The Spanish are most known for bullfighting. Which is a matador who is sweeping his cape past a charging bull‚ which makes the bull mad. Then the matador starts to throw arrows at the bull until almost killing it. The crowd wants to see the blood go all around the ring of the wall. The Spanish believed that the Bulls would come back to life afterwards. So it would be a good show in the end. Many of the biggest bullfighting can be found in Spain. The Spanish were also known for their famous
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God Save the Green: Are the Royal Family a Luxury we can no Longer Afford? Cheers rise from the jubilant crowd as the crowning moment we’ve all been waiting for finally arrives. Thousands fill the Mall‚ craning their necks as Queen Elizabeth II steps out onto her balcony‚ offering a smile to her adoring subjects. Clad in her bedazzled hat‚ she surveys the scene: a vast sea of British flags‚ frantic in their support of sixty years on the throne‚ waving in time to a raucous rendition of God Save
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In a typical bear fighting event there are twenty five fights. In each fight‚ no matter which of the four provinces the event takes place‚ the rules are the same. A bear is tethered to a central pole by a rope. The length of the rope can vary from two to five metres. Two bull terriers are set onto the tethered bear. The dogs try to make the bear roll over. To make the bear roll over‚ the dogs target the muzzle‚ tongue‚ chin and ears. These parts of the body are the most sensitive. If a dog
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CAR USAGE We have become extremely dependent on cars; there were five hundred and ninety million worldwide in 1990 and it is estimated that this figure will grow to eight hundred and sixteen million by 2010. Clearly cars are so popular because they are both convenient and efficient. On the other hand‚ there are powerful arguments against car use. Firstly‚ they damage the environment. Secondly‚ they can kill and maim large numbers of people. Thirdly‚ some people argue that they contribute to the
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There is much discussion over the explosion in popularity of social media in recent years and whether or not it has positive effect on society. So‚ what is social media? According to Wikipedia it is “the social interaction among people in which they create‚ share or exchange information‚ ideas and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks”1 Do they have any benefits? On a personal note‚ I find social networking sites have huge benefits with respect to staying in touch with my friends and
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them to their village‚ and recreating the thrill of a hunt so that the knights would demonstrate their skill and win the admiration of the subjects. Thus‚ in a small corner of Medieval Spain‚ the beginning of what today is Spanish spectacle of bullfighting was created. The earliest record
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Boxing is a sport that is adored by millions of people all over the world ‚ it is a contact sport in which the fighting style is called MMA (mixed martial arts)‚ Boxing includes two participants called fighters who battle it out in a series of rounds (12)until the opponent has been knocked out and can’t stand straight for 10 seconds ‚ if the fight is stalemated then the fight goes to three judges in which the match is settled within a points system which the judges take part in ‚ there has been numerous
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Discursive essay 5 March 2015 “Stalin’s economic policy brought glory to the USSR" Discuss the accuracy of this statement in terms of the economic and social impacts on Russia between 1928 & 1941 The statement "Stalin’s economic policies brought glory to the USSR" is accurate in terms of the economic impacts between 1928-1941‚ but in terms of the social aspects that happened between the same time frame the statement is overshadowed
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Are our Sports ‘Stars’ given too long a leash? Throughout sport the talented are painted as role models. But as a role model‚ who by definition is a person who is looked to by others as an example to be imitated‚ are the sports people of today really living up to the standards from which they should? The ever increasing wealth of these sports ‘stars’ is inflating and so too are their egotistical ways and their negligent behaviour towards the example to which they should be setting. The fact is
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THE QUESTION OF BULLFIGHTING Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Bullfighting has always been a controversial issue for Spanish society‚ especially in recent decades. The problem to deal with is based simply on a question: is bullfighting ethical? Is the treatment given to the animal for a show whose purpose is to entertain the man ethical? Before going into the ethical debate‚ it is necessary to consider some data reflecting the relevance of this activity: a) it is a practice that has
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