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- 9361: Basketball Needs to Be Fixed
- ... in the future. So let us say that one school has a great core of sophomore and junior players for an upcoming season. The coaches do not have the need or the room for many new top notch players. So all of the top recruits find other schools to go to. Then, let us say that the great core of players leaves for the NBA, leaving the team with mediocre players ... to televise the games as they once did. The schools and the league are not the only ones hurt, by leaving school early hoping to make the big bucks the players hurt themselves. In the world that we live in today, if you do not have a college degree, opportunities are limited. Look at the statistics, 60 players are drafted each year, and there are only 360 roster spots in the ... and maturity; these are the thing that college is supposed to teach them, but by leaving early they are not given all of the things that they need to be a success. Many of the new players in the league develop attitudes of cockiness or overconfidence because of their draft position or because of the millions of dollars that they are being paid. Suspensions and fines for misconduct are at ...
- 9362: Basketball's Greatest Players
- ... rumor was he once dunked a basketball backwards thirty-six times in a row to win a sixty dollar bet. Now to Lloyd Daniels, said to be the best basketball player ever to play in New York he was heavely recruited and signed with UNLV despite never graduating H.S. His biggest downfall was his addiction to drugs since he was twelve years old. Despite having anything he wanted and UNLV he was caught buying drugs and kicked off the basketball team and out of school. Next, the player who did make and continues to rock the up and rising basketball world. The most famous and most known of the basketball players is Michael Jordan. He has won four NBA titles and is the most recognized player ever. Despite his pro career he was once cut from ... a perennial all-star. The game of basketball is the most up and rising game in the 90's. People who make up the sport come from anyware from Cabrini Green Projects in Chicago to New South Wales Australia. To end this, the game of basketball is the most skill oriented sport and the people who play the game will never forget it.
- 9363: Bull Fighting
- Bull Fighting The immediate reaction of many non-Spanish people to bull fighting is that it is sick, animal killing, unmoral entertainment. To many others around the world, though, bull fighting is a sport which involves courage, skill, and power, in a struggle between man and beast. This purpose of this paper is not to discuss the moralities of bullfighting though, it is to give some information on a sport which is loved by many throughout the world. A bull fight, or corrida de toros, consists of three matadors, and six matches, which each take about 20 minutes to complete. These fights take place in a bull fighting arena, or plaza de toros ... aim of the picador is to weaken the massive tossing muscle (the morrillo) between the shoulder blades. When the bull charges, the picador leans out and thrusts the pike into the bull's shoulders. The brave bull disregards the pain and charges harder into the pike. The cowardly bull backs away and is reluctant to charge again and may be booed by the crowd. The trial of the picks is ...
- 9364: History of Basketball
- History of Basketball Who is known world-wide as the inventor of basketball? His name is Dr. James Naismith, he was born in 1861 in Almonte, Ontario. Most people wonder were a young man would think of a game like basketball. The ... not too big, but not to small space. The first basketball game ever was played with a soccer ball and two peach baskets used as goals. Naismith made a set of thirteen rules for his new "basketball" game: 1. The ball may be thrown in any direction with one or both hands. 2. The ball may be batted in any direction with one or both hands, but never with the fist ... Naismith watched his sport, that was introduced to many nations by the YMCA as early as 1893. In 1963, basketball was introduced to the Berlin Olympics. Today basketball has grown to become one of the world's most popular, and loved sports.
- 9365: The Psychological Effects Of G
- ... Mr. Richards, can I have the same baby again tonight, you know, the one that looks like me! That makes me feel so good inside, and there will be one less single mother in the world. Why it is so hard to communicate with someone of the opposite sex? Is it really the genetically make up, X and Y chromosomes, or is it that we really truly think differently? We really ... and the object of a mans desire. As corrupt as it sounds, entertainment media thrives on this and goes as far as they can to make sure they reach every young girl across the world. Look at the magazines aimed at young boys, there is a totally different theme being carried out. Most boys magazines are comic, sport, and action orientated. The message is totally different. They model they way ... July 1999. Hales, Dianne. Invitation to Health: Power of Prevention, eighth edition. California: Brooks/Cole, 1990. Richards, Orland. Personal Interview, 13 July 1999. Tannen, Deborah. You Just Dont Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. New York: Ballantine, 1990.
- 9366: Personal Writing: Spring Break 99
- ... that year, we were on our way to Panama City, Florida for our first spring break trip. We were invincible, with no parents there to tell us what was right or wrong. We had the world by a string and were ready for anything it threw at us. After a six-hour drive, we arrived at the Quality Inn. It looked like a run down trailer park, but it served our ... chuckle came from everyone until we saw the earnest look on her face. A voice from the back of the group stuttered. "Let's do it!" And that was that. Just to prove to the world that we were old enough to and maybe to prove it to ourselves also, we decided to go ahead with it. After everyone was sworn to secrecy we ran in. We quickly swung the door ... of a sun off the wall. We ran over to see what she thought would be the chosen one. Taking one look at it, we all agreed that it was the one. No one was brave enough to go first, so we picked straws. We all watched excitedly as Leigh, the unlucky winner, pulled down her pants and sat on what looked like a dentist chair. "Where do you want ...
- 9367: The Simpsons
- ... s old school, Bart's graffiti is roped off and labelled, "The Principal. By Bart Simpson. IQ 216." Bart's friends no longer liked him, they refered to him as Poindexter. The kids at his new school tricked him into giving up his lunch. As a result, Bart is miserable. Then, after turning himself green in an uneducated science experiment, Bart reveals to his new principal that he cheated on the test. That night, as Homer is helping Bart with cleaning himself off, Bart tells Homer the same thing. Homer instantly transforms into a murderous rampage again. The episode ends ... child within ourselves trying to get out and behave just like Bart. Also, we all "pull a Homer" sometimes. It just happens. The show doesn't make us do it. It just happens. If this world did not have "The Simpsons" children would behave in the same manner, they just might not laugh quite as much. BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 9368: The Seven Spiritual Weapons
- ... heaven. For this reason it is impossible to enjoy present goods and future ones too, as Catherine states. One should be content with what is given and not to have pleasures or beloved in this world. God has given you all that you need, and desires to want more would be wrong. Catherine then address the sisters in the monastery, she explains what would happen if any of them would have ... is a logical one for the sisters to make. Our time on earth is short, but our time in heaven is eternal. Catherine writes the seventh weapon as a warning and instruction for all the new sisters in the monastery. This is to be reviewed in years to come in the monastery for all new sisters. The seventh weapon is the memory of Holy Scripture. Scripture is a weapon to defend yourself from evil, just as Christ did when dealing with the devil in the desert. Whenever you hear ...
- 9369: Jane Adams
- ... 1854 -1870. A friend and admirer of Abraham Lincoln, John also fought as an officer in the Civil War. He was quiet and hard working and had a hatred of tyranny and injustice in the world. At the age of seven years old, a new woman entered the life of Jane Addams. Her father married Anna H. Haldeman, a widow with two sons. Jane felt no deep warmth for her stepmother, but this demanding and intelligent woman did contribute to ... to spend some leisure time. It was in London that Jane Addams was reacquainted with the poor. Jane Addams was no longer confused about her future. She desperately wanted to understand the problems of the world and help the less fortunate. Jane believed that the poor along with those willing to help would be able to understand each other. More importantly she believed that the things people had in common ...
- 9370: Gender Roles
- ... Mr. Richards, can I have the same baby again tonight, you know, the one that looks like me! That makes me feel so good inside, and there will be one less single mother in the world. Why it is so hard to communicate with someone of the opposite sex? Is it really the genetically make up, X and Y chromosomes, or is it that we really truly think differently? We really ... and the object of a mans desire. As corrupt as it sounds, entertainment media thrives on this and goes as far as they can to make sure they reach every young girl across the world. Look at the magazines aimed at young boys, there is a totally different theme being carried out. Most boys magazines are comic, sport, and action orientated. The message is totally different. They model they way ... July 1999. Hales, Dianne. Invitation to Health: Power of Prevention, eighth edition. California: Brooks/Cole, 1990. Richards, Orland. Personal Interview, 13 July 1999. Tannen, Deborah. You Just Dont Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. New York: Ballantine, 1990.
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