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    Special Olympics

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    Sample MONROE’S MOTIVATED SEQUENCE Persuasive Outline Making a Difference Through the Special Olympics Specific Purpose: To persuade the audience to donate time to the Special Olympics Central Idea: it would be very rewarding to volunteer to work with the Special Olympics because they have contributed a lot in helping people with disabilities Introduction I. ATTENTION: In Seattle‚ nine young athletes began racing in the 100-yard dash as the gun went off. A. All except one little

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    Before I begin my paper I wanted to give a little history on the background of the Special Olympics. The first International Special Olympics Games were held at Soldier Field in Chicago 1968. It was originally started by a woman named Anne McGlone Burke‚ who was a physical education teacher with the Chicago Park school district. She began with the idea for a one-time Olympic-style athletic competition for people with special needs. Burke then contacted Eunice Kennedy Shriver‚ who was the head

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    Olympic assignment

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    Countdown to Olympics Brings Terrorism Jitters” by Karl Schoenberger and Sam Jameson. The second article is titled “Johnson to Go back into starting blocks: Banned Sprinter to begin the testimony that will determine his future in track by Randy Harvey”. The first article is about Seoul’s plans to implement tighter security. This is considered to be one of the biggest in Olympic history due to the previous terrorist attacks. For example‚ the Han River is being cleaned up for the Olympics and a plethora

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    History of Olympics

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    “I’m Number One” Every four years numerous athletes from around the world come to compete in the coveted Olympic Games. But these 10‚500 athletes just from the London Olympic Games‚ are not the same as the 241 that competed in the very first Olympics in Athens (Olympic Games). The Games themselves also are completely different. The intent of these participants and the countries they descend from are much different. Once a celebration of the Gods‚ this old-time worship ceremony has been brought into

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    Vancouver Olympics

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    family room to the kitchen‚ it was put in by my father during the Olympics‚ an event that attracted a lot of tourists into the beautiful city of Vancouver. The Vancouver Olympics used many First Nations’ symbols and mythical creatures for mascots. Though my family actively participated in the festivities of the 2010 winter Olympics‚ we were not aware of the past and ongoing violence against the First Nations. Though the 2010 winter Olympics gave many aboriginal groups the opportunity to showcase their

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    Compeitors in Olympics

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    Competitors in the Olympics are known to be strong‚ fearless‚ indestructible and passionate for the Olympics and the sport that they are competing against. The Olympics consist of a variety of sports that require competitors to be physically active but what these sports don’t do is improve health or memory. A sport that is proven to improve health and memory‚ but not in the Olympics is thumb wrestling. If competitors were as passionate for this sport like their own sport the world will have more

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    olympic gods

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    thunderbolt. As the ruler of the Olympian gods‚ Zeus held enormous power and almost absolute authority. His role was primarily to watch over the activities of the other gods‚ and make sure they weren’t exceeding their powers. Gods before Olympics The Titans‚ also known as the elder gods‚ ruled the earth before the Olympians overthrew them. The ruler of the Titans was Cronus who was de-throned by his son Zeus. Prometheus - He stole the sacred fire from Zeus and the gods. Atlas - Zeus

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    Wrestling Should Be Kept In the Olympics On Tuesday‚ February 12th‚ 2013‚ the International Olympic Committee woke up the world by voting to drop out wrestling from the Olympic Games beginning in the summer of 2020. Most people were shocked to hear the information that was said and me wanting to go to the Olympics for wrestling and the IOC wanting to vote it out. Wrestling should be kept in the Olympics because it is the oldest sport in the modern time of the Olympics‚ it creates physically fit and

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    There is way too much money spent on the Olympics Games. The large amount of money that was used for the Olympics could go to better causes‚ the facilities may not be used after the Olympics and the large amount of money spent on the Olympics Games has ruined the original purpose of the Games. Instead of wasting a large amount of money on the Olympics‚ we could be saving lives around the world. The money spent on the Olympics Games could be used for better causes such as “GlobalGiving” to provide

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    control of its internal and external affairs. The Olympic Games is an event held every 4 years‚ which includes a variety of sport activities in which different countries compete against one another. "Sport is frequently a tool of diplomacy. By sending delegations of athletes abroad‚ states can establish a first basis for diplomatic relations or can more effectively maintain such relations" (Espy 3). One might think that politics and the Olympics have nothing to do with each other‚ but in fact they

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