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    to win. That is exactly what soon-to-be President Barack Obama did back in 2008. Through this crisis-risen scenario, he didn’t budge, he didn’t change, he didn’t back down. He stepped up to the stage, swung, and hit a homerun with his speech by sticking to simple literature basics, and putting rhetorical devices one after another, from start to finish of the speech. By reciting this well written speech with many rhetorical devices used, Barack Obama was not only able to save voters who might have switched

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    Although Barack Obama tries for our country, his approval rating by United States citizens is 47% while 52% of US citizens disapprove him during his eight years of presidency. Some people say he’s bad because of how he handles our country for example; he raised the debt ceiling, did some wasteful programs, and didn’t really do a good job. But, even if he did some pretty good and bad things to our country he is still our president and has to do his job. Some good things about Barack Obama are that

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    On January 21st, 2009, Barack Obama stepped up to the podium after millions upon millions of people chanted his name. It was the first time that an African-American took office as the President of the United States. He presented a historic message of hope and change for the future of the United States of America, given that it was a change of presidency in those excruciatingly unideal times. During his inaugural address, he had to state the most important issues that America was currently facing

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    we seek." (February 5 Speech) Barack Obama was an important and influential figure in history who had a positive impact on the America and the world because he was the first African American President of the United States and brought positive change for the country. On August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. was welcomed into this world.(“Barack Obama.”Biography in Context). Barack Hussein Obama Sr. is Obama’s

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    Barack Obama is the forty-fourth and first black president of the United States of America. Obama was born in Hawaii on April 4th, 1961. He was raised as a black and white child since his mother was a white American and his father was a black kenyan (“Barack Obama: Life Before the Presidency”). Obama served as senator of Illinois before his being elected as president, however, his journey towards becoming senator wasn’t an easy one (“Barack Obama: Life Before the Presidency”). Barack Obama, overall

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    Born on August 6, 1961, Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th President of the United States of America. He is the son of Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham. Barack Obama, Sr. was not involved in his son’s life and as a result of his lack of support, Barack Obama II felt detached from his father. However, despite his father’s absence from his life, Barack Obama succeeded in life and established a legacy for the future generations. As a child, Barack Obama was exposed to different cultures due to the

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    Student Tutor Class Date Barack Obama as an "Outlier" Barack Obama has attracted immense attention from the basic way he conducts his affairs in the Oval Office and from his past life experiences. Nevertheless, there have been debates as to whether Obama is really an “Outlier” or not. For this purpose, this paper examines how Obama is perceived as an “Outlier.” This examination involves looking into the challenges he faced as he grew up and the aspects of his life and the surrounding that helped

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    on whether or not we have a great president. For example, some might think that President Obama was a wonderful leader and did his job correctly. Others may think differently that Obama was not a successful leader and that he did not do his job right. There is no perfect president for everyone. To begin let's discover President Barack Obama's Birth. First he was born on August 4th, 1961 to Ann Dunham. Obama was born in Honolulu, Hawaii at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children. Ann Dunham

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    I think you should invite the president of United States to our school because it would be quite interesting to hear our president,Barack Obama,talking at our school and tell us what we have to know and what we are in charge of as of being students.Barack Obama is a very jolly person and would be most likely to tell us about what we need to know and I have an explanation for why I want him to be invited to Lenox Academy. I think that you should invite the president of United States to our school

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    Many people may not know if they will ever be a famous person someday. We are all special and have our unique differences. For example, Barack Obama was the first African American President of the United States. According to biography.com he was born on august 4th, 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was first a civil rights lawyer and then was elected to State Senate in 1996 and then to U.S. Senate in 2004. Later in 2008 he was elected as president and ran again for a second term in 2012 and won again

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