’Gifts Rapped’ is a magazine article that was published and featured in the British magazine ’The Spectator’ on Saturday‚ January 24th‚ 2004. Written by the author of the ’Alex Rider’ series‚ Anthony Horowitz‚ the article exposes his criticism of modern day toys. He also argues that toys in the present are inferior to the toys in the past and that the industry has begun to escalate. The devices used within the article are used to increase the audience’s awareness for children who too easily discard
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Drug testing for performance-enhancing drugs among MLB players is nothing new. Nevertheless‚ you may have seen drug test related news produced more often of late. It’s still early in the season‚ but players have been outspoken about the randomness and effectiveness of drug testing. Often‚ it seems as though players are tested after good performances‚ which means the testing isn’t as random as MLB claims. This season‚ some examples include Anthony Rizzo being tested after bashing the system and Eric
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something. The lure of immediate gratification and instant wealth outweighs any concern for character‚ values‚ morals‚ self-worth‚ social impact‚ or future consequences. Lance Armstrong’s seven Tour De France titles and New York Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez’s multiple Major League Baseball titles will forever be tainted by steroid use. Bernie Madoff’s fraud conviction ruined not only his life and that of his family but hundreds of other hard working people lost their life savings and were forced
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LARRY E. GREINER ELIZABETH COLLINS A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products 5:25 A.M. Sweat dripped onto the handlebars of Alex Sander’s StairMaster. Sander was half an hour into a cardiovascular workout‚ while carrying on a conversation in the fitness center of the downtown condominium complex with a neighbor who was climbing steadily on his own StairMaster. At 32‚ Alex was the newest‚ and youngest‚ product manager in the Toiletries Division of Landon
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Although it was not evident to anyone watching‚ former Bank of America President Alex Pierce was furious. He had just been fired after 30 years of dedicated services to the bank. He knew the building better than anyone and could navigate his way anywhere in it while blindfolded. "We’re taking a new image‚" he had been told. "We’re going to hire a younger president so that we will attract the next generations." Basically they had called him old and worn. They were done using him so they dropped
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Afro-American Unity. In prison‚ he became a Black Muslim. (He split with this faith in 1963 to convert to orthodox Islam.) “Prison Studies” is excerpted from the popular and fascinating Autobiography of Malcolm X‚ which he cowrote with Roots author Alex Haley. Many who today hear me somewhere in person‚ or on television‚ or those who read something I’ve said‚ will think I went to school far beyond the eight grade. This impression is due entirely to my prison studies. I had really begun
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Fireproof is a film directed by Alex Kendrick‚ who is also the screenwriter of the movie in collaboration with Stephen Kendrick. The principal actors in this film were Kirk Cameron and Erin Bethea. This film’s purpose is to entertain and at the same time instill values. The most important elements in the film include the plot‚ character‚ emotion‚ and thought. The plot involves the conflict of the characters going through divorce and the personal struggle of the lead character‚ Caleb Holt‚ to save
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the child a lot. But happy married couples‚ don’t always stay happy. In Claire Anderson-Wheeler’s short story “Vernissage”‚ The child Alex lives his life‚ oblivious to the change in his parents relationship‚ until he ’’happens’’ to overhear a private conversation. The short story has a first person narrator‚ who is also the main character‚ the child Alex. Alex is at the age where he starts to question whether he is too old for some things: “Maybe he was getting too old for banana sandwiches. He
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Sexism In Football Since time began‚ feminists worldwide have demanded equal rights and yes‚ they’ve probably said just about everything there is to say about sexism. We all dream of the day when women and men are treated with the same amount of respect‚ attention and understanding. But will this day ever come? Sexism should be non-existent and football is no exception. Sexism can begin in the simplest of places; a primary school for example. Picture this‚ a group of boys are playing a football
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identities in Aminata who looks familiar to them. Mamed could see the resemblence between Aminata and his mother. Therefore‚ they taught Aminata about the western culture as well as the survival skills at workto build up their own identity. In addition‚ Alex Haley‚ the author of “Roots”‚ shows how the strength of the human spirit to overcome challenges comes from pride in one’s heritage. The protagonist of Roots‚ Kunta was born in Africa and later was captured by the white slavers. He takes his pride in
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