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    quadrennial United States presidential election. It was held on November 7, 1972. The Democratic Party's nomination was eventually won by Senator George McGovern of South Dakota, who ran an anti-war campaign against incumbent Republican President Richard Nixon, but was handicapped by his outsider status and limited support from his own party, as well as the medical scandal and firing of vice presidential nominee Thomas Eagleton. Emphasizing a good economy and his successes in foreign affairs, such

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    Richard Nixon was known for being above the law. Nixon and his administration were always partaking in illegal activities, such as breaking and entering, and taping conversations between the democratic party leaders. Nixon was once quoted saying “if the president does it, that means it it’s not illegal” (LP343). Watergate is the nickname that summarized all of President Nixon’s illegal activity during and after his presidency. The Watergate scandal started when five men broke into the Watergate

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    On January 28, 1986 Ronald Reagan gave tragic news to American on the Shuttle Challenger Disaster. Ronald Reagan, as president, was planned to give the State of the Union address but it was delayed due to the disaster. Reagan instead had to give tragic news to American. President Ronald Reagan gave a speech using rhetorical appeals, expressing his feelings, describing his unplanned speech, and giving examples of how he wants his legacy to live on. Ronald Reagan’s speech was emotional and inspiring

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    In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, a group of high school students in Des Moines, Iowa wanted to show their opposition to the deployment of U.S. troops in Vietnam, and decided to wear black armbands during the holiday season. The school system found out about the student’s plan to wear black armbands, so the principals of the Des Moines schools adopted a policy that required students to remove the armbands or be suspended until the student would return to school without

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    On March 1, 1973, Pink Floyd released what some consider their best and most famous album, “The Dark Side of the Moon.” The album holds the record for time spent on the Billboard Top 200 albums with a total of 861 non-successive weeks, (Billboard) and included prominent songs such as “Time,” “Money,” and “The Great Gig in the Sky.” It is characterized by the cover, which shows a prism separating a stand of light into a rainbow over a black background. When the album was released, the image’s success

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    Sanger Rainsford vs. General Zaroff In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford, a famous hunter, finds himself on Ship-Trap island after falling overboard a yacht. After arriving on the island, he meets its owner, General Zaroff, another avid hunter. He soon discovers that General Zaroff has grown bored of hunting animals, and now he hunts men he traps on the island. The protagonist, Rainsford and the antagonist, General Zaroff have conflicting morals, attitudes

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    In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Sanger Rainsford falls off his boat, and ends up on General Zaroff’s island, known as Ship-Trap Island, and is expected to hunt with him. While at first Zaroff is a fan and becomes a friend of Rainsford’s, they both find out that they have many similarities such as their beliefs, what they have experienced in their lives, and their love for hunting which also has a difference which leads to Zaroff’s misfortune. Both Rainsford and

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    Mughessa Bhatti Psych B9705 Professor Brian Corby 07/20/2015 Final Exam Q1. Robert Axelrod conducted a computer tournament between two computers based on the prisoner’s dilemma to investigate reciprocal altruism and cooperation in a social setting. More specifically to examine the evolution of cooperation. Cooperation and reciprocal altruism are two concepts that (to some degree) go hand in hand and for this reason they are considered the most studied topics in evolutionary psychology. Axelrod,

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    Ronald Reagan, the former California governor and a popular actor in his 20s. Reagan served as the 40th United states president from 1981 to 1989. Reagan was one of our most achieved presidents and lived from 1911 unto 2004. This all starts with how Reagan is remembered. One of the biggest deals here was that he was the first president, during the cold war to preside 8 years of broken peace. Reagan was the first ever president to reach an arms reduction with the soviets. Along he also helped Mikhail

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    War Powers Resolution it is stated “ The president in every possible instance shall consult with congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities.” That basically states the congress makes the decision to go to war. President Richard Nixon was in office when congress brought this forth. President Johnson announced he wouldn't run for a second term in his “Address to the Nation” March 31, 1968. He talked about partisanship and how the country's become so divided. Lyndon knew

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