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    field team. I remember we made a bet about joining‚ it was if I join the track and field team with her‚ she will do flag football with me. Unfortunately‚ She quit track 3 week later and I didn’t do flag football. I fell in love with throwing that discus‚ I felt strong and unique throwing it. I was still trying to find myself at the time‚ some kids would make fun of me. They would say it not a real sport and that me and my team mate are fat and lazy. They where many rude comment‚ I did lock myself

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    Maya Guedouar Mr. Forsyth ENG 3U October 7‚ 2014 Ta-pocketa-pocketa: the analysis of Mitty’s character In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚ by James Thurber‚ Walter Mitty desires dominance‚ but knows that he cannot achieve his dreams due to the constant put down by his controlling wife. Walter‚ a middle-aged man has daydreams to assert his dominance which he does not have in his real life. Mitty starts to daydream that he is a “commander” of a “navy hydroplane” and he is trying to save his

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    compete. The first record of the Olympic Games was held in 776 B.C. The main sports were the Pentathlon‚ the Equestrian Events‚ Pankration‚ and Boxing. The Pentathlon was the name for the five events in Greek gymnastics: running‚ jumping‚ wrestling‚ discus throwing‚ and javelin throwing which began with the 18th Olympiad. In the wrestling event‚ wrestlers were anointed with oil‚ dusted with powder‚ and forbidden to bite or gouge one another. Wrestling was looked upon as a weapon-free military exercise

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    P O Box GM 697 Sunny Acres Castries President: Cornelius Breen Secretary: Alfred Emmanuel Tele: 4505028 (H) 384-8019 (C ) Tel: 453-6758 (W) Fax: 452-1272 Email: lca@mf.iaaf.org Date: February 12‚ 2013 To: All Affiliated Members & Schools From: Chairman Games Committee Subject: National Junior Athletics Championship 2013 You are cordially invited to participate

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    Snow blowers have changed very little over the last fifty years. Perhaps the most notable innovation is the creation of electric models. These plug-in snow blowers are easier to use and smaller than conventional gas blowers‚ but aren’t right for everyone. Electric snow blowers run entirely on electricity from a power outlet. People like them because you don’t have to worry about running out of gas and there is no oil to change. They start with a push of a button- no need to yank a starter cord!

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    Imagine‚ you’re about to finish first in the very first Olympic Games... You’re also naked. Seems weird right? In light of the recent Winter Olympics I thought it would be fun to research how different it was from the first games. So today I thought I would share with you all the history‚ athletes‚ and events from the early Olympic Games.  According to historical records‚ the first ancient Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BC. They were dedicated to the Olympian gods and were held in ancient

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    conference would make both countries realize that the violence that is occurring is serious and horrible. The Palestinians must cease their protests. These protests in the recent days have been turned into bloody battles because of the "rock throwers". The rock throwers cause the Israelis to return fire. In the worst case‚ this violence could turn into a mass murder. The violence might become so violent‚ that there would be many unnecessary deaths and a potential genocide‚ which has happened in other countries

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    Apollonius of Rhodes (Author) Wrote The Argonautica. The myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis Aratus (Author) Wrote Phaenomena. A didactic (teaching something) poem about astronomy. Describes constellations and other celestial phenomena. Aristophanes (Author) wrote The Clouds‚ The Frogs‚ Lysistrata‚ old comedy‚ native Athenian‚ attacks politicians‚ harsh critic of various governments Aristoxenus (Author) music‚ science‚ wrote the Elements

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    (384m to 768 m) In ancient Greece there wasn’t any equestrian there was chariot racing which was a dangerous event as the chariot would crash into opponents and they go at high speeds which causes many deaths in accidents. Also many old events‚ discus‚ javelin and long jumping all events from ancient Greece which evolved over time. The time for modern Olympic started in April 6 1896 and was the evolution of the Olympic Games. Olympic Games The Olympic Games started off as a series of athletic

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