amount of harm the U.S

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    supporters from various situations. On his way to building a campaign, Jimmy Carter had to first create a national organization of his own. This was a tall task because he needed many members to support him. Carter planned to accomplish this by creating an outsider’s campaign and enrolling outsiders to run it. He targeted those that lost primaries because he believed that they were in need of something to do. In fact, Carter sent personal letters that year to almost every Democrat who lost a primary

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    inconsistent and inadequate immigration policies implemented throughout President Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan’s administrations. In Los Angeles during the mid-80s, a young group of Salvadorans emerged and called themselves the Mara Salvatrucha Stoners 13 in hopes of defending their neighborhood from other

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    President Reagan defeated Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election and Walter Mondale in the 1984 election. He ran his first campaign mostly on President Carter 's shortcomings and failures. His campaign slogan was," Are you better off than you were four years ago?" His other slogan was," Lets make America great again." This clearly shows that his campaign strategy was mostly based on how America took a turn for the worst during Carter 's first term. He talked about how Carter dealt with the Iranian Hostage

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    Again”, and had always planned on being a national leader. He wanted to regain control of America, and rebuild what it turns into after democrat leaders for so long. He ran against Jimmy Carter, and he completely blew him out of the water in votes. It was like 93 votes for Carter, and Hundreds of votes or Reagan. Jimmy Carter was a president before Reagan, and Reagan won and took over. Reagan was an actor, so he knew how to talk to people. He was also a person with a lot of courage, and it bleed through

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    hostage, Richard Queen, was released during July of 1980 when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Contrary to common belief, the hostages were actually moved from the embassy to prisons in Tehran by August of 1980 (Baqr, 97). President Jimmy Carter was in the midst of his first term,

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    This terrorist act triggered the most profound crisis of the Carter presidency and began a personal ordeal for Jimmy Carter and the American people. The events in the Iran Hostage Crisis demonstrate how bad the president at the time, Jimmy Carter, can handle such a horrible situation. Several negotiations were held between President Jimmy Carter and the mob at the Embassy even if they weren’t taken as good with the mob. First off, Carter imposed sanctions and applied diplomatic pressure to encourage

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