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    just being an athlete. Athletics will fade. Character and integrity and really making an impact on someone’s life‚ that’s the ultimate vision‚ that’s the ultimate goal - bottom line; according to " Ray Lewis (Brainy Quotes). Those words are true to all student athletes. Student athletes work hard to be extremely successful. In addition to school‚ recruitable athletes devote over twenty hours a week to their sport. Athletes devote time and money to become successful‚ additionally‚ athletes raise hundreds

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    Why Do Women Still Earn Less Than Men? By Laura Fitzpatrick Last year’s tax returns may already be signed‚ sealed and delivered‚ but April 20 is the day the average American woman will finally finish earning her 2009 salary — at least‚ the one she would have received if she were a man. That’s because U.S. women still earned only 77 cents on the male dollar in 2008‚ according to the latest census statistics. (That number drops to 68% for African-American women and 58% for Latinas.) To highlight

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    Athletes are getting faster every year. It’s a fact. It might be because of the type of training‚ enhancement drugs‚ flat‚ track surfers‚ or just the will to run faster. Athletes train and compete all over the word to break top recours and push the bounds of speed further and further. In 1954 the first four minute mile was achieved. Roger Bannister ran the mile in 3:59.4 smashing the four minute barrier. Befor this the four minute mile seemed impossible but yet it had been done. Then only a few years

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    Should professional athletes be required to take a drug test? Drugs affect everybody in certain ways. They can really mess with you mind and body. Depending on the drug‚ some can have lifelong implications. They can especially have a lifelong implication if used by teens that are still growing. If teens take drugs‚ they can really get hurt physically and mentally. Not only will they get hurt‚ they could get caught‚ and then their life will pretty much be thrown away and won the able to get good jobs

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    Money: It Changes Everything What happens to an athlete who has been given the body of a grown man and an insane amount of talent at 18 years old? A star athlete is born. At the college level‚ high school phenoms are treasured to bring money into their collegiate programs – a Heisman Trophy winner can bring impressive funding into a football program. Such a case arises when wealthy businessmen that graduate from prestigious universities want to spend money on unnecessary things‚ glorifying their

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    Professional Athletes: Role Models or Criminals? Professional athletes have been role models for children and adults alike since the beginning of time. They are often thought of superhuman‚ celebrities‚ and to some—even Gods due to their incredible physical strength‚ and unnatural talent. Professional athletes are given many things that the average American only dreams about; ranging from multi-million dollar paychecks‚ expensive cars‚ high profile romances‚ to exotic vacations. Oh‚ and being

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    WHAT DO MANAGERS DO? A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE COLIN P. HALES Department of Management Studies for Tourism and Hotel Industries‚ University of Surrey INTRODUCTION IN this article‚ I consider the extent to which the question ’What do managers do? ’ has been satisfactorily answered by published empirical studies of mana- gerial work and behaviour. Two aspects of this enterprise require justification: the pertinence of the question posed and the need

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    Cause-Effect Analysis Professional Athletes Success‚ Gained through Equipment or Talent? When the ancient Greeks decided to perform many varieties of sports to help celebrate the early Olympics‚ little did they realize that centuries later‚ the original sports themselves would be still intact in their original conceptual form? Technological advances in both equipment and sports development have led many people to believe that massive increases in performance results could be due to the

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    degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering. College is a time for new and exciting experiences as well as a time to explore diverse and innovative ideas. What could be better than traveling to a foreign country to learn about their ideas‚ history‚ and culture? I believe study abroad is something that college students should do to help avoid ethnocentrism‚ to expand their horizons‚ and to appreciate everything the world has to offer. In this case‚ I would love to pursue my degree in Pennsylvania

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    Professional Athletes should not use Steroids Anabolic steroids were created in the late 1930’s‚ primarily to treat hypogonadism; at condition in which the testes do not produce the sufficient amount of testosterone for normal growth‚ development and sexual functioning. The primary medical uses of these compounds are to treat delayed puberty‚ some types of impotence‚ and wasting of the body caused by HIV infection or other diseases. The paragraph above should be enough for anyone‚ to show anabolic

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