become the best. Barra says “He didn’t win any medals at these games but he became a huge threat” (Barra). Lots of people don’t have this kind of experience like Phelps‚ but without this experience he wouldn’t know how to compete at this level later on in life. After high school swimming Phelps moved on to go to the University of Michigan while training for the Olympics. Lamm wrote “While at the university he won four gold medals and two silver medals at the Olympic Games” (Lamm). Even though Phelps
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68 CSSB DISTINCTIVE UNIT INSIGNIA TH The two rings simulate wheels; the blue alludes to the Quartermaster insignia wheel from which the unit descended‚ and the brick red one to the Transportation Corps insignia wheel. The two arrows represent honors awarded the unit during the India-Burma and Central Burma campaigns during World War II‚ and the wavy arrows symbolize the tortured Burma Road run as well as suggests the important idea of "Points of Departure and Arrival." 47T 2 H QUARTERMASTER COMPANY
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Olivia Fransis Understanding the Research Process Resources: Ch. 1‚ 2‚ and & 7 of Psychology This required Portfolio assignment will provide you with the opportunity to practice and hone your research skills. It has been designed to help you think scientifically about real world problems and issues and to apply your knowledge of the research process to various topics in Psychology. This assignment accomplishes that goal by challenging you to: Differentiate between the common use
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When the Spaniards arrived in the Philippines in 1521‚ the colonizers used art as a tool to propagate the Catholic faith through beautiful images. With communication as problem‚ the friars used images to explain the concepts behind Catholicism‚ and to tell the stories of Christ’s life and passion. Images of the Holy Family and the saints were introduced to the Filipino psyche through carved santos‚ the via crucis (Stations of the Cross)‚ engravings on estampas and estampitas‚ and through paintings
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African American Athletes in the 20th Century The world of sports wasn’t always the fun and games that we see today. In the 21st century the world of sports is decorated with many talented African American athletes from soccer‚ to hockey‚ to basketball‚ to baseball. African American athletes in the 20th century had to fight through the race barrier and face up against unbeatable odds to be able to do what they love. Jackie Robinson‚ Jack Johnson‚ and Jesse Owens are all African American athletes
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Kelsey Williams Period 3 Gym 15 October 2012 Mia Hamm Mariel Margaret Hamm‚ otherwise known as Mia Hamm‚ was born in Selma‚ Alabama on March 17th‚ 1972. Mia Hamm’s brother recalls that she was extremely athletic even back then and that she would often compete with the other boys on the block in childhood games‚ often winning them. But earlier on‚ Mia Hamm had some problems with her legs‚ she was born with a partial clubfoot. This meant that she had to wear casts on her feet to correct
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The World of Athletics Canada and Jamaica [pic] Product: Athletic Name: Coco-Lili Kraaijeveld van Hemert Student number: 500662185 Class: 1T HvA e-mail address: lili.kraaijeveld.van.hemert@hva.nl Name lecturer: Nils Pennekamp Subject: Athletics Date: 30 March 2013 I Table of Content Abstract II Introduction 1 1. Background Information and Sport 2 1. Introduction 2 2. Jamaica 2 3. Canada
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The Best has Found Better Kristiana Cavar Mrs. Raposo February 27th2013 Janica Kostelic is a Croatian alpine skier. She is the most successful female skier ever‚ with four gold Olympic medals and two silver Olympic medals. She has won the gold in five world championships of skiing. Janica Kostelic was born in Zagreb‚ Croatia in the year 1982. She was born on the fifth of January. Janica Kostelic’s father Ante Kostelic is a skier himself and acts as her trainer. As money is scarce and hard
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Jeremy’s talent and skill lead him to becoming pro at age 19. He was successfully the youngest pro FMX rider in the United States. He won his first X Games gold medal in the freestyle motocross competition last summer at the Home Depot Center‚ and won a silver medal in the FMX best-trick contest. Also in 2008‚ Lusk won two gold medals in an X Games Mexico competition; he finished third in the Dew Tour series standings‚ and he was never lower than fourth in a string of high-level international events
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There‚ she competed in five events‚ where again‚ she took home gold in all five and she was the first woman to take home four individual gold medals in a single Pan Championship. She beat her career record in the 200-meter freestyle‚ with a time of 1:55.74. In the 400-meter freestyle‚ she beat the world record‚ her time being 3:58.37. Another career record was beat in the 800-meter freestyle‚
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