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Welch1 Rook Welch Mrs. Coker English III 31 March 2016 Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson Blythe IV was born on August 19th, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. His father died three months before his birth. When he was only two, his mother left him to live with his grandparents. When she remarried, the family moved to Hot Springs, Ark. In his younger years,, Bill was determined for success. He earned academic honors. This gave him the nomination as a delegate to the American Legion Boy s Nation program in Washington, D.C., where he met JFK. This inspired him to chase a career in politics. Clinton went to Georgetown University and studied international affairs. He was an intern for Sen. J. William Fulbright of Arkansas. He got his B.S. degree in 1968. He received a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford University. He then enrolled at Yale Law School. In 1972, he managed George McGovern s Texas campaign. He graduated law school in 1973. Clinton then returned to Arkansas to teach and to make plans for his career in politics. He married Hillary Rodham, on October 11th, 1975. Clinton entered office among high expectations for policy change. He changed many Republican policies in his early administration. He found it hard to change national priorities during his first two years in office. Early in his administration several of his appointees encountered congressional disapproval. His proposal to end the ban on homosexuals in the military was met with widespread opposition from Congress, theShow MoreRelatedBill Clinton : William Shakespeare1142 Words   |  5 PagesEnglish III 31 March 2016 Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson Blythe IV was born on August 19th, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas. Three months before he was born his father tragically died. When he was only two, his mother left him to live with his grandparents. When she remarried, the family moved to Hot Springs, Ark. In his younger years,, Bill was determined for success. He earned academic honors. This gave him the opportunity to go as a nominee to the American Legion Boys Nation program in Washington, D.CRead MoreBill Clinton : The American Legion Boy s Nation Program1577 Words   |  7 PagesEnglish III 26 March 2016 Bill Clinton Born on Aug. 19, 1946, in Hope, Ark., William (Bill) Jefferson Blythe IV grew up in a bad home situation. His father had died in an automobile accident before his son s birth, and his mother later was forced to leave Bill with his grandparents when she moved to New Orleans to pursue her nursing studies. The family settled in Hot Springs, Ark., after his mother married Roger Clinton, whose surname Bill later adopted. As a young man, Bill was determined to succeedRead MoreLogical Reasoning189930 Words   |  760 Pageslogical—to reason logically. It demonstrates the usefulness of logical reasoning as a means to making more effective decisions about your own life—decisions about what to believe and decisions about what to do. The chapter begins a systematic program of study of all the major topics regarding logical reasoning. Along the way, the book focuses on developing the following five skills: (1) writing logically, (2) detecting inconsistency and lack of clarity in a group of sentences, (3) spotting issues