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- 2591: Sports and Nationalism
- ... play . During the 1970's, the Philippine government moved towards the creation of its own professional basketball league. It is known today as the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). We Filipino's may not be as big and strong as American players but we still managed to develop our own style of play. Philippine basketball is known for its quickness, versatility and finesse. In the baseball world, the Philippines became dominant in ...
- 2592: Sammy Sosa Vs. Mark McGwire
- Sammy Sosa Vs. Mark McGwire There are many athletes in baseball today, but two names everyone knows are Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa. McGwire, known to most as "Big Mac" and Sosa, known to most as "Slammin' Sammy" are great athletes who share a part of baseball history. Both are good hitters but they are also different hitters. They are both good players on ...
- 2593: The Bicycle: From Wood to Metal.
- ... be built as light as 21 pounds for track racing, with a driving wheel varying from 40 to 60 inches in diameter, according to the owner’s leg length. The high-wheel bicycle, with its big driven front wheel, dominated the scene for a period of some 20 years towards the end of the 19th century, it was clearly a dead-end development. Indirect drives were added to overcome the limitation ...
- 2594: Shopping
- ... to shop freely because you have received a lump sum of cash. Cashing a paycheck is psychologically damaging because after working two weeks for a designated payday leaves one feeling overwhelmed. By the time the 'big day' rolls around, it is more tempting for one to splurge, purchasing a much desired item. This is where the infamous "impulse buys" are made, and whether you need that pair of electrically heated underwear ...
- 2595: 1980’s Sports
- ... Sports The eighties were a great time of talented athletes, it was a decade of all sports. The popularity of many sports were increased in this decade, mostly because of television. The Olympics were a big part of the 1980’s. The world records, the Olympic records, the introduction of new sports and women’s sports. Baseball, basketball, football, boxing, and some other sports also had their part in this decade ...
- 2596: Heaven
- ... the harmony of divine mind is manifest. There are other ways, shorter ways, to define Heaven. Such as… God’s kingdom, which is mostly refereed to in churches around the world. The holy place, the big house, pearly gates, golden gates, are only a few synonyms of the many others used to describe Heaven. It’s hard to compare Heaven to anything, but some people would like to think of Heaven ...
- 2597: Tourism
- ... s usually us people from the richer countries in the west that travel abroad as tourists. This became possible during the early twentieth century, when the industrial revolution had reached most western countries in a big way, and the governments had begun to get more and more democratic. They started to have governmental foundings with the intention of giving people who worked in different sectors their wages in sp Although, most ...
- 2598: University of Pennsylvania Essay Questions
- ... The court was the place where I felt most comfortable and most powerful. I liked the team spirit that filled the air before the matches, and I adored the camps and practices we had before big tournaments. With the opportunity to form lasting bonds with many different girls, I was obsessed and fascinated by the sport. My interest spilled over to inspire my teammates, and my desire and dedication to basketball ...
- 2599: The Korean Traditional Dances
- ... traditional dances. It doesn't have much movements and the music sounds like the one in a ceremony. In my family no one is really perfect in Korean dancing. But sometimes when we have a big festival or a national holiday the elders in my family dance bu-tsche-cum ( fan dance). It is one of the best known damong the Korean dances. It is hard though to explain how the ...
- 2600: An Essay On Plato’s The Republic And Aristophanes The Birds
- ... sense for them to be working also. Plato’s plans for a more productive society go deeper then just getting more people to work, he wants to breed better citizens. To do this, Rulers organize big breeding rituals where the Rulers choose the mates of different people. These gatherings are used not only to satisfy sexual needs but also serve as ways of taking the dating game out of the peoples ...
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