award for film editing etc. Although the film was based on a true story that happened in the 1968 when white people was the head of everything and black were considered as nothing. In the late of 1960s life in America was tough and not pleasant for the black people. Racisms everywhere‚ and everyone wanted there right. Thing were upside down in 1968 were everyone fought against racism‚ politics‚ racial etc. For me the heat of the night was
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Michael Phelps Michael Phelps is a through and through true Olympian. He has amazing capabilities and has proven it many times. I would definitely call him a great athlete. Michael Phelps stole the limelight through the best performances in Olympic history. In his early life Michael Phelps had already started his rise to the top. When Michael was born he had two sisters already in the sport of swimming which he entered very soon. “As a seven-year-old‚ he refused to put his face in the water. Not
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swimming your final event the 400 IM (individual medley). You just won gold in record timing. The summer Olympics only come around once every four years. Only the best of the best will compete for a spot on theirs country’s team. From every corner of the world and every walk of life they will join each other to fight for a medal in the London 2012 Olympic games. London will be the city to hold the Olympics for the third time in record history‚ the last games that were held in London was in 1948 over
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won the Summer Olympics in 2012‚ and not only because of her superior talent in gymnastics‚ but also because of her ambitious personality. Gabby Douglas is an Olympic gymnast‚ starting her gymnastics career at the age of six. She was born on December 31 in 1995‚ she grew up in Virginia and then moved to Iowa to further pursue a more serious gymnastic career. Although other gymnasts have obviously won gold in the olympics‚ she was the first African American gymnast to win gold at the Olympics‚ she also
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childhood her oldest sister stop gymnastics when the family did not have much. The middle daughter gave up figure skating and her brother continued playing football do Douglas could keep on with here gymnastics. Since Gabby wanted to train for the olympics so bad with a very amazing coach‚ her mother consented to allow her to stay with a host family in Iowa. There were times when Gabby would call her mom and tell her she wanted to quit gymnastics because she was home sick. Her Mom encouraged her to
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What makes 1968 such a momentous year for so many? Is it the fact that it touched virtually every person on the entire globe in some form or fashion? Or is it because everyone around the globe was linked together by the progressive chains of change? This new wave of reform hit every nation differently‚ but elements of it were seen throughout much of the world and Mexico was no different. By hosting the Olympics in ’68‚ Mexico hoped to establish itself as a stable unified nation that was on par with
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year of 1968. The revolution that occurred was not strictly political‚ however‚ and young college students strived to make social statements with “sex‚ drugs‚ and rock and roll”. The assassinations of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Senator Kennedy also occurred in the same bittersweet year‚ as well as widespread riots leading to violent takeovers of college campuses‚ the 1968 Democratic Convention riot‚ outbursts by the Black Panthers‚ including a black power salute at the 1968 Olympic games that
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Summer Olympic Games Sites 1896 - Athens‚ Greece 1900 - Paris‚ France 1904 - St. Louis‚ United States 1908 - London‚ United Kingdom 1912 - Stockholm‚ Sweden 1916 - Scheduled for Berlin‚ Germany* 1920 - Antwerp‚ Belgium 1924 - Paris‚ France 1928 - Amsterdam‚ Netherlands 1932 - Los Angeles‚ United States 1936 - Berlin‚ Germany 1940 - Scheduled for Tokyo‚ Japan* 1944 - Scheduled for London‚ United Kingdom* 1948 - London‚ United Kingdom 1952 - Helsinki‚ Finland 1956 - Melbourne‚ Australia
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performance in sports has certainly occurred since the time of the original Olympic Games [from 776 to 393 BC]. The origin of the word ’doping’ is attributed to the Dutch word ’doop‚’ which is a viscous opium juice‚ the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks." Larry D. Bowers‚ PhD "Athletic Drug Testing‚" Clinics in Sports Medicine‚ Apr. 1‚ 1998 1904-1920 Performance Enhancing Drugs Used in the Modern Olympic Games "In 1904 Olympics marathon runner‚ Thomas Hicks‚ was using a mixture of brandy and strychnine
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"broad jump") is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed‚ strength‚ and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point. This event has been an Olympic medal event since the first modern Olympics in 1896 (a medal event for women since 1948) and has a history in the Ancient Olympic Games. Contents [hide] * 1 Rules * 2 History * 3 Records * 4 Technique * 4.1 The approach * 4.2 The last two strides * 4.3 Takeoff * 4.3.1 Kick
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