.... legal holiday in Alabama and Florida and in eight counties of Louisiana. The New Orleans celebration is the most famous. But Biloxi, Mississippi, and Mobile, Alabama also have celebrations. (World Book pg. 197) History of Mardi Gras in New Orleans during the 18th century. Many wealthy Louisiana families would leave their rural plantations to spend the winter months in New Orleans, where they held lavish parties and masked balls. The first written reference to Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans appears in a 1781 report of the Spanish government, which controlled Louisiana. The report addressed problems that might arise from allowing slaves to wea .....

.... classmates will know some helpful things that they can use to improve their enjoyment of the game of bowling. C. Credibility: I have based this speech on some book information and on my own personal experience. I have been bowling for eight years and I have taken a bowling coach certification class. D. Enumerated Preview: In my speech, I am going to talk about the bowling equipment, the basics techniques of the game and some games to help you improve your own bowling game. Transition: First, I want to talk about the equipment used in the game of bowling. Body I. I am sure that all of you know that there is special equipment that is used .....

.... talks. The reforms are not as radical as many politicians had called for. Several countries fought hard to protect their share of EU money and, as all budget decisions have to be unanimous, they could have vetoed any deal going against them. In typical EU fashion, the compromise budget is mixture of give and take, but there are some clear winners and losers. As the sun rose over Berlin, a compromise was finally foundMost consumers living in the European Union should be among the winners, as the price of many foods could fall in the coming years. Spain, Greece, Portugal and France did quite nicely, defending their share of EU subsidies .....

.... miss out on being in the best city in the country. I'd miss out on the top college for my interests - Marketing and Communications. What other school has the amazing Co-op program I dreamed of. Open it! Open it! I guess my curiousity peaked. I opened the book and I was accepted. There I was in my dorm room with my roommate, happy and content. My dream came true and I was going to Northeastern. What attracted me to apply to this college was the Co-op program. I enjoy working and the idea of working at the job of my major is a plus. I have asked several soon to be graduates what they plan to do when they graduate? The response is "I don't know". Go .....

.... drove at night along a desolate highway in southern Italy with Nicholas and his little sister, Eleanor; a small light colored car overtook them. Two men inside, their faces hidden by kerchiefs shouted in Italian and gestured for Reginal Green to pull over. When Green fearing for his family, didn’t, the men open fire. Little Nicholas, who was sleeping on the back seat, was struck in the head with a bullet. He died in the hospital two days later. As a nation, all of Italy was horrified by the crime then deeply moved by the Greens unexpected response. Rather than reacting with justifiable bitterness, Reginal and Maggie Green donated their son†.....

.... are operated in such a manner that their employees don’t have any pride, or satisfaction in what they are doing. If you have been to a fast food restaurant lately, you can see how that reflects in the service that you get. Another method is to create a distinguished history for a company. This would include how the company was started, who founded it, accomplishments and contributions, and other bits of information that would complement a company. The media happens to be one of the most effective tools. There is a very strong love/hate relationship between corporate communicators and the media. On one hand, communicators need to get their mes .....

.... currencies. Those who have foreign currency and want to buy dollars with it provide the demand for Australian dollars. These include overseas people who want to buy our exports, tourists coming here, overseas people wanting to lend money here, or buy shares or property here, overseas firms setting up branches here or expanding them, and those who pay us for various services, such as repay loans. Those who have Australian dollars and want to use them to buy foreign currencies provide the supply of Australia dollars. These include Australians who want to buy imports from overseas, Australian tourists going overseas, Australian banks and firms lending .....

.... people around the world lie to get things to go their way. A perfect example of a group of people that use the rhetoric are politicians. Politicians will say and do anything to convince the citizens that they are right, and that they will do all they promise to do, if you vote for him or her. They try to convince us all the time, and often succeed, that they will make changes. Just think about the many times we've heard, "If you vote for me, I will lower the taxes." Gorgias makes a very clear point regarding the power of the rhetoric. The following quote from Gorgias expresses the impact that rhetoric can have on those listening. .....

.... with 100%. The first point that I agree with is having faith. Having faith in a religious way or just in life in general. Both types of faith will bring you an inner happiness. You look at those people who are sick or very ill. The one who has faith seems to make a stronger and quicker recovery. You’ll also notice that from these people that they are very at peace and bring happiness to those around them. The second point that he makes that I agree with is sleep, sleep, sleep. I’ve notice that in life you need to sleep. People who have trouble sleeping become very irritable and unhappy. You’ll also notice that those people .....

.... integrated into the world economy through trade and investment flows, and production linkages. As the economy expanded rapidly and became more complex in structure, it posed more and new types of strains and challenges to economic management or “governance� systems at both the macro (i.e. public policy) and micro (enterprise) levels. As the relative role of the private sector increased in the economy, the importance of enterprise management and performance correspondingly increased. Looking more deeply at Thailand’s performance, manufactured exports grew by about 23% per year between 1980 and 1995, almost doubling during 1992-1995. Howeve .....