VICTORY! “When you walk into the gym you leave everything behind. It’s like a total different world. It’s you second family. We gymnasts spend more time in the gym then with our parents. We do gymnastics not to please our family but to please ourselves.” The day I found out all my training was worth it‚ was at the Glencoe- Silver Lake Gymnastics Invite. I got to this moment by joining gymnastics and making the high school team‚ going to practice every day and giving it my all‚ and all the other
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Overall‚ the Allied strategic bombing of Germany proved to be highly significant in the Second World War. By the end of the war‚ it was very significant in hindering the German economy forcing Germany to redirect resources away from the war effort and instead‚ investing in the reconstruction of damaged buildings and roads caused by the bombings. It was also very significant at relieving pressure at the Eastern front which is where the war was won by the dominant Russian force. It was less significant
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with the experiences of the past and present wars’ veterans. War Stories II: Victory in the Pacific really caught my attention because of it being over the history of War World II and because it was written by a Vietnam war veteran and not a writer that only has history classes that serves as knowledge of war time events. The sequel to the Great War War World II brought with it many great historical victories and as many
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the war effort by planting victory gardens‚ buying war bonds‚ and women working at jobs previously employed by men. Citizens were known as the backbone of ww2.The resources we take for granted the citizens back then conserved those resources. Citizens contributed to the war effort by the planting of victory gardens. Victory gardens were also known as war gardens. The government encouraged citizens to plant victory gardens. Almost 20 million Americans planted victory gardens. Gardens were planted
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Clausewitz defines victory as overcoming your opponent’s will to resist in order to force him to accept your geo-political position/policy. (CL 94) Clausewitz also correctly points out that both combatants define victory and peace. Even within the pure warfare‚ the defeated gets a vote. (CL 80) Bartholomees broaden the participants to include the perception of noncombatants. (Barth p 31) Both would agree unless the victor is considering a Carthage like solutions‚ defeated people can resist in
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in poverty rallied around strong socialist leaders such as Mussolini and Hitler. Lastly‚ the totalitarian dictatorships of Italy‚ Germany and Russia helped create the past three causes (All 4 of these causes create the acronym MINT). Without strong Allied leaders such as Churchill and Roosevelt‚ the Axis Powers could have very well been close to putting most of the world under their dictatorships. World War 2 was not only a time of despair because of war‚ but it also helped boost the modernization
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The author believes that the tolerance the Roman Empire had towards conquered / allied people was one of the biggest reasons why the Roman Empire had grew and prospered so far and long. The Roman Empire like the Achaemenid Empire was extremely tolerant to different religions‚ they were polytheistic which made tolerance to multiple gods easy to do and it made the people of the newest annexed states less willing to revolt. The Roman Empire had a great respect for the Greek city states‚ but they had
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An Eon of Victory English and Century---2 words with different meaning but are related enough to make the new generation more productive. English language as the means of communication and Century‚ 21st Century where new discoveries were discovered. As the 21st Century arises‚ English language plays very important roles in different fields. In education‚ technology‚ science and researches‚ medicine‚ and even in the government. In education- books! Massive quantities of most popular and famous
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mother’s feelings of pain and anguish of giving birth to a child in the poem The Victory: "I thought you were my victory / though you cut me like a knife" (Lines 1-2). Although she must endure such pain‚ it is also exciting for the mother to bring new life into the world‚ which in fact feels like a "victory" to a new parent. However‚ throughout the poem‚ the speaker denies the fact that giving birth to a child is a victory‚ by using words such as "antagonist" (Line 5)‚ "bruise" (Line 6) and "scary" (Line
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"Grandmother’s Victory" by Maya Angelou and To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee have many significant similarities. Both authors deal with issues such as racism and discrimination towards blacks. The authors show the ignorance and bigotry displayed between the races in the late 1930’s. The main characters in "Grandmother’s Victory" are: Grandmother Henderson‚ Maya Angelou‚ Miz Helen‚ Miz Ruth‚ and Miz Eloise who are known as "powhitetrash". The main characters in "To Kill A Mockingbird" are: Atticus
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