For many years‚ the will to win has driven many athletes to take unscrupulous measures towards earning that gold medal. It’s not unheard of for people to resort to the use of steroids as a gap closer between them and their goal. It’s this case that should allow former dopers to have another shot at taking home a trophy after undergoing penalties. Making a mistake is an experience‚ and having been offered redemption towards these mistakes offers time to learn over not being able to at all. The pressure
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Religion and Society Article Assignment. Articles used – 3A and 3B. The Burqa. Sylvie Maclean. A Burqa is an article of clothing that is generally considered as a religious statement. The Burqa consists of full robes and a mesh veil over the eyes. There are other options of robes that can be worn including the Hijab and the Niqab‚ where the eyes remain uncovered. According to come interpretations of the Islamic sacred text - the Koran (Qur’an) – women must wear a full veil in order to be modest
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Dodge Ball Recently‚ many principals banned dodge ball at the schools in Elkton‚ Maryland‚ because they say it’s “inappropriate” and goes against teachings of things like don’t throw objects at other kids. So‚ they cut it out of the curriculum because most of the principals voted to get rid of it. How can you get rid of dodge ball? It’s a classic game! It goes back to the stone age! They even got rid of other games like jailbreak‚ which is probably one of my favorite gym games. At this rate‚ they
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McDonalds is a worldwide chain that tortures its animals‚ cuts the lifespan of its customers and taking over the world. This is why I believe it should be banned. First‚ let’s start with some statistics: * Last year‚ the company raked in a huge 28 billion US dollars; there are over 33‚000 stores worldwide. Americans consume approximately 1 billion pounds of beef at McDonalds a year- that’s the equivalent of 4 million average weight two year old children. * McDonalds doesn’t follow FDA standards
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Cigarettes Should be Banned Smoking cigarettes has been a worldwide habit for a long time. According to the World Health Organization report‚ about 2 billion people smoke all over the world‚ 48% men and 12% women and even a number of child smokers. Everyone knows the harm of cigarettes and many countries have published smoking bans. The Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan was the first one to forbid tobacco sales (BBC News). I strongly approve of the cigarette ban because cigarette is bad for people’s
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playing sports is a tradition for families all across the world today. Sports are taken very seriously by athletes and fans and it forces players to feel the need to enhance their performance artificially. Although performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) are banned in professional sports today‚ many players feel it’s a necessity to compete vigorously with fellow players. PEDs can cause negative physical and psychological effects to the body. Athletes have used various substances in order to gain a competitive
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power and wealth by rulers from Northern Africa‚ India‚ and China. Other well-known collectors of animals were King Solomon of the Kingdom of Israel and Judah‚ and King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylonia. The Roman emperors used to keep private collections of animals or private zoos for study purposes or for use in an arena. The ancient Greeks established public zoos to study animal and plant life. That time Greek students used to visit zoos as part of their education. In the beginning Europeans did not
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on whether schools should provide for single sex instruction. People argued with different facts/opinions to see what was right and what was wrong. Yet‚ they still have no answer for this topic. Some schools provide for single sex education‚ but why don’t all schools provide it too? There are many different answers for that question that still remains. All these facts depend on different peoples’ opinions. That’s why there are positive and negative aspects on why schools should provide for single
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Sports Are a Bad Cause on Young Athletes Do you think that our school district should continue to fund sports? Many teenagers play sports and based on research; many kids get hurt‚ go under a massive amount of pressure‚ and even sometimes slack on grades. These problems support that sports a horrible cause for young athletes. It’s currently a large concern in middle schools as well as high schools. In fact‚ many people are debating on what is the correct thing to do in this situation; however
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Did you know that one- third of Americans are obese‚ and an estimated 300‚000 deaths occur per year are due to obesity? Mayor Michael Bloomberg of NYC proposed a ban for soda‚ to be over 16 ounces‚ and I think it’s a great idea. But I will admit at first I wasn’t so crazy about this ban mainly because I don’t like the government having too much control. But reading articles and doing research gave me a huge change of heart! I love people being healthy and alive‚ and I’m also someone who cares health
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