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    least six times in the last three months. It was created the year I was born in 1997 but who would know it would be one of my favorite movies of all time. “The $80 million-plus earned by the quality indie blockbuster hits released later in the decade— Good Will Hunting”(The Business Of Hollywood). This was a known blockbuster film that made it one of the greats in the 1990s. The chosen location or background was Boston because Will Hunting‚ from South Boston who works for the infamous Massachusetts

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    Basketball Guide‚ With Official Rules and Standards Basketball was designed by James Naismith in the year 1891. James Naismith was a physical education instructor at McGill University. He later taught at Springfield College and then the local YMCA at Springfield‚ Massachusetts. Under the supervision of physical education professional and expert‚ Luther Gulick‚ he developed basketball as an indoor game. Basketball was initially played with a soccer ball but James Naismith used a peach basket which

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    Basketball teams in the United States of America differs from teams in the rest of the world‚ such as the European Union‚ Russia or China. Not only is there differences in the game‚ but cultural rifts change basketball in different countries. There are minor variations in the game itself‚ but the essence is the same. The technical differences of basketball are very minor. For one‚ the court is changed. In the NBA‚ the three-point line is 7.24 meters. In the FIBA‚ the line is 6.75 meters. The amount

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    guarantee that people will carry this out. After the issuing of Title IX‚ many women in sports wished to step forward and be recognized. Part of the recognition they wanted was to be included in National Sports Associations like the men’s National Basketball Association. Eventually their cries were heard‚ and sports associations like the NBA agreed to merge and include women. Becoming included was an eye opening experience to many of these women and they have faced (and still do) doubts and discrimination

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    Good Will Hunting Movie Analysis The movie Good Will Hunting is about Will Hunting‚ a janitor with an Irish background and a pure gift for math. He is the janitor at the notorious college MIT and often cleans near a prominent math/chemistry professor’s classroom. This professor assigns his class a task that would involve solving a very difficult math problem and the reward would be an automatic A in the class and the ability to work with the professor on research. Will‚ having an excellent background

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    Misfit : Definitely round. He is a murderer. He lacks apathy for most of the family‚ but he takes time to talk to the grandmother. He is from a "good" family and seems to know how to talk the talk of a good southern boy. He actually seems touched by the grandmother’s words‚ yet he is quickly repulsed by his apathy. He almost seemed like he was going to help out the stranded family until they reccognized them. The grandma is an example of a round/dynamic character because she has varied traits

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    In college basketball‚ alley oops‚ fancy no look passes‚ and trash talking‚ are just some of the things we are now accustomed to today. Before 1991 though‚ it was all about making the simple plays just to get the ball in the hoop. Before the 90’s all players would wear long white socks and short shorts‚ but now baggy shorts that go to your knees and black socks are in style around the world. What caused these changes to take place? It was a group of college basketball kids called the Fab Five at

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    Height of Discourse After I watched two hours of intense play and the huddle split‚ I observed high fives and complex handshakes of some sort. “Hampton on three. Hampton on three. ONE‚ TWO‚ THREE‚ HAMPTON!” They started coming my way; as an ex-basketball player‚ deep down I yearned for a handshake or some kind of acknowledgment‚ but I sat there like a fork in the road. Each member parted around me to my left and to my right‚ some giving head nods and some giving nothing at all. I quickly realized that

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    The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck In her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel‚ The Good Earth‚ Pearl S. Buck tells the story of Wang Lung‚ a diligent farmer living in pre-revolutionary China. The novel begins with Wang Lung’s visit to the powerful House of Hwang to collect one of the house’s slaves‚ a woman named O-lan‚ to be his wife; O-lan proves herself to be a plain‚ yet dutiful and competent wife over the next few years‚ producing three sons and a daughter and keeping her new family well fed. Wang

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    I used to be an all season sport player‚ but now I am only going to be a ¾ season sport player. I played all the sports that I could‚ football‚ basketball‚ and baseball. Now I only do football‚ basketball‚ and track. I like baseball‚ I’m just not good at it. Fielding‚ throwing‚ and catching I can do‚ I just can’t hit‚ and I don’t want to be the one to get out when I have enough power to drill it out to center field‚ and then see the disappointment on my teammates faces. The only reason that I play

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