THE IMPORTANCE OF GAMES AND SPORTS Survival and success of man has always depended upon his mental and physical energy. History tells us that only those nations could enjoy supremacy over others which more powerful and more active than their rivals. Therefore to develop standard of physical fitness nations of the world gave due importance to sports and games. In ancient Greece‚ such festivals were regularly held in which events of sports and games were arranged. The present day Olympic Games are
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Prayer for Reconciliation and Peace ‘Though we are many‚ we are one body…’ This year we in the UK are hosting the Olympic games. People from all over the world will converge on London‚ and other parts of the country to compete in sports‚ to spectate‚ to support their countries’ athletes‚ and to cook‚ clean and tidy up after each event. Peoples from every nation‚ and all ‘races‚ colours and creeds’. Tensions will run high; individuals will find themselves cheek by jowl with people they don’t know
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THE WOMEN OF THE OLYMPICS 1 The Women of the Olympics Taylor Foster 2 The Olympics. Known today as 17 days of glorious competition between the world’s best athletes. These events often produce feelings of nationalism and social equality as the globe in bound together as we watch the most televised variety of live sporting events in history. When victory for one athlete is interpreted as a victory for an entire country. But if we look closely at these
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The Olympics Games were athletic competition held in Greece from 776 BCE to 393 CE. They took a hiatus before starting up again in 1892. Once the modern Olympics had begun in 1892‚ it had effects on society. These effects include a social change of unifying people across the world of the same and different genders‚ a cultural change of a strong passionate desire to beat the other countries to win the gold‚ and an economic change of the Olympics costing billions of dollars to the host city. In
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Reading Read the text and answer the following questions. A) Carl Lewis was born on July 1. 1961 in Birmingham‚ Alabama. Introduced to track and field by his athletic parents‚ Lewis first broke the long jump record while in high school. In 1984‚ he returned home with 4 gold medals after his first Olympics. Later‚ participating in the Summer Olympics of 1988‚ 1992 and 1996‚ he won another 5 gold medals and a silver one. He was also named ‘ athlete of the year’ 3 years in a row by Track and Field
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Executive Summary Four years after the splendid Olympics in Beijing‚ London hosted the Olympic Games last year in 2012 for the third time in History of the International Event that the World greatly anticipates. The trade mark of this event was “Inspire a Generation”‚ reflecting the sustainability concept adapted by the Olympic Federations to support the Agenda 21 (Hawkes‚2012). In the bid for 2012 Games‚ London did not aim to having the honor of organizing the event just like any other nation‚
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My Big Fat Greek Wedding “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” is a romantic comedy that explores cultural differences in a combination of romance and humor. The story revolves around Toula‚ a thirty-year-old Greek American single woman‚ who lives with her family in the suburb of Chicago. She works in her family’s business‚ a restaurant called “Dancing Zorba’s.” Toula is expected to marry from their ethnic background. However‚ she struggles with her strict father to convince him that she longs for something
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The Olympics‚ everyone’s favorite time. The Olympics have been around for the longest amount of time. The big question here is‚ are the Olympics completely dangerous or are they safe and should continue on? Everyone knows they’re are big risks when it comes to the games but‚ at the end of the day it is so worth it. A country may only win one game of the whole Olympics but are blessed with the respect and high honor of their title. Since the Olympics has grown over the years girls/women are now given
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People hurt other people because they either don’t like them or they’re scared. Sometimes people hurt others because they don’t believe in the same gods as the rest of the country/state. Why? Because they feel that if they can get rid of one man who doesn’t respect the states/countries gods then they can stop anyone else from doing so. Take Socrates for example. Socrates was tried for “corrupting the youth” and “refusing to worship the gods of the state and introducing new deities”. They found him
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Perpetual Peace ..Is it a Reality? September 9‚ 2013 World Politics The question of how do me men live in peace is an age-old delima. Two significant philosophers ‚ Kant and Thucydides‚ make some very significant and contrasting views on the nature of peace and man’s propensity to go to war. Kant‚ writing during the 18th century ‚ and Thucydides‚ an Athenian‚ commentating some 2000 years earlier during the 5th century BC are coming from very different experiences
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