Every two years we have the Olympic Games‚ the games represent the uniting of athletes from all over the world to compete at the Olympics. However if you think about it‚ the Olympics have changed over time. The ancient Olympic Games were traditionally held as a religious event for the Greek God Zeus‚ but the modern Olympics are held for the world’s athletes to compete with each other. The Games have evolved in many ways in which I have learned and known. The beginning of the Olympics started with
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For the last 50 years‚ world population multiplied more rapidly than ever before‚ and more rapidly than it is projected to grow in the future. In 1950‚ the world had 2.5 billion people; and in 2005‚ the world had 6.5 billion people. By 2050‚ this number could rise to more than 9 billion (see chart "World Population Growth‚ 1950-2050"). Anthropologists believe the human species dates back at least 3 million years. For most of our history‚ these distant ancestors lived a precarious existence as
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Over the last several decades‚ the topic of abortion has become an increasingly controversial and heated argument in popular culture‚ press‚ and medical fields. The process of the abortion as defined by Meriam-Webster is “the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy‚ resulting in death of the embryo or fetus”. This process has been thoroughly discussed in a number of fields ranging from medical ethics to Christian journalism‚ in which it has both been defended and attacked. The main focus of
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Mobile phones have changed through time starting with the size of the phone‚ then the technological advances‚ and finally the usage of the phone. Even though the purpose of the phone has not changed‚ which is to call people‚ the phone itself has changed in many ways. The first reason on how mobile phones have changed over time is the size of the phone. In 1190‚ Martin Cooper invented the first mobile phone called the Motorola Dynamic 8000X. The phone was about the length of a non-sharpened pencil
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During the fifty odd years since 1960‚ the world has dramatically changed. The map of countries has changed entirely‚ the list of allies of various countries has changed. Dictatorships have come and gone‚ repeatedly in some areas. However‚ throughout all of the turmoil globally‚ one thing has remained constant‚ and that is the rapid advance in computer technology. Throughout history‚ we have come from computers as large as a warehouse to computers that fit on our wrists‚ from computers that are massive
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50+ YEARS OF COOKING: A SINGAPURA FLAVOUR For our special SG50 issue‚ we place the spotlight on old-time foodie favourites as well as some of our well-known local restaurants that have been operating for 50 years and more. Bon apétit or as we say in Singapore‚ tuck in‚ lah! By Wong Casandra Singapore is known by many names — “The Lion City”‚ “The Little Red Dot” — but one that harkens back to our rich heritage is “Food Paradise”. Fortunately for us‚ eclectic cultural influences from our multi-racial
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some things have drastically changed for the better‚ things have stayed the same or things have gotten worse. But that is a matter of opinion. What is your opinion on these things? Do you think things have gotten better‚ stayed the same or gotten worse? Mark Twain wrote a book called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and it showed how society was back then and the struggles people went through. American society has changed since 1840 and as time passed our society has gotten way worse by the acts
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50 Year Vietnam Memorial I was asked to talk about the 50-year anniversary of the Vietnam war. And as most of you can probably tell‚ I wasn’t alive 50 years ago‚ so I went to my grandfather who fought in that war and I asked him to recount his experience. I asked him if he lost any friends during that time. He responded with “Hunny‚ all the guys you are with are your friends. And it hurts to lose any of them.” He recalled for me one individual. Greg. He said “losing that one was hard.” He told me
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Introduction Throughout the years‚ health care has changed and developed into this vase source of information. Historically‚ health care has derived from the simplest form to the advanced sciences. With the ideas of health and illness always changing the methodology of the health care process must change as well. Throughout the history of health care there has been a multitude of events that have changed the course of the process of diagnosing and curing infectious diseases as well as viruses. For
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Federalism has evolved over the course of American history. At different points in time‚ the balance and boundaries between the national and state government have changed substantially. In the twentieth century‚ the role of the national government expanded dramatically‚ and it continues to expand in the twenty-first century. Dual Federalism (1789–1945) Dual federalism describes the nature of federalism for the first 150 years of the American republic‚ roughly 1789 through World War II. The Constitution
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