remembers Sitting Bull not for what he achieved in his own culture but for his battle against the westward movement of American people… He lost not because of failings of leadership‚ or given his cultural outlook‚ failings of judgment‚ but because of impersonal forces beyond his control or even understanding." In other words‚ the failure of Sitting Bull was inevitable due to external forces‚ and his failure is not solely a reflection of his actions. According to the text‚ Sitting Bull was a strong
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THE GOLDEN CANGUE Translated by Eileen ChangSHANGHAI thirty years ago on a moonlit night ... maybe we did not get to see the moon of thirty years ago. To young people the moon of thirty years ago should be a reddish-yellow wet stain the size of a copper coin‚ like a teardrop on letter paper by To-yün Hsüan’ worn and blurred. In old people’s memory the moon of thirty years ago was gay‚ larger‚ rounder‚ and whiter than the moon now. But looked back on after thirty years on a rough road‚ the best of
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In 1981‚ John Sortino was playing with his son Graham when he realized he had an interest for teddy bears. John saw that all of his son’s bears had a foreign tag on it‚ so he wanted to be the first person to create American-made teddy bears. By 1983‚ John began to make bears in his wife’s sewing room and sell them at an open-air market in Burlington‚ Vermont. It took a year for John to sell his first 200 bears. One day‚ John picked up an idea from one of his customers. The customer wanted him to
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With the intent of revisiting the tales of my childhood‚ I selected “Jack and the Bull” as the first tale for review. This tale has numerous variations on the initial circumstances which can indicate the origin or the story. In some versions‚ Jack is hired help on a rich man’s farm. In other accounts he is working on his father’s farm. In all of the stories‚ his adversary is the wife or his stepmother who despises him. She gives him meager amounts of food until Jack is wasting away and realizes
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leading up to the trial. Jefferson‚ Grant says‚ was on his way to the White Rabbit Bar and Lounge when Brother and Bear‚ two young black men‚ drove up beside him and offered him a ride. The three men drove to a store‚ where Brother and Bear demanded that Alcee Gropé‚ the store owner‚ give them drinks on credit. Alcee refused‚ and the ensuing argument led to a shootout. Alcee‚ Brother‚ and Bear all died‚ leaving Jefferson alone in the store. Grant says Jefferson stood at the scene of the crime‚ confused
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THE BULL Then it was time for Dragonet to ride the Bull. He gave her instructions on how to put the harness on‚ so she would have something to hold. Place the pad behind his neck‚ for her to sit and tuck her heels in to his shingles giving her feet a hold‚ to give her balance to stand on his back. How to lean her body to turn him in the direction she chooses to go. To speak to him mentally while in flight and in battle. Then she was to learn how to dismount while she was still flying‚ to roll-off
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Environmental/ Situational Analysis Trends/Issues Red Bull is an energy drink aimed at students and athletes. No one thought that a “functional drink” sold at a premium price and packaged in a can would ever be successful‚ when the idea first came up in 1987 (www.redbull.co.uk 13.05.2009)‚ however the product became quite popular amongst young people and frequently drank at night clubs as a ‘mixer’ (mixed with other drinks‚ e.g. vodka and whisky). The company’s marketing was also quite successful
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* My favorite bear is the Chicago Bears mascot. This is the team Brian Urlacher plays for now. He has played for the Bears his entire professional career. During his time with the Bears he has gone to the Super Bowl and several Pro Bowls. His rookie year‚ Brian won the Defensive Player of the Year Award for most outstanding Linebacker in the NFL. Growing up as a child‚ he had a rough life but it didn’t stop him from playing great football through from the time he was young to the time he
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diagnosed me almost immediately‚ and said “ Why didn’t you come here sooner.” They said that if we didn’t act soon‚ I could be permanently paralyzed and would have to have a wheelchair for the rest of my life. What they diagnosed me with was Legg-Calve Perthes Disease.I had not known about any of this until about a month later‚ after school one day. I was baffled‚ and was scared of surgeries. About a month later‚ we were pulling up to the Cincinnati Children’s parking lot to have my surgeries. It
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John Schivito Heroes‚ Anti Heroes‚tragedy‚ excellence‚ hubris and nemesis are all concepts that could all be linked to athletes and sports. We see this when we watched the film Raging Bull. In this film we see the rise and fall of a hero‚ along with the excellence and tragedy that Jake LaMotta has to endure. We see Jake succeed greatly by winning all of his fights and fail greatly when he looses his wife and
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