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- 5951: Coaching Decisions
- ... remember that they are teaching teenagers, not adults. Teenage girls look up to their coaches, and lean toward them for guidance. After the first incident, Coach Kraus claimed to be sick which gave him a short temper. The December 22 issue of the Granite City Journal supported Kraus, saying "he is not the type of man to lose control like that. As much as Kraus has given to the girls' team ...
- 5952: Animal Farm: Satirical Techniques Such As Irony, Fable, And Allegory
- ... future, all questions relating to the working of the farm would be settled by a special committee of pigs." The story of Animal Farm is told in a simple, straightforward style. The sentences are often short and spare: "Old Major cleared his throat and began to sing." "It was a bitter winter." The story follows a single line of action, calmly told, with no digressions. Orwell's style, said one critic ...
- 5953: Basketball Needs to Be Fixed
- ... s the solution? Easy, do not let the college players enter the NBA draft early. It would benefit everyone in the future. Of course there would be a transitional period, but the losses would be short and the effects of the change would be evident very quickly. Let the game be played the way it was meant to be played, for the competition and not for the money.
- 5954: Backpacking: A Different Way of Camping
- ... local camp grounds, and spend the weekend in the great outdoors. It is a time to frolic with family and friends around a campfire, singing songs, playing games, and roasting marshmallows while listening to ghost stories that can only be heard while camping. However, to the avid backpacker, camping takes on a different perspective. While experiencing the great outdoors is very similar to car camping, backpacking is very different in many ...
- 5955: Automobile Racing
- ... the purpose of racing. Sports cars used for racing, such as rallies, may be either rebuilt production vehicles or pure racing machines. Drag racers are cars built to accelerate rapidly to high speeds over very short straight tracks, or drag strips, generally about 400 m (3 mi) long. The race most popularly associated with the sport is the Indianapolis 500, so called because contestants must cover 500 mi (about 805 km ...
- 5956: Socrates' Moral Decision To Not Escape
- ... escape . Why? Socrates was a wise man. He believed in absolutes, and pursued the knowledge of man's source of goodness and virtue. He believed that the repayment of evil with evil was wrong. In short, Socrates was a very moral person. He stayed in Athens because he said that he had lived by the laws of the country for all his life. He had enjoyed the privileges of a civilized ...
- 5957: Socrates
- ... an infantry man. After the wars ended Socrates spent the greater part of his mature life engaging in dialogue, in Athenian Markets, with anyone who would listen. In agreement with Renault, Socrates was unattractive, and short of stature. He was said to have received social popularity because of his wit and sense of humor. Socrates was obedient to Athenian Law. He usually steered clear of politics. He believed he had received ...
- 5958: The Olympic Games
- ... gold draped around his neck. This just goes to show that the Olympics are not just for the Athletes who compete in it, but it is for the whole world which comes together for this short time every 4 (well, two now) years. That is why I believe that this is a great gift from Ancient Greece.
- 5959: Greek Mythology: Metamorphosis
- Greek Mythology: Metamorphosis Metamorphosis is a key element in Greek mythology. This ability to change shape or form is a major development in the stories of Arachne, Zeus, and Daphne. Almost all of the gods had the power of metamorphosis. The first story was the one of Arachne. Arachne was a mortal, who was a great weaver. She was the ...
- 5960: The Cariboo Cafe
- The Cariboo Cafe This story The Cariboo Cafe from The Moths and other stories by Helena Maria Viramontes is told in three different parts. In the first part we read about Sonia and Macky who are children that migrated to the United States with their parents but are now ...
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