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    Rights Movement be without its eminent leaders? Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ and The Black Panthers achieved many important goals that affected the Civil Rights Movement tremendously. Without them‚ this movement wouldn’t be as triumphant due to the fact it took place during the vietnam war. Theses leaders were also able to overcome the difficulty the draft proposed to blacks. The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most influential movements in American history. However‚ this movement would

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    Special Olympics

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    The Special Olympics According to the organization Learning to Give‚ more than 7.5 million Americans are currently suffering from an intellectual disability. Many do not realize how many are affected or even what an intellectual disability is. WebMD says that these disabilities are characterized by below-average intelligence or mental abilities. People with intellectual disabilities can learn and do new things‚ but they learn them much more slowly. People with these disabilities tend to be ignored

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    Diversity in the Olympics

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    ACamfield_Module11Final_121910 (alternate) Since the Ancient Olympics in Greece‚ the modern day Olympics has expanded from only Grecian people who spoke Greek to worldwide competition from diverse cultures around the world in which each country’s participant vies for their country’s honor and glory. Today‚ we even have the Special Olympics for challenged persons who want to compete in some of the same events. Whether you enjoy sports or not‚ the Olympics is one of the most interesting and publicized events

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    celebrating the 64th Republic Day of India‚ we students have some responsibilities to shoulder‚ and some duties to plunge ourselves. The contribution of students in the struggle for Indian independence and thereafter in the making of modern India can never be negated. From the prehistoric times to the recent years‚ students in India have played a significant role in shaping the history‚ culture and demographics of our beloved motherland. Students are not moved by greed‚ nor touched by the fanaticism

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    The Olympics: Research

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    The Olympic Games are a huge‚ international sports event. Thousands of athletes from around the world come together to compete. About 204 nations are involved in the Games. Why did they begin? According to Michael Gauthier in his article on livestrong.com‚ “The prideful Greeks started the Olympics because of their belief in the glory of competition and to honor the gods with their ability.” From 776 B.C. up through present day‚ the Olympic Games have had many changes. The first Olympics were held

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    success of the Indian independence movement‚ Mahatma Gandhi is always mentioned. To a large extent the importance of Gandhi to the success in achieving the independence movement is unadoptable. As the major leader of the movement‚ not only should Gandhi’s role in the movement and his ideology should be examined; moreover to determine the importance of him to the success‚ the world wide situation during that period should also be considered as one of the major factors in allowing India to achieve her

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    Olympics

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    problem with that way of doing things‚ is that they only meet once a week for 40 minutes. So not allowing them to play‚ might mean that the student gets no physical activity all week. Overall this was a different experience but what I expected from this school based on its location. This is a

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    The Rio Olympics brought many states together to gather people of different nations to compete in athletic events to show the skills‚ power‚ and strength from the different athletes. It was a time frame where the nations were able to represent their nations and to be able to have this time to show their pride and hard work through their people (Barone‚ Michael). Yet does this innocuous show of the Olympic events truly show all the characteristics and actions that come out from nationalistic people

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    History of Olympics

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    years numerous athletes from around the world come to compete in the coveted Olympic Games. But these 10‚500 athletes just from the London Olympic Games‚ are not the same as the 241 that competed in the very first Olympics in Athens (Olympic Games). The Games themselves also are completely different. The intent of these participants and the countries they descend from are much different. Once a celebration of the Gods‚ this old-time worship ceremony has been brought into the modern world as something

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    olympic gods

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    role was primarily to watch over the activities of the other gods‚ and make sure they weren’t exceeding their powers. Gods before Olympics The Titans‚ also known as the elder gods‚ ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throned by his son Zeus. Prometheus - He stole the sacred fire from Zeus and the gods. Atlas - Zeus punished him to forever bear the heavens upon his shoulders. Dione - The mother of Aphrodite. Gaea - was

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