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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"President George W. Bush"”.
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Using religious discourse to construct reality: President George W Bush and Osama Bin Laden
… and compares the religious discourse used by President George W. Bush in his September 20, 2001, address to a join session of Congress and by Osama bin Laden in his taped statement that aired on Al Jazeera television on October 7, 2001. As leaders of societies who both believe they are God's …
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Exploring Classical and Contemporary Conception of Ethos Applied Case-The Rhetorical Ethos of President George W. Bush
… analysis of the rhetorical ethos exhibited by President George W. Bush in his presidential speeches. The theoretical investigation reveals the extensive use of the ethical appeal in all manner of rhetorical situations in the contemporary world but especially focuses on how political rhetoric …
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A Case Study of Identity Politics in America: President George W. Bush and Nationalist Victimization Strategies towards Iraq
… foreign policy as it has been projected by President George W. Bush between September 11, 2001 and March 19, 2003. Political theorists advance numerous definitions of both the nation and nationalism that offer insight into the Self-Other dichotomy. Despite substantive differences, there is …
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Ethical Elitism: A Burkean Analysis of the Rhetorical Construction of a Moral Persona in the First Term of President George W. Bush
<p>On November 4, 2004, President George W. Bush won re-election. According to exit polls, a majority of people who voted for Bush over his opponent, Senator John Kerry, did so because they believed that Bush was the “moral values” candidate. In this dissertation, I assess the moral persona that …
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Barack Obama's rise to power : reinventing political campaigns
… turbulence and the unpopularity of outgoing President George W Bush, helped propel Obama to power, his campaign was nonetheless revolutionary. It will be argued that it contained several elements of trail blazing innovation that are likely to redefine political communications in the U.S and …
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No Child Left Behind in California: Accountability for Studetn Proficiency
<p>According to President George W. Bush, no child should be left behind in education. By the year 2014, 100% of students are expected to score proficient or higher on their state’s standards-based tests in language arts and math. The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore whether or not …
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A Comparative Pentadic Analysis of Mediated Presidential Discourse During 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina
In his first term as president, George W. Bush was confronted with one of the worst national attacks in United States history: the September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001. Through the devastation, however, President Bush triumphed in unifying and guiding this nation during what would become the …
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The myth of national unity: President George W Bush's rhetorical reconstruction of America
On Inaugural Day, President George W. Bush faced an unusually hostile audience. To reunite the nation, President Bush reached back to Americans' fundamental archetypal images, featuring the American founding myth. However, this reunification process was not complete until his speeches of September …
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Retaking Summative Assessments at the High School Level
<p>In 2010, under President Obama, A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act was written to reform the No Child Left Behind Act that was signed into law in 2002 by President George W. Bush. The new goal under the reform was that by 2020 all students …
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National Security Personnel System (NSPS) a history of creation and enactment of the legislation authorizing its establishment
… Act (NDAA), signed into public law by President George W. Bush on November 24, 2003. NSPS enactment served as a key pillar of DOD's ongoing transformation effort and was a historically significant example of modern U.S. Civil Service reform. It also serves as a valuable case study for …
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The Cold War, the New World Order, and the War on Terror : U.S. presidents' use of Orwell's big brother myth
… about the fear totalitarianism. Born out of George Orwell's novel 1984, the Big Brother myth is articulated by presenting a totalitarian foe, creating an us vs. them scenario, and depicting a dystopian world into the near distant future. This study examined U.S. Presidents' Inaugural and …
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Corporate Media Framing of Political Rhetoric: The Creation of a Moral Panic in the wake of September 11th 2001
… the rhetoric and subsequent media framing of President George W. Bush during the years following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and how such frames have been able to generate and sustain a national moral panic. While a number of scholars have explored the effect of presidential …
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Rhetorically Re(de)fining Dignity: Leon Kass and the American Jeremiad Against Human Genetic Enhancement
… complexities, Leon Kass was appointed by former president George W. Bush and served as the chair of the President's Council on Bioethics until 2005. This thesis utilizes the Performative Traditions method to chart the idioms, voices, and argumentative patterns of Leon Kass in the bioethics …
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The Discursive Construction of National Security Threats from 2001-2018
… conceptualization of itself are vulnerable to Presidential rhetoric. Presidents convey threats through rhetorical frameworks, a simplified means to present a manipulated perception of reality to a wider audience, which intentionally provoke reactions from the nation to garner consensus towards …
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The transfer veteran student experience: Exploring college choice, transition, and collegiate experiences of veterans
… Freedom (OEF), and Operation New Dawn. In 2008, President George W. Bush signed into law provisions for what has been commonly referred to as the Post 9/11 GI Bill. This legislation substantially increased educational benefits for veterans and has led to an increase of veterans enrolling in …
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A Case Study of the Implementation of the Resolution Session in Processing of Special Education Complaints in a Large Urban School District
In 2004, United States President George W. Bush signed into law the amendment to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The law contained a last step to resolve complaints prior to a due process hearing: the resolution session. For decades parents sought resolution for their …
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A case study of a university-school partnership: impacting the success of children, teacher candidates, and inservice teachers
School reform is an often heard term within the Bush administration. Since the signing of his No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), President George W. Bush set out to make certain our teachers are highly qualified and that our children perform better in school. From the Holmes Group (1986) to …
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Care Is Not a Family Value: Gender Frames and the Discourse of "Baby UI"
… the birth or adoption of a child. In 1999,President Bill Clinton attempted to rectify the situation by providing the United States Department of Labor with the executive authority to allow states to utilize funds from unemployment insurance coffers. “Baby UI” was born. Yet, in 2003, …
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U.S. Senate Deliberations on the War Powers Resolution during the Bush and Obama Administrations
… back into the decision-making process, yet no President has ever acknowledged its constitutionality. The initial debates around the WPR revealed four major lines of argument on the balance of war powers; three of those continued to be made over the next 40 years, as Presidents from both …
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Supplemental Educational Services in Large Texas School Districts
… <p>With the need for greater education reform, President George W. Bush and Congress enacted No Child Left Behind (U. S. Department of Education, 2001). The enactment of NCLB was accompanied by additional requirements concerning accountability for student achievement. The search for methods that …
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