Since paying a total of 35 dollars for their famous ‘swoosh’ logo‚ Nike has risen to the top. From track shoes to shoes designed for skating Nike is now a major competitor in the apparel industry. When shoes suck athletes suck‚ this is where Bill and Phil helped out‚ with the start of Nike. After Bill approached Phil Knight wanting to make a lighter running shoe they designed the ‘Tiger.’ Going on to sell $8000 worth of ‘Tiger’s‚ together the Bill-Phil partnership started Nike. The Tiger was the
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It’s a chilly November afternoon and I’m racing home to catch The Game. I’m thrust without warning into the air‚ flying backwards until finally landing on my backside. I quickly jump up to my feet and I’m face to gut with a giant. He’s painted scarlet from head-to-toe with a string of worthless nuts around his neck. He wears his jersey proud‚ towering over me. “O-H!” he screams in my face. There’s an awkward silence‚ neither of us move. He grows angry then repeats‚ “O-H!” Unzipping my jacket‚ I
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you drink‚ the greater the health risks. what is a drug?- A drug is any chemical you take that affects how your body works. for example Alcohol‚ caffeine‚ aspirin and nicotine are all drugs. A drug must be able to pass from your body into your brain. Once inside your brain‚ drugs can change the messages your brain cells are sending to each other‚ and to the rest of your body. They do this by interfering with your brain’s own chemical signals: neurotransmitters that transfer signals across synapses
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Gentri W. & Kimberly P. A4 October 23‚ 2012 Les Miserables Transmediation Final Project: Eponine We chose to do Eponine for our final project. She was the Thenarider’s oldest daughter. She is hopelessly in love with Marius and he doesn’t take any notice of her. While posing as the Jondrette family‚ she is the one to go and ask Marius for some money. Later in the book‚ she shows Marius where Cosette lives and then leads him into the barricades for war‚ with the thought that if she couldn’t
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unidentifiable bodies dancing at different times in what appears to be the same room‚ their faces‚ bodies and clothing blurring and flickering as each figure moves to a silent rhythm‚ is the opening piece to the Fowler Museum’s Winter 2016 exhibit “Disguise: Masks and Global African Art.” Titled “Double Quadruple Etcetera Etcetera I and II‚” the video is the work of artist Sonra R. Perry‚ a Black woman‚ New Jersey native‚ and current Harlem resident. To the side of the video is a plaque displaying a quote from
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Lies‚ Death & Beauty In Emily Dickinson?s ?I died for beauty but was scarce?‚ Edwin Arlington Robinson?s ?Richard Cory?‚ and Paul Dunbar?s ?We Wear the Mask? share common themes of lies‚ beauty‚ and death. All authors attain a different form and style of writing; however they all mutually share the idea that physical appearance masks the internal. That despite your astonishing looks you can still be suffering internally. Physical appearance is temporary for death is inevitable. Appearances
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The Real Truth Behind Ads We all have looked through a magazine at least once in our lives. Advertising is all around us‚ everywhere we go and basically everything we see has some type of ad on it. As women‚ advertising tells us everything we need to know; we need to be perfect‚ have the best body‚ best hair and make sure we can look as young as possible for as long as we can. Advertising puts this image of women as being perfect‚ when in reality we are not. We have flaws and not all of us can
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Windows to the Soul Many Characters in the novel Grand Avenue‚ by Greg Sarris‚ are wearing masks. Masks that conceal themselves and their culture in an attempt to fit into the world that has enveloped their history and stifled their heritage. The key to these masks is the eyes. The eyes of the characters in the novel tell stories. The despair of the Native Americans is first shown in The Magic Pony when Jasmine‚ the voice of the story‚ describes her Aunt Faye’s eyes. “Her
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1 My Different Masks When I was a student in high school I had a few friends that would gossip and spread rumors every day during lunch about certain kids at school. They would share the details about the scandal at the table and they would criticize them without pity. In other school settings‚ the critics would speak kindly to those they judged with an air of grace and elegance. Since I had witnessed their changing faces‚ I wondered if they had ever behaved the same way towards me. Although
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types of art‚ culture and time period behind each one. It comes down to having different backgrounds‚ location and purpose to why it was made. There is an abundant of artistry that resemble and differ with one another‚ the color‚ texture and medium of it. Ever since the existence of artwork‚ there has been multiple time period throughout‚ but this has not stopped different time zone from influencing each other. Both the Head of an Akkadian Ruler and the Funerary Mask represent power and strength.
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