Superstars don’t last forever. The dominant forces in the NBA aren’t far off from showing their first signs of deterioration. LeBron James is 31 years old‚ while Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry are 27 and 28 years old‚ respectively. As amazing as NBA superstars are‚ they don’t age like wine. Within the next five or so years‚ the next generation of superstars will be ready to take the stage and accept the proverbial passed torch. Of the teams in the NBA‚ the franchises that look the deadliest‚ in
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formal May 29‚ 2010|By Frederick N. Rasmussen‚ The Baltimore Sun Billy Baldwin‚ the noted Baltimore-born interior designer whose clients included Cole Porter‚ Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis‚ Mike Nichols‚ Harvey Ladew‚ William S. Paley and Diana Vreeland‚ among many others of the jeweled glitterati‚ is reported to have once said that "good taste is the dullest thing in the world." "Modernism at Evergreen: Baltimore’s Billy Baldwin‚" a recently opened exhibition at the Evergreen Museum & Library‚
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without any serious or practical importance. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Literature preserves the ideals of a people; and ideals--love‚ faith‚ duty‚ friendship‚ freedom‚ reverence--are the part of human life most worthy of preservation. The Greeks were a marvelous people; yet of all their mighty works we cherish only a few ideals‚--ideals of beauty in perishable stone‚ and ideals of truth in imperishable prose and poetry. It was simply the
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Freaks & Geeks “The Diary” Privacy is something that we all deserve. In the tenth episode of Freaks & Geeks‚ “The Diary”‚ Lindsay’s parents are convinced that Kim is leading Lindsay in the wrong direction. Since Kim’s mom told them that she reads Kim’s diary to figure out what her daughter does and the idea gets in their head. In a very abstract way‚ they agree and read her diary. There they figure out what Lindsay thinks about them. My dad always told me‚ “You don’t understand because you don’t
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Throughout the novel Freak the Mighty‚ Rodman Philbrick‚ creates a story about newfound friendship and adventure for the two main characters‚ Maxwell‚ “Max”‚Kane and Kevin‚“Freak”‚ Dillon. If the two boys would not have become friends Max would have still just stayed in the down under all by himself all day. Secondly‚ Max also would not have learned that he has a brain even if he does have to search deep down for it. Finally‚ if the boys would not have become friends‚ Freak would not have become
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6. Feb. 9: Freaks film analysis/discussion In the movie‚ there is many jaw dropping moments that gives disability a negative connotation. In the movie‚ the producer takes people with disability in the context of being helpless and has being freaks in the film. For instance many of the characters have disabilities‚ which is showcased to the public for entertainment because of their disability. To add on‚ the character are part of the circus‚ which gives the freak factor to their disability when they
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What is Thinking Like a Freak? Think Like a Freak by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a book with the self-proclaimed purpose of engaging their readers to “retrain their brains.” They say that to think like a Freak is to think more productively‚ more creatively‚ and more rationally. The authors of this book were effective in accomplishing their purpose by engaging readers with various examples of interest and out-of-the-box thinking methods. In Chapter One‚ titled “What Does It Mean to
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Thanh Huynh Mr.Harris Period 2A 21 November 2013 Essay #5 In the epic‚ The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ there are many themes introduced in the first several books including manhood and loyalty. The first several books show us these themes through the hero entering the journey and realizing morals and ideas throughout the introduction.By doing this‚themes and main points are revealed and are easier to identify for the rest of the story‚ and the characters‚ plot‚ and actions introduced in the first
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The American Dream encompasses the idea that all people have the equal opportunity to achieve prosperity‚ liberty and happiness through hard work and determination. However‚ in reality this idea is flawed and unachievable due to lack of equal opportunity and excessive materialism. This is emphasised in both F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel‚ The Great Gatsby and in Langston Hughes’s poem‚ ‘Let America be America Again’‚ which is about the social inequality and injustices that occur in America today.
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An ideal world for me would consist of us helping one another get up on our feet rather than compete and drag each other down. My ideal world does not have to be perfect in any way because our imperfections are what makes us who we are as people. And those imperfections are what drives or motivates us to be the best versions of ourselves. Critically analyzing all of the choices I have for an ideal American society‚ I would definitely choose the values of empathy‚ equality and lastly perseverance
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