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    Lou Gehrig Analysis

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    Speech Analysis Lou Gehrig was one of the best baseball players of his time. He also gave one of the best speeches of baseballs history. When he was diagnosed with ALS‚ he had to quit his baseball career. In his Farwell Address to baseball‚ Lou Gehrig uses parallel structure to emphasize the statements that are truly important to him. “When the New York Giants‚ a team you would give your right arm to beat‚ and vice versa‚ sends you a gift – that’s something”. In 1939‚ Lou Gehrig played for the

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    Lou Gehrig's Disease

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    | Lou Gehrig’s: | A Debilitating Disease | | Tina Jones | 1/20/2013 | | Tina Jones Dr. Jensen A & P II 20 January‚ 2013 Lou Gehrig’s: A Debilitating Disease Lou Gehrig’s disease‚ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)‚ is named after the New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig. He died in 1941‚ two years after he was diagnosed with ALS. The disease was then named after him. ALS is a degenerative disease that is characterized by the loss of motor neurons‚ with progressive

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    Lou Gehrig Speech Analysis

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    English Composition 1301 26 May 2012 Lou Gehrig’s Farewell Speech Analysis Imagine a young boy and his father going to the New York Yankees ballpark on a warm sunny day. The date is July 4‚ 1939 and it is Lou Gehrig appreciation day at the ballpark. Lou Gehrig had been playing major league baseball for seventeen years and is one of the most well thought of players in the game. When the boy and his father arrive at the ballpark‚ Lou walks to a podium and begins to talk. Without any prior warning

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    Lou Gehrigs Disease

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    Collins 1  Mary Collins  Johnson  Anatomy Physiology  Period 1  1 December‚ 2014    Lou Gehrig’s Disease   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)    Of all diseases‚ one of the strongest and well known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease​ .​   Lou  Gehrig’s Disease​ ‚ ​ also commonly known as ALS ​ (​ which stands for Amyotrophic lateral  sclerosis​ )​ ‚ is a neurodegenerative‚ meaning degrading of neurons in the brain‚ disease affecting  the brain cells and spinal cord​ . ​  It kills both upper and lower neurons in the motor cortex of the 

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    Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS for short‚ is a progressive degeneration of the motor neurons of the central nervous system‚ leading to wasting of the muscles and paralysis. It is called Lou Gehrig’s disease because it wasn ’t really heard of until the famous baseball player of the New York Yankees made his speech about how he had been diagnosed with ALS.  ALS can be deceiving when it comes to it’s symptoms.

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    Lou Reed was many things‚ a visionary‚ a musician‚ a revolutionary‚ and a beacon of hope to outcasts everywhere‚ but much of this was masked in an image that he created for fans of a hardcore‚ off-the-rails rocker. He was the first to make the image of an urban New Yorker cool. The creation of this image came from a culmination of bits and pieces of every place he went and every person he met. Much this inspiration was drawn from where he grew up in Brooklyn‚ Syracuse University‚ Andy Warhol‚ and

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    about the bad break I got. Yet today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth” (Speech 1). Lou Gehrig‚ went from being a big time baseball player to receiving ALS‚ he rose above it and became one of the most inspirational people in the world. Lou is also a very heroic figure because of his baseball career‚ being diagnosed with ALS‚ and his long lasting legacy. During Lou Gehrig’s career‚ he was a dominant baseball player and an influential figure. Also During his career‚ he was

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    Through the first part of this paper‚ I hope to portray and articulate several theories and lessons that I learned from reading the Coach Holtz book. I believe the number one lesson that was driven home throughout the semester and even came up in the Lou Holtz readings was how to become an effective leader. This topic is very important to anyone that is put in a position of superiority because you must get the people that you are in charge of to complete their tasks. Personally‚ I feel this is one of

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    Lou Gehrig When the name Lou Gehrig is heard‚ three things come to mind: baseball‚ record setting‚ and a crippling disease. Though his baseball career took place in the 1920s and 30s‚ Gehrig is still revered as a phenomenal player today. One of his records stood until very recently. Unfortunately‚ his livelihood in baseball came to a premature end when he encountered a “bad break” that was foreshadowing to a terrible nerve condition. Before that however‚ he lead an interesting life. Born

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    Mary Lou Retton

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    Mary Lou Retton is an American gymnast who participated in the 1984 Olympics. (Lewis). Since Mary Lou was a young child‚ she displayed her dedication and passion towards gymnastics that proved that she would one day be successful in this great sport. Mary Lou is known to be the first female gymnast outside of Eastern Europe to win the all around gold medal. She has more medals than any athlete during the 1984 Olympics (“Mary Lou Retton Biography.”) She says that her gymnastics role model was

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