Be sincere be brief and be seated FDR

“Be sincere; be brief; and be seated. ” - FDR When speaking in front of others, do your best to care about the material you are presenting as well as your audience.

FDR stands for Franklin D. Roosevelt 32 nd President of the United States Famous quotes: “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself” http: //www. americanrhetoric. com/speeches/fdrfirstinaugural. html Yesterday, December 7 th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. (in Appendix A) http: //www. americanrhetoric. com/speeches/fdrpearlharbor. htm http: //www. fdrlibrary. marist. edu/fdrbio. html

Sincere- Real, genuine, frank, true

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August 23, 1926 Rudolph Valentino dies On this day, heartthrob Rudoph Valentino dies at the age of 31, after surgery for a perforated ulcer. The actor's death provoked a hysterical outpouring of grief among women around the country. Tens of thousands of fans swarmed the Campbell Funeral home two days later, and public viewing of the body was cut short to control the mob. Movie studios shut down on September 7 for Valentino's funeral, the first time studios closed their doors for the death of an actor. Valentino was born in 1895 in Italy, the son of a veterinarian in the army. He attended military school but after he was rejected from a naval academy, he left Italy for Paris, then headed to New York in 1913. In New York, Valentino worked as a landscape gardener, dishwasher, and waiter, and often found himself in trouble with the police. He began dancing in nightclubs and was soon partnered with the popular Bonnie Glass. His fortunes were improving, but his trouble with the police continued, and he left New York with the cast of a touring musical bound for Utah. He continued west to San Francisco, where he kept dancing. In 1917, he moved to Hollywood and began appearing in small roles in silent films. He got his big break in 1921, when screenwriter June Mathis chose him to star in The Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (1921). That same year, he starred in The Sheik, the movie that launched the Valentino cult. Women began swooning in the aisles and continued to do so in 1922, when Blood and Sand was released. Valentino married in 1920, but his wife, actress Jean Acker, claimed that she locked him out of the bridal suite on the wedding night and that the marriage was never consummated. Nevertheless, when he married his second wife, Natasha Rambova, in 1922, he was arrested for bigamy. However, charges were dropped a few weeks later. Valentino turned his career over to Rambova, an actress and film designer, to manage. He appeared in increasingly effeminate roles, and she managed to irritate studio executives so much that she was banned from the sets of her husband's movies. Despite these problems, his 1925 movie, The Eagle, was a hit, as was Son of the Sheik the following year. He seemed on the verge of a comeback when he died in 1926.

Wallace, Sir William, 1272? – 1305, Scottish soldier and national hero. The first historical record of Wallace's activities concerns the burning of Lanark by Wallace and 30 men in May, 1297, and the slaying of the English sheriff, one of those whom Edward I of England had installed in his attempt to make good his claim to overlordship of Scotland. After the burning of Lanark many joined Wallace's forces, and under his leadership a disciplined army was evolved. Wallace marched on Scone and met an English force of more than 50, 000 before Stirling Castle in Sept. , 1297. The English, trying to cross a narrow bridge over the Forth River, were killed as they crossed, and their army was routed. Wallace crossed the border and laid waste several counties in the North of England. In December he returned to Scotland for a short time acted as guardian of the realm for the imprisoned king, John de Baliol. In July, 1298, Edward defeated Wallace and his army at Falkirk, and forced him to retreat northward. His prestige lost, Wallace went to France in 1299 to seek the aid of King Philip IV, and he possibly went on to Rome. He is heard of again fighting in Scotland in 1304, but there was a price on his head, and in 1305 he was captured by Sir John de Menteith. He was taken to London in Aug. , 1305, declared guilty of treason, and executed. The best-known source for the life of Wallace is a long romantic poem attributed to Blind Harry, written in the 15 th cent.

Word-of-the-day Sincere – real, genuine, frank, true

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