rebounding. Morris eschewed the rebounds per game stat‚ which is skewed in several ways. Fast-paced games have more possessions and more missed shots‚ creating more rebounding opportunities. That helped artificially boost the rebounding totals of Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell‚ whom Morris argues were good but not great rebounders blessed with a lot of missed shots to collect. Instead Morris uses rebounding percentages on the offensive and defensive glass. These are estimates of what percentage of
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British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to the 1900 club (10 June 1936)‚ reported in The Times (11 June 1936). 12) John Costello‚ The pacific War (1981). 15) The rise and fall of the great powers. Paul Kennedy (1988). [ 3 ]. European history 1890-1990. 3rd edition Robert Wolfson and John Laver (2001) [ 4 ] [ 8 ]. European history 1890-1990. 3rd edition Robert Wolfson and John Laver (2001) Word count: 369 [ 9 ]. From a speech by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to the 1900 club (10 June
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One of the greatest sports in the world is goes by the name of basketball. This great game was invented by James Naismith December of 1891. James Naismith was a physician from Canada and attended McGill’s University in Montreal‚ Canada. After working as McGill’s Athletic director he went to Springfield‚ Massachusetts. He introduced the game when he was an instructor at the Young Men Christian Association Training School in Springfield. He created the game because he needed to think of something the
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‘British opposition to the policy of appeasing Germany increased between 1937 and 1939.’ To what extent do you agree with this opinion? British Opposition to the policy of appeasing Germany increased significantly post 1937. The sources as a whole establish an increase Public Opinion against the Appeasement of Germany although during different time periods and events. Source one concentrates on the effect of the Spanish Civil War and how the left becoming ‘war minded’ took affect on Britain.
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The Globetrotters were the creation of Abe Saperstein of Chicago‚ who took over coaching duties for a team of African-American players originally known as the Savoy Big Five (after the famous Chicago ballroom where they played their early games). At a time when only whites were allowed to play on professional basketball teams‚ Saperstein decided to promote his new team’s racial makeup by naming them after Harlem‚ the famous African-American neighborhood of New York City. The son of a tailor‚ Saperstein
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Boston Celtics. The Bulls lost the series 4-0. During that season‚ Michael finished his Bachelor’s degree in geography. The next season‚ Jordan was amazing. He scored 3‚000 points in a single season‚ the only other player to ever do that was Wilt Chamberlain. Jordan also had 37.1 points per game‚ 200 steals‚ and 100 blocks that season. The Bulls made it to the playoffs‚ but they got swept again by the Boston Celtics. The Bulls won their first NBA Championship in 1991 by beating the Los Angeles Lakers
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Lawrence Chamberlain Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was born on September 8‚ 1828 and died on February 24‚ 1914. He was originally named Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain and was an American college professor from the State of Maine‚ who volunteered during the American Civil War to join the Union Army. Although having no earlier education in military strategies‚ he became a highly respected and decorated Union officer‚ reaching the rank of Brigadier General and Brevet Major General. Chamberlain was born
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How successful were the National Governments in dealing with economic problems in the years 1931 to 1939? [24] The National Government‚ formed in 1931 by Ramsay Macdonald to tackle the economic problems that Britain was undergoing at the time can be seen to be a success in many ways‚ but equally in many ways a failure. This essay attempts to recognize and elaborate upon those successes and shortcomings‚ and ultimately come to a conclusion on how successful the National Government were overall
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influence and encourage American and British listeners to ready themselves for a possible war against Germany. Now prior to this speech Britain’s foreign policy regarding Nazi expansion was one of appeasement. British Prime minister Neville Chamberlain believed that Germany had been unfairly treated by the allies after its defeat in the 1st world war. His view was that Germany had sincere grievances that needed to be resolved; he also thought that by agreeing to some of the propositions being
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The Game of Change Over the many years that the game of basketball has been around for the game has changed drastically‚ such as adding a three point line‚ or going from being dominated by seven foot big men to favoring six foot point guards. The game has been around since 1891 and has seen all of these huge changes in a little over a century. By applying the Global Context of Identities and Relationships to the subject of Physical Education‚ we will obtain a better understanding of how basketball
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