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    thunderbolt. As the ruler of the Olympian gods‚ Zeus held enormous power and almost absolute authority. His 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

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    Out, Out

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    and rattled in the yard” and the seventh line “And the saw snarled and rattled‚ snarled and rattled” both emit a sense of darkness‚ as if having a “personality” of its own. b. When the sister came out and told the brother that supper was ready and the saw looked as if it “leaped” out of the boys hand‚ it seemed as if the saw was a friend of the boy that did not want to be abandoned‚ so it pulled away from the boy in anger‚ causing injury to the boy. The saw and the boy were in essence “friends”

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    to hit the ball with the aluminium stick and its supposed to go to the grass‚ and then you have to run around the white things sticking out of the ground. Thats all I knew about the game of softball‚ but I still wanted to play and learn. Both my parents played‚ and I always went to their games and wanted to be out there with them. I didin’t care if I was out in the beating sun with dust flying everywhere‚ it was the place to be. When my parents told me they had signed me up for tee ball I was

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    I found the tile of the book is the perfect match for this book. It really does show the true meaning of being evicted. I was honestly kind of ifty when I first open up the book I honestly thought it was going to be boring. It really does show true hardship living in property and it also shows how people go on with their life. I believe I would of went crazy if I was being evicted out of my house. I wouldn’t know what to do ‚ it will be exteremly hard to come up with extra money or the thoughts going

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    Natalie Bigley  4th and 6th Hour  Mr. Murphy Journal        Softball in the Olympics    Have you ever watched softball in the Olympics and loved it with all  your heart‚ cheering on your own country with your face painted with your  flag’s colors? I have‚ and this lead me to research why they took such a  beautiful sport out of the Olympics.  At a Harvard vs. Yale football game in 1887‚ a Yale fan playfully  threw a boxing glove at a Harvard supporter and swung at it with a stick.  People were

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    How to Learn the Game of Softball Softball is a team sport that closely resembles baseball. A softball game is played between two teams. Each team can have multiple players on their roster; however‚ only nine players can be on the field at a time. The object of the game is to score the most runs. A run is scored when a player on the offensive (batting) team advances around all four bases‚ touching each in turn‚ without being "put out" by a player on the defensive (fielding) team. The game is played

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    Olympic Strengths

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    unchallenged and unbeaten. According to NBC Connecticut‚ 2012 WNBA MVP Tina Charles poured in 12 of her 18 points in the opening quarter‚ and the Americans easily wrapped up the national team’s 46th consecutive victory its quest for a sixth straight Olympic gold medal. The New York Liberty star player outscored the Tom Maher-headed basketball squad by herself in the opening period as they stormed China with a 32-9 lead. The world No. 1 women’s basketball team has not been beaten by China in the eight

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    batter‚ and SWING”! Softball isn’t just a game; to me softball is my life! There is nothing more satisfying than being a part of my high school softball team. I’ve been playing since I was big enough to walk and my mom has always been there cheering me on. Yes‚ she may have wanted me to be a cheerleader or a band member and maybe even be on the track team but to me‚ this is me‚ this is MY sport. There are many reasons that softball really pulls me in. First and foremost softball is team friendly‚ you

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    Baseball V/S Softball If you have ever watched a game of baseball or a game of softball they can seem like a very similar sport. The more you go into detail with these two sports you can see how different from each other they really are. In these two sports you have three main aspects you can compare and contrast: pitching‚ the field and regulations‚ and hitting. There are more detailed areas you could compare and contrast‚ but these are the most common. When it comes to pitching in softball and baseball

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    Out Out

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    Out out is a narrative poem that outlines‚ in a certain way‚ the dangers of letting a child do a man’s work. The boy‚ whom we find to be young‚ has an unfortunate accident with a buzz saw resulting in the boy’s death. The poet uses language structure and characterisation to convey the tragic circumstances in which the boy is killed and how society reacted upon it. the title is an allusion to the story of macbeth by shakesphere where the quote continues to say "outout‚ brief candle". this shows

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