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- 951: University of Pennsylvania Essay Questions
- ... motivated to excel at college to avoid mindless, unskilled work like my McDonalds job. Question: Most people belong to many different communities-groups defined by (among other things) shared geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology or intellectual heritage. Choose one of the communities to which you belong and describe that community and your place with in. Basketball had always been my favorite sport since the day my father ... 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 led me to be named captain when I was in just the 7th grade; I am still captain of the team to ...
- 952: Tiger Woods
- ... the war, back in the United States, Earl met a Thai woman named Kultida and he married her and had a son. They named the baby Eldrick, but Earl called him "Tiger". Tiger Woods took interest in golf at a young age. He would watch from his crib as his father would practice his swing. He began playing golf since before he could walk. When he got a few years older ... got his name. It was interesting to read about how Earl Woods vowed to call his next son Tiger to repay his friend Nguyen Phong for saving his life. I am not one to take interest in golf but this book was exciting. I liked reading about how Tiger started at a really young age and practiced everyday to perfect his game. Tiger is a good example of that if you ...
- 953: Benjamin H. Latrobe
- ... John Smeaton. Under Smeatons teachings Latrobe gained a strong grasp of technical and theoretical English civil engineering and meticulous draughtsmanship (Carter 1981, 1-2). Latrobe's interests in engineering soon led him to develop an interest in architecture. Latrobe decided to pursue his interest in architecture. He decided to work with S.R. Cockrell and become his apprentice. While Latrobe worked along with Cockrell he gained further experience and rapid advancement in architecture. Latrobe did many side jobs designing ...
- 954: Western Expansion
- ... that 70,000 people volunteered for the Mexican war of which 40,000 were from the West. q Norman Grabler says that neither the West nor the South were responsible, rather it was the commercial interest of the North, which was responsible for the war. Yankee merchant ships moved from Boston to the Pacific coast and San Diego to Mexico. They exchanged goods for Californian hides & they exploited the Pacific. Eastern ... it is explained in terms of commerce and harbors. Polk won on a party programme based on conquest to fulfill commercial interests. q Wern says that it was concept of Manifest Destiny and not mercantile interest, which was responsible for expansion. Americans were expansionist-minded and felt that entire continent was for them. Manifest Destiny reflected more than mere land hunger. American democracy symbolized freedom. Men moved further on to acquire ...
- 955: Teen Smoking
- ... down by Republicans in Congress, which was supposed to send a strong message to the tobacco industry. While this legislation was turned down, President Bill Clinton has vowed to continue his efforts to lower the rates of teen smoking. Yes, this problem steadily increases and the age groups become younger, but the problem will get worse if Congress does not try to target the tobacco industry. Many teen smokers take up ... and R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, the maker of Camel Cigarettes and creator of Joe Camel, had no comment. The tobacco industry has insisted it does not target teen-agers with its advertising. Daily smoking rates begin increasing steadily again in 1988, the same year R. J. Reynolds introduced Joe Camel in advertising for Camel cigarettes, the CDC said. Joe Camel was retired in 1997, after it was used for a ...
- 956: Self-Reliance
- ... anything and everything. Social organization and friendship offer a small satisfaction of companionship and structure in life, but one will ultimately succeed based upon his own skills and conviction. In doing so, he will lose interest in the society and concentrate on more individual dependency as he strives to gain ultimate truth in life. "What I must do is all that concerns me, not what the people think." Once one considers ... for our own benefit. c). "I mean the foolish face of praise, the forced smile which we put on in company where we do not feel at ease, in answer to conversation which does not interest us." This statement reflects the hackneyed politeness and predictability of society. If one is engaged in boring and mundane conversation, he does not say so. Instead, the general rule is to politely continue the conversation ...
- 957: Time To Put Sexual Abuse In Pe
- ... that treatment does work. A major study of almost 30,000 sex offenders in 1996 found a recidivism rate of 19 per cent for rapists and 13 per cent for child molesters. In fact, recidivism rates for sex offenders appear to be considerably lower than those for the general criminal population. All the studies show that perpetrators of child sex abuse have lower rates of recidivism than rapists and are more amenable to treatment.
- 958: The History and Progress of Wrestling
- ... only wrestling president, others were, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses S. Grant, William Howard Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt. Professional wrestling has had a quite impact on wrestling in this country. It first stimulated interest in the sport until after WW1, it has since had a negative effect. Professional wrestling on a fairly honest level began developing in the US and Europe in the 1870s and 1880s. Betting was common and spectator interest grew quickly. Unfortunately, the desire of promoters to please their paying customers led to the carrying of matches. Staged matches and the good guy and the bad guy roles were developed by the early 1900 ...
- 959: Third World Concept
- ... leads to a great diversity and range even within this one specified group. The different forms of development measurement for countries can be GNP (Gross National Produce) per capita per annum, population size, infant mortality rates per 1000 born, life expectancy, illiteracy rates, access to safe water, urban population and Debt to First World countries and international banks such as the World Bank. Examples of these large disparities can be seen by comparing two Third World countries such ...
- 960: The Constitution
- ... say the can only make laws which would complement their listed powers. However, they took it to mean they could do anything necessary to carry out their "job," which of coarse is anything in their interest, or "in the interest of America." The first major example of their abusement of this clause is the Bank of the United States. In no place does the constitution say that the federal government has any right, or power ...
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