What makes football so popular? In his short essay‚ Kalle Nurk‚ an Estonian sociologist‚ tries to analyze the reasons that make football the most widely practised (and watched) sport in the world. The main goal of this work is to inspire readers to score with their own ideas to think further on the subject. A large number of people sitting in their seats‚ whistling‚ tooting and yelling while watching 22 men chase a ball in a field covered in grass. Is this some kind of a strange ritual? At least
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Football On November 6‚ 1869‚ Rutgers and Princeton played what was billed as the first college football game. In 1876‚ a coach named Walter Camp‚ who is considered the “Father of American Football‚” helped produce the first rules of American football. Now over 147 years later football is still a popular sport watched by millions of americans. American football is a sport played by two teams of eleven players who attempt to get a touchdown. Whoever scores a touchdown will gain six points for their
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Football Football is a team sport‚ it is one of the most popular sports in many parts of the world. In this sport‚ two teams of 11 players each play against each other. The aim of the game is to score more goals than the opponents by kicking a football in the opponents goal. It is played on a rectangular pitch with a goal at each end; the surface can vary from grass to Astroturf‚ however in professional football the pitch is usually made of grass. Each match lasts 90 minutes made up by two halves
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INTRODUCTION--------The President of India is the head of state of the Republic of India. The President is the formal head of the executive‚ legislature and judiciary of India and is the commander-in-chief of the Indian Armed Forces. The President is indirectly elected by the people through elected members of the Parliament of India (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) as well as of the Legislative Assemblies in States of India (Vidhan Sabha) and serves for a term of five years. Historically‚ ruling party
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M. Butterfly: Summary Act I Scenes 1-3 M. Butterfly opens in present-day Paris. Rene Gallimard is in a small prison cell. He describes his monotonous daily routine‚ and then confides that he is no ordinary prisoner‚ but a celebrity. People talk about him at parties from Amsterdam to New York. Scene 2 shows three people at a party joking about Gallimard‚ and the joke obviously has something to do with sex. Scene 3 returns to Gallimard’s cell‚ and he confides that he has been loved by the "Perfect
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different from traditional ecommerce. Mobile phones impose very different constraints than desktop computers. Analysis Customers Point of View The analysis which we infer from the information collected from the people and the m-commerce
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Review of “Football Factory” The movie “Football Factory” is a quite realistic movie that is illustrating the phenomenon of hooliganism. There are no fancy and dramatic cutting techniques‚ artificial lights and angles in use‚ like in big Hollywood productions. It almost feels like a documentary‚ without being one. It is showing us a world and a way of living that is hard and impossible to relate to. This insane world is being told through the eyes of the main character‚ named Tommy Johnson. There
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to get into the NFL. Richard was a person out of many that didn’t get many opportunities. He had to work for everything and had nobody to really understand that being a football player consists of striving for greatness even if noone is watching. The NFL was one of the his biggest dreams. He had wanted to be a professional football player in the big leagues and had the dream to play with veterans because they have been there and done it over and over again. Even though
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My favorite time of the day is between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. This is the time when the sun is setting and the air is cooling down. At this time I either go for a stroll‚ play some games or sit quietly watching the activities around me. Sitting quietly doing nothing in particular is what I like most. The compound surrounding my house is a fairly large one. So my father has planted many trees in it. Birds of all sorts come to the trees in the evening to sing their sweet songs. I just sit under my favorite
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: - : AGREEMENT FOR SALE : - : This agreement for sale is made at Vapi 25th day of the month of March of the Christian year Two Thousand and Thirteen (25/03/2013) By and between MR. ALEX ABRAHAM MALAYIL‚ age about 43 years‚ occupation: Service‚ Residing at: Jafran Apartment‚ Kanchenjunga Housing Complex‚ Challa‚ Vapi. Tal : Pardi‚ Dist Valsad‚ Gujarat State ‚ India ‚ hereinafter referred to as “THE VENDOR” (which expression shall be deemed include partners‚ successors‚ legal representative
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