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    steady evolution or noisy revolution? This quote is from the late Australian politician Al Grassby‚ who was Minister for Immigration in the Whitlam government 1972. It was he‚ that introduced the word "multiculturalism" to Australian society. This speech is simply a tribute to multiculturalism. Should we be thankful. I strongly believe so. True story‚ I woke up one week ago on Tuesday‚ ready to sit for my Australian History assesment task‚ it was on Changing rights and freedoms-indigenous Australians

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    Persuasive Speech Example

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    suIbrahim Sakiri G-4 Persuasive Speech Introduction In every industry or career path‚ there will always be people that are either overpaid or underpaid. Today I will be talking to you about why athletes are overpaid. I will first talk about if athletes really are overpaid‚ then I will talk about the top five most paid professional athletes‚ lastly I will explain if athletes really do deserve being paid that much for what they do. Transition: Now for my first main point‚ are athletes really

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    Hookah Speech Example

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    Hookah Speech Informative What does a talking caterpillar‚ ancient Turkish kings‚ and over 100 million people around the world have in common? The answer is they all smoke hookah. Now then you might be asking yourself what is a hookah? A hookah is also known as a water pipe or narghela. It is used to smoke flavored and all natural tobacco‚ which is smoked through a water pipe. Unlike cigarettes or cigars it does not contain the harmful toxins and chemicals. In my house I own 3 hookahs and smoke

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    Candidate Speech By Ryan Beilman Written by Ashlee Beard The Peoples Party Ladies and gentleman. Our country has come to a crossroad‚ and now you have the power to change the political landscape of America. If you elect me to be your face in congress‚ there are several things I will do to ensure that your needs are met day in and day out across this land. This Country needs to be at a better state of success and freedom; the people need to be the government. Their choices and opinions matter to

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    Andrea Ferris CMST 1005 Langseth Tribute Speech Content Outline 9/09/12 Introduction “My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person‚ he believed in me.” Jim Valvano. My dad is the best guy in the world. There are two main reasons that I would like to pay tribute to my dad; my dad was there for me when I needed him the most‚ and he also believed in me when I did not. Body I. The first reason that I would like to pay tribute to my father is because he was there

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    CAMPAIGN SPEECH Good morning/afternoon fellow students. Before anything else‚ allow me to sincerely thank you for acknowledging my candidacy for senator in our beloved university. Since freshman year‚ I have been an advocate for our student body. Although I have not held a position similar to what I am running for now‚ I have always been actively helping our student government in my humble capacity as First Year representative. Through my efforts‚ the freshmen have earned two seats in the school

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    Stapler Figure

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    Date: August 13‚ 2007 To: Cheryl Nobles From: Iana Machinskaia Subject: A mechanism process description of a stapler Figure 1 Stapler Introduction A stapler is a portable "device which binds together sheets of paper by driving a thin metal staple through the sheets and folding over the ends to secure the paper". (Wikipedia) Most office staplers are 30 cm long‚ 9 cm wide and 18 cm tall. The stapler is made of rubber‚ plastic and metal. Main components of an office stapler include

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    FIGURE IN ART CONTEMPORARY VS RENNEISANCE CULTURAL From historical Renaissance aspect‚ the nude figure in art has always been represented as innocent and pure‚ as well sensual and sexual. Therefore contrasting to the contemporary point of view‚ whereas the nude is often a mirror reflecting the darkest parts in society through dehumanization‚ distortion and repulsion. Religion in society was quite superstitious back in the 1400’s and the artists beliefs in God where very strong and faithful‚

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    A Black Man Talks of Reaping Figure of Speech In Arna Bontemps’ poem‚ “A Black Man Talks of Reaping”‚ he uses many figures of speech like metaphor‚ personification‚ overstatement and synecdoche. Metaphor is the tool Bontemps uses in his poem. For instance‚ “Wind or fowl” (line 3) metaphorically refers to white race who are every where and can take the profit of African American race away like a wind blows grains away or like a bird intends to steal seeds of a farmer by pecking them away. Therefore

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    Tubotein Taylor 2/10/13 Humanities 2 Bastard Children In the story entitled “Desiree’s Baby” by Kate Chopin‚ Desiree and her husband‚ Armand Aubigny‚ were blessed with a beautiful child to whom they could call their own. They were very much in love‚ until the site of their child could not go unnoticed any longer. There was no place for two whites to paternally and maternally take care of a Negro child. Since this is a white male dominant society‚ he automatically assumed that she was at fault

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