Brief History of the NRA The National Rifle Association in its simplest form is the largest gun club in the world. The organization was founded in 1871 by former Union Army officers to encourage sport shooting in order to have a fine tuned militia in case of emergency. The Union officers believed that a well regulated militia was integral for the security of a free state. It is an organization that opposes gun control‚ it believes in the individual defense of the uses of firearms‚ and it is
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------------------------------------------------- A Brief History of Badminton A badminton like game was known in ancient Greece and Egypt - a game called battledore and shuttlecock - in which two players hit a feathered shuttlecock back and forth with tiny rackets. The game was called "Poona" in India during the 18th Century. In the 1860s it was adopted by British Army officers stationed in India. The officers took the game back to England‚ where it became a success at a party given by the Duke
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A brief history of Judo Judo is an exciting unarmed combat sport that originated in the Orient as a means of self-defence which has since grown into an international competitive sport. Judo developed out of ju-juitsu‚ a form of unarmed combat beleived to have been introduced into Japan by a Chinese monk‚ Chen Yuan-ping in the early seventeenth century. Various ju-juitsu schools developed and young samuri were instructed in the art. This was in the days of chivalry among Japanese knights. Samuri
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The current Tajik Republic harkens to the Samanid Empire (AD 875–999). The Tajik people came under Russian rule in the 1860. Tajikistan became an autonomous Soviet socialist republic within Uzbekistan in 1924; Basmachi resistance in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was quelled in 1925‚ and Tajikistan became one of the component Soviet socialist republics in 1929 called Tadzhik SSR from 1936 to 1991. Tajikistan gained independence in 1991‚ and has experienced three changes in government
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Visita de Salog High School Goa‚ Camarines Sur S/y: 2013-1014 SOCCER In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement in English IV Presented by: Kenneth Darin Duran Student Presented to: Mrs. Josie H. Caballero Teacher January 7‚ 2014 DEDICATION This is dedicated to everyone who are deserving for soccer. For all of those people who wants to become a and learn about soccer. To my fellow students at VdSHS ‚ I want to share this research to all of you. May Everyone gather
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Brief history of prostitution Note by the author This document owes a lot to Max Chaleil’s work. His book‚ ‘Le corps prostitué : le sexe dévorant’ is the main reference of this file. This historical summary will mainly concern France‚ even though there are a few comparisons with the situation of prostitution in other countries. 1. The Beginnings : Sexual hospitality and sacred prostitution It is not so sure that prostitution is the oldest trade in the world; the Europeans admitted to it during the
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Brief History of Nepal The history of Nepal (नेपालको इतिहास) is characterized by its isolated position in the Himalayas and its two dominant neighbors‚ India and China. Due to the arrival of disparate settler groups from outside through the ages‚ it is now a multi-ethnic‚ multi-cultural‚ multi-lingual country. Its population is predominantly Hindu with significant presence of Buddhists‚ who were in majority at one time in the past. Nepal was split in three kingdoms from the 15th to 18th century
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The Patriarchs There were many tribes that moved freely from one place to another in the time of Abraham‚ Isaac and Jacob. Scholars believe that there was some exchange of ideas‚ world views‚ and religions and there was no one group that was dominant over the others. During this time many of the group started to settle in Palestine. Moses and the Conquest of the Land Israel’s distinctive faith and identity as a people begins with Moses. Those who had come from the desert with Moses were a fairly
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Citation: Babine v. Gilley’s Bronco Shop‚ Inc. District Court of Appeal of Florida‚ First District May 13‚ 1986 Facts: The appellant‚ Michael P. Babine brought suit against Gilley’s Bronco Shop‚ Inc. damages from injuries sustained at Kevin’s West‚ Inc. a nightclub‚ where he was thrown off the mechanical bull “El Toro”. The mechanical bull was sold to Kevin’s from Gilley’s. Gilley’s purchased it from another party. The purpose of the mechanical bull was for training rodeo cowboys. The appellant
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