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Many jobs require persuasive writing — particularly advertising. Writing persuasively requires many different skills, such as identifying an audience, finding the right tone, and speaking with authority. Telling a story and selecting good words can also be important. Read more…
After the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, a German politician is writing to new companies based in the UK trying to convince them to move their company to Germany. She believes that staying the in UK will…
With financial strain due to the ongoing fight against the Islamic State, Iraq has reached agreements with several foreign oil companies to increase production on Iraq's huge oil fields. The country gets almost all of its revenue from oil, and…
At the age of 88, Ernie Andrus ran in a relay race. Though he only did it out of a love for running, he got some attention for it. Andrus decided to do one better and run across the country,…
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The National Archives in Washington, DC are the keepers of all US military records. For very old records, such as the War of 1812, that has always meant handling fragile papers. But since 2012, about 60 percent of the more…
Though viewers see politicians give speeches all the time, they often don’t understand how those speeches get written. For example, some people think speechwriters do everything and that politicians don’t have anything to do with the speeches. But the politicians…
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Writer Mike Bartlett discusses how he wrote his latest play, King Charles III, which mimics a Shakespeare play in style and form. The play’s characters are the modern British royal family, after Queen Elizabeth dies. Bartlett was nervous to write…
Kansas is home to many important sites in African-American history, but many of its residents don't know about them. The African American Museum in Wichita hopes to change that by linking some of those sites by a trail. The Kansas…