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    Athletes should not be paid for the sport that they play in college. College can be a wonderful thing for athletes and people can get full ride scholarships for playing a sport. It is argued that these athletes should be paid for the amount of revenue they bring into their schools. However this is not the case. A lot of schools actually lose out on money for college athletics. When you think about it as well college athletes are in pretty comfortable positions if they use their resources to their

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    American Olympic athletes should be paid more money for training and competing. They currently do not make enough which is leading to less than optimal performance for the American team. Most olympians are making less than $15‚000 per year(less than minimum wage)‚ which makes it tough for them to train to their potential and win. America’s top athletes are going to play football‚ basketball‚ or baseball instead of competing in the Olympics. We are also being beat by other countries that pay and value

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    "Far too much attention is given to beauty products and treatments." Comment. “Beauty comes from within” is now a phrase laughed by many. In this modern society‚ looks are all that matters‚ beauty products and treatments are slowly interwoven into our lives‚ new treatments such as slimming programmes and feature-enhancement treatment‚ plastic surgery and much much more‚ appeal to the vain side of each person. Now‚ not only does women willingly splurge thousands of dollars on these everyday beauty

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    Should College Athletes Get Paid? “...Is money such a big problem for these student-athletes? Don’t they receive scholarships? How much more money do they need?” Most college athletes received scholarships to play for the college they’re going to. They should not receive money for going to school and choosing to play a sport that they don’t have to do. Sports is always an option‚ no one has to play and no coach is going to force a student to play a sport and maybe cause a distraction from doing

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    We spend too much money on toys and games For me there is no real debate‚ we as Australians simply spend too much money on novelties such as toys and games. People are taking money for granted these days‚ even though Austrlia is clkassifeid as a n expensive country. People are spending money on toys and games ‚ which will most likely become boring after a few uses‚ spoil children and money can be spent better off for charity or a long term savings plan. Firstly as I mentioned toys and games may

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    use of connotation in William Wordsworth’s The world is too much with us. “The world is too much with us; late and soon‚ Getting and Spending‚ we lay waste our powers; Little we see in nature that is ours; We have given our hearts away‚ a sordid boon!” (Wordsworth 1-4) The poem begins with a complaint‚ saying how humanity focuses on materialistic items. “The world is too much with us;” (Wordsworth 1) means that life everyday is just too much to handle. Often people are not able to

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    College students athletes should get paid Could you imagine if college athletes would get paid? College athletes that play sports everyday and don’t have time to get a job and do their academics. Most college athletes that play football or basketball and if they win a championship they bring millions of money back to the college. If you go to college and play sports like basketball‚football you should get paid for how long you stay in college for the sports before you go pro or drop out. Because

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    In this "War in Iraq" reporters have been given the opportunity of a lifetime‚ to be on the front lines of the warfare. Now it seems that these reporters are giving the people too much information in a time when secrecy is incredibly important to winning the battles. In 1991 reporters complained about being denied access to the battlegrounds of Kuwait. Coverage of the Gulf War was thin and the little bit of information that we received came form the government. Today there are hundreds in Iraq

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    College: The Rewards Cost Too Much to Enjoy Elizabeth Davis Excelsior College College: The Rewards May Cost Too Much to Enjoy A college degree is very important unless you can hit a golf ball like Tiger Woods or throw a punch like Floyd Mayweather Jr. Most parents make sure their children are clothed‚ nurtured and spoon fed college applications since the day they are born. Pursuing college after high school seems like the most natural thing for a high school student. Could it be because

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    Why College Athletes Should Get Paid December 3rd‚ 2013 The single most debated topic when it comes to compensating student-athletes concerns whether student athletes should be paid beyond the full cost of attending school. The pay for play doctrine‚ in which athletes would earn a portion of the revenue they help generate‚ is a highly controversial topic that has become more popular in recent years. The arguments in favor of pay for play originate from the fact that

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