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- 9481: Gentlemen
- ... be done out of the goodness of your heart. You should not be looking for something like a “thank you” in return. That’s not the reason for holding a door open. In a perfect world a person will say “thank you” but it doesn’t always work like that. Just remember that if someone holds the door open for you then you should thank him or her. It’s only ... for later, because remember, like Coach Eddie Ushold says, “You should treat a female like you would want your daughter, or sister treated. Anything less would be looked upon as ungentlemanly.” Coach Ushold is the new head baseball coach, and is trying to bring a new, more gentleman, look to the Olivet College baseball team. Not only does a male have to posses manners but he also has to dress respectably. He should look neat when it comes to facial ...
- 9482: The American Basketball Association
- ... game, and they worked. They all helped to sell tickets which enabled the ABA to survive for the nine years that they did. The ABA and the NBA were always competing which brought about many new and exciting aspects to the game of basketball. The ABA created some of the greatest players ever. Players like Julius Erving and Moses Malone were the soul of the ABA. At its end in 1975, they introduced all of the great accomplishments and innovations into the NBA which made the combined league even greater. With the tradition of the NBA and the flair of the ABA, a new league was created which would become the greatest sports institution in the world. During the first combined season of the NBA, four of the top ten scorers and ten of the twenty-four all-stars were from the ABA. The first combined finals had five starters from ...
- 9483: Animals and Their Purpose
- ... with? Among many other things, animals are here as guinea pigs so humans don't have to be. Human life is so valued by today's society that using humans for dangerous jobs, or brand new experiments is extremely unaccepted. Should human life be tested on? Should animals be used to assist humans in the betterment of our world, the world in which we share those animals? Lets find out. A clone is a living thing created from another by a nonsexual reproductive process. Cells can be cloned also by stemming a single cell into ...
- 9484: Basketball
- ... a ball through a raised goal (basket) at the opponents end of the playing court. 2.) a large, round, inflated ball used in this game. Basketball is a game that is played all around the world. Here in the United States we have enjoyed playing and watching it since it was invented by James Naiemith in 1891. Basketball is played by just about everyone. Although, usually, the players who are the ... know to stop play. When a player breaks a rule it is called a foul. A player is allowed five fouls. If a player exceeds five fouls they are automatically suspended from play and a new play substitutes for them. Fouls often determine the outcome of the game. The game is played in four 12 minute quarters. When the clock runs down the 48 minutes the outcome of the game is ... basketball is very difficult to learn and to play. There are so many different strategies, techniques, and many other things that make this sport very unique in its own way. Americans and people around the world are beginning to take the sport very seriously, but the sport was mainly started up just so we could have fun.
- 9485: The American Revolution
- The colonists living in America had enjoyed relative freedom from England since they arrived. They came to the New World, after all, to escape England, for whatever reasons they may have had—religious, economic, or social. So when England decided in the eighteenth century that they were going to crack down on the colonies, the ... George III refused to recognize the document. This only fueled the colonists' fire of growing resistance. In 1775, colonial militia met the British troops at Concord and Lexington, and after the shot heard round the world was fired, a battle ensued that left many dead or injured. These battles began the American Revolution, when the colonists finally took their stand. They were rebelling against the controlling British and for a ...
- 9486: Lasers
- ... The most common solid-state laser uses an element called neodymium. Usually solid state lasers use flash lamps for the energy source. ND:glass (ND = neodymium) lasers are a certain type of laser and the world s largest laser. It is the size of a football field. ND:glass lasers are used widely in industry to cut through pipes and weld together metals. Semiconductor lasers use two layers of semiconductors and ... a vacuum. Like the dye lasers these lasers can also be tuned by changing the velocity of the electron beam or the period of the magnetic field. Since the 1970 s laser advances have reached new heights. Lasers are beginning a whole new era in home entertainment, communications, and computer technology. Lasers have also revolutionized many fields of science including spectroscopy, interferometry, holography, and metrology. Researchers think that the most exciting and revolutionary uses of lasers have ...
- 9487: The Biography of Kurt Donald Cobain
- ... Channing as drummer and recorded Bleach in 1989 for only $600. Channing was replaced with Dave Grohl, now of the Foo Fighters, who went on to record their other five CD's as Nirvana's new drummer. Drug were easily found for the youths living the town. Kurt was smoking hash and tried any kick that came his way. Kurt had been experimentin drugs for some time, probably developing from the ... feel sorry for people to much I guess.3 Question 2. Kurt Cobain was influenced by many people going back to when he met Buzz Osbourn and Matt Lukinwho influenced him to join the music world , and by relatives they were influencing him to stay with them and not live on the streets. He did stay with them although it made him depressed. He quotes. I moved back and forth between ... band the Melvins , his parents and all his fans that liked his music. There wasn't many people that Kurt influenced because of his drug problems, but he did influence many kids all over the world because of his loud guitar playing. Kids heard his music and just said wow I want to play like that. Some other people he influenced was his band member David Grahl because after his ...
- 9488: U.S. Involvement in Kosovo
- ... 2). The second argument for U.S. intervention can also be refuted. Air strikes are proven to be ineffective in winning a war. This fact has been proven many times in other wars such as World War II and Vietnam. On the contrary, however, air strikes often stiffen the will to resist, as was the case in World War II with the German citizens. The Serbs, as history has predicted, have intensified their aggressions against the Kosovar Albanians. This has caused even more Albanians to flee from Kosovo. The Serbs spirits are far ... for president Clinton to make his time in office memorable militarily as well as historically, and help to cover up his sex and money scandals (Thompson, 1). The Kosovo conflict is growing with each day. New information is being given and different countries are becoming involved. The countries that are involved need to finish what they have already started. Nobody knows what the future will hold for the people of ...
- 9489: Dante
- ... in these pages, it is important too take note of this relationship.) On the one hand, it is important that Virgil is Dante's first example because it is necessary for him to leave the world of the poet (poets do not have enough talent) and move to the world of the historian, whose objectivity is supposedly more trusted in front of this horror. By this time the reader can see the irony of what Dante is doing in this opening passage. Dante the poet ... expressing it, Dante is reminding the reader of his extraordinary talent and he is also forcing the reader to read more careful. After examining this single passage from Dante's Inferno, I came to a new understanding of the relationship between Dante and La Commedia , as well as between Dante's images and his poetic task.
- 9490: Loophole Or A Conspiracy?
- ... Conspiracy? Virus, Hmmm I am sure that you have heard this word before. I am not talking about the living virus like an influenza virus. I am talking about the computer virus. According to the New York Times, Microsoft, Compaq, and Hewlett Packards computers are at a great risk. I wonder why we the consumer, are in this position? I cannot come up with one straight answer. However, I have a ... where Bill comes in for the kill. Bill is going to increase the price for the other products and cash in on the profits. Why do you ask, because majority of the computers in the world utilizes one or more of Microsoft's products and they have no choice but to use the other Microsoft's products because if everyone is using it and you will be out of the loop. The New York Times article reported that the software security breaches has been verified. This means that if one hacker has the knowledge of hacking through this loophole, then we are in great danger because everything ...
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