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  2. Antimetabole - Wikipedia

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    "Eat to live, do not live to eat." —attributed to Socrates "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country." —John F. Kennedy, 1961 inaugural address "There is no 'way to peace'. Peace is the way." —A. J. Muste "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath." —Mark 2:27 [2]

  3. Juxtaposition - Wikipedia

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    Juxtaposition in literary terms is the showing contrast by concepts placed side by side. An example of juxtaposition are the quotes "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country", and "Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate", both by John F. Kennedy, who particularly liked juxtaposition as a rhetorical device. [1]

  4. Inauguration of John F. Kennedy - Wikipedia

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    The inauguration of John F. Kennedy as the 35th president of the United States was held on Friday, January 20, 1961, at the East Portico of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. This was the 44th inauguration and marked the commencement of John F. Kennedy's and Lyndon B. Johnson 's only term as president and vice president.

  5. Kennedy Doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Kennedy Doctrine. The Kennedy Doctrine refers to foreign policy initiatives of the 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, towards Latin America during his administration between 1961 and 1963. Kennedy voiced support for the containment of communism as well as the reversal of communist progress in the Western Hemisphere.

  6. We choose to go to the Moon - Wikipedia

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    e. Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, commonly known by the sentence in the middle of the speech " We choose to go to the Moon ", was a speech on September 12, 1962 by John F. Kennedy, the President of the United States. The aim was to bolster public support for his proposal to land a man on the Moon before 1970 and bring ...

  7. Profiles in Courage - Wikipedia

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    Profiles in Courage is a 1956 volume of short biographies describing acts of bravery and integrity by eight United States senators.The book, authored by John F. Kennedy with Ted Sorensen as a ghostwriter, profiles senators who defied the opinions of their party and constituents to do what they felt was right and suffered severe criticism and losses in popularity as a result.

  8. Chiasmus - Wikipedia

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    For other meanings of "chiasm", see Chiasm. In rhetoric, chiasmus (/ kaɪˈæzməs / ky-AZ-məs) or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ "), is a "reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words ...

  9. Ted Sorensen - Wikipedia

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    Philip C. Sorensen (brother) Education. University of Nebraska, Lincoln (BA, LLB) Theodore Chaikin Sorensen (May 8, 1928 – October 31, 2010) was an American lawyer, writer, and presidential adviser. He was a speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, as well as one of his closest advisers. President Kennedy once called him his "intellectual ...