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- 7831: The Olympic Games
- ... for several hundred years, until they were abolished in the early Christian era. The revival of the Olympic Games took place in 1896, and since then they have been staged every fourth year, except during World War I and World War II. Perhaps the basic difference between the ancient and modern Olympics is that the former was the ancient Greeks' way of saluting their gods, whereas the modern Games are a manner of saluting the ... but the representatives convinced him that Greece was the appropriate country to host the first modern Olympics. The council did agree that the Olympics would move every four years to other great cities of the world. Thirteen countries competed at the Athens Games in 1896. Nine sports were on the agenda: cycling, fencing, gymnastics, lawn tennis, shooting, swimming, track and field, weight lifting, and wrestling. The 14-man U. S. ...
- 7832: Artificial Turf: A Dangerous Playing Surface
- ... fans, and most importantly to improve the sport overall. What Is Artificial Turf? Like Kleenex or Xerox, AstroTurf has become the popular moniker for all artificial playing surfaces impersonating natural grass in the modern sports world. Born in the 1960's out of a military project to improve the physical fitness of urban teenagers, AstroTurf,along with its foreign and domestic impostors that were eventually squeezed out of the industry, was ... nasty little side effect. Players, coaches, and trainers began to notice a substantial increase in the frequency of injuries on the improved traction and reduced cushion of AstroTurf. Doctors even identified and named a few new ones, common only to the artificial surface. Turf Injuries The relative hardness of AstroTurf has spawned an unpleasant little chronic injury called turf toe. It occurs when the big toe is crushed into an artificial ... Stadium Field Surface 1 Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia Artificial Turf 2 Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati Artificial Turf 3 The Astrodome in Houston Artificial Turf 4 Three Rivers Stadiumin Pittsburgh Artificial Turf 5 Giants Stadium in New Jersey Artificial Turf Other results of the survey: 93.4% of NFL players believe that artificial turf is more likely than grass to contribute to injury. 90.9% believe artificial turf is more likely ...
- 7833: The Changing Face of Basketball
- ... Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar head that list. George's build, Russell's defense, Chamberlain's style, and Abdul-Jabbar's grace all set these guys apart from the rest of the basketball world. Like Mikan, Russell was the typical hard-working team player. Russell was one of the best rebounders, if not the best, ever to play basketball. Out of all the centers ever to play the game ... first professional basketball league formed was the National League and it consisted of six teams. When the National League folded, the Philadelphia League was formed. The Eastern League, Central League, Hudson River League, and the New York State League soon followed (Hollander 17). The American Basketball League was formed in 1925 but had only short success. The New York Renaissance Five was the first Black team, followed by the Harlem Globetrotters. The National Basketball League was started in 1937 and lasted about 10 years(Hollandar 21-28). The NBA was developed in ...
- 7834: Chrysanthemums And Its Symboli
- ... more than just flowers. There are actions that she performs in the story, which also have other meanings. Elisa is a country housewife. She is semi-distant from her husband and greatly distant from the world around her. She is a homebody, meaning that she rarely leaves the boundaries of her home and she has a lot of time and energy being built up. She uses some of this energy to clean up her house, but most of it is spent on her flower garden. Her garden is a place of solitude. Its her own little world where she can let herself go and be the person that she wants to be. Her feminine side is brought out in her garden, the nurturer for the chrysanthemums, a mother almost to them. When ... garden in other words is a symbol for her femininity and womanhood. The chrysanthemums are also seen as a symbol for her heart. Her existence seemed drab, dull and inevitable. She wanted to travel the world but she knew that she should not leave her husband. She felt that her husband wasnt taken enough care of her personally so she took care of herself in the form of her ...
- 7835: Jackie Kennedy Onasis
- ... arrived home from her trip, she decided she did not want to continue school at Vassar. Jackie then enrolled in George Washington University in Washington, DC.(Heymann) Early in 1951, Jackie became engaged to a New York Banker, John Husted. The summer after Jackie Finished college, the engagement was broken off and Jackie returned to revisit Europe.(Heymann) Upon Jackies return from Europe, she was offered a job as a ... was the epitome of composure and as Ted Kennedy said," held us together as a family and a nation." Four days after the funeral, Jackie gave an interview in Time magazine and then moved to New York to attempt a low profile life style. The low profile lifestyle was very hard to obtain. The press was constantly inquiring if Jackie had any new love interests. Then on October 20th 1968, Jackie married Aristotle Onassis on the Greek island Scorpios. Aristotle was not only her sisters ex boyfriend, but he was also the richest man in the ...
- 7836: Caveat Emptor of the Love Canal
- Caveat Emptor of the Love Canal The Love Canal, an area near Niagara Falls in New York, was excavated around the turn of the century by a company which was headed by William T. Love. After Love went broke, the canal was put up for action and was eventually bought by ... portion of the chemicals by placing them under a large clay cap. In the nineties, the EPA declared the area habitable once again and allowed residents to move back to the Love Canal under the new name of Black Creek Village. Why would these people move into an area that was once so unsafe after the government did not even fully test the site for human safety? The Love Canal was ... is allowing people to make a very unwise decision. Houses in the Love Canal are now back on the market. Sure, these houses are going for a significantly lower price than most homes in the New York area, but they are built on top of a huge cap that contains thousands of different chemicals beneath it. People are putting a money in front of their family and personal health. People ...
- 7837: Deliverance: The Establishment of "Masculinity"
- ... they still possess the strength, bravery, intelligence, and charm believed to be society's ideal of "masculinity." Dickey's four main characters undertake a risky adventure to satisfy their egotistical complexes and prove to the world that they are still the strong young men their wives married. Each character represents a different stereotype of the middle-aged man, and therefore experiences a different type of psychological and physical journey than their ... War. For in the Vietnam War, all common moralities and values were thrown away to fit the environment in which we were fighting. Here, all the men except Drew disregard the morals of the civilized world to survive in this unfamiliar territory where they have willingly placed themselves. That may be one reason that Drew is the one to be shot and drowned alone and later discovered: he dies because he ... because it is embarrassing to him. He [Bobby] got up, twenty years older, and walked over to the dead man. Then, in an explosion so sudden that it was like something bursting through from another world, he kicked the body in the face, and again. (Dickey, 124) Lewis, at the beginning of this trip is the egotistical man who serves as the true epitome of mid-life crisis. Lewis wants ...
- 7838: Indira Gandhfemalei
- ... in-law. Two sons, Rajiv and Sanjay, were born in quick succession, and it seemed that Indira was ready to settle down in her role as wife and mother(Malhotra 76). Following the end of World War II, the British Government was convinced, at last, that it could no longer rule India. In September 1946, Jawaharal Nehru became the head of an "interim" government and on August 15, 1947, the first ... and Indira was to be a puppet leader for a time while the actual struggle for power went on behind the scenes. So it was that Indira Gandhi, almost accidentally, became the leader of the worlds largest democracy. She had always claimed that she was not interested in power, and until now-she was nearing fifty-she had never actively pursued a position of power(Currimbhoy 126). With very little ... with starvation, adding yet another burden to an economy already depleted by two successive wars(Jayakar 136). It was in foreign relations that Indira Gandhi did the best in. From the past experience of meeting world leaders, Indira managed to show her personality with a confidence that charmed everyone; she received favorable coverage on her visits to America, England,and Russia, as well as to other, smaller countries. In August ...
- 7839: Are Traditional Methods Of Rendering Obsolete Or Not
- Are Traditional Methods Of Rendering Obsolete Or Not Introduction Even though at the moment were all in a world of increasing 'High Tech' reproduction of images and text both mechanically and electronically I feel there will always be a place for the more traditional hand drawn methods of rendering images and type and that it is not inevitably doomed but only lying dormant until we can escape from the world of the repeated style of the computer. The future of the traditional methods The 1980's saw some of the first computer aided design. The software has gradually become easier to understand yet capable of far more complex procedures. Nowadays it is available to anyone in their own home for as little as a thousand pounds. The world of design has been put under the spell of the Apple Macintosh, digital cameras and image manipulation software. Almost everything that we now see has been altered or produced on the computer, any thing ...
- 7840: Interpretation of Ibsen's "A Doll's House"
- ... society; but it is her actions that provide the insight to this position. It can be suggested that women have the power to choose which rules to follow at home, but not in the business world, thus again indicating her subordinateness. Nora does not at first realize that the rules outside the household apply to her. This is evident in Nora's meeting with Krogstad regarding her borrowed money. In her ... it by attempting to distract herself with her Christmas decorations (16). Thus her first encounter with rules outside of her "doll's house" results in the realization of her naivety and inexperience with the real world due to her subordinate role in society. The character of Nora is not only important in describing to role of women, but also in emphasizing the impact of this role on a woman. Nora's ... to her children than an empty figurehead. From this point, when Torvald is making a speech about the effects of a deceitful mother, until the final scene, Nora progressively confronts the realities of the real world and realizes her subordinate position. Although she is progressively understanding this position, she still clings to the hope that her husband will come to her protection and defend her from the outside world once ...
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