Sports 1. Earvin “Magic” Johnson announces his retirement from the NBA due to contracting the Aids virus. This was historic it created mass awareness on a ill known subject 2. Evander Holyfield beats George Foreman in 12 for heavyweight boxing title. This was important because it was the fight of the year and Holyfield was considered an under dog 3. Dolphin Dan Marino surpasses Joe Montana as the highest paid NFL player with a 5-year extension for $25 million 4. Freshman Marshall Faulk of San
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Magic realism Magic realism (or magical realism) is a literary genre in which magical elements appear in an otherwise realistic setting. As used today the term is broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous. The term was initially used by German art critic Franz Roh to describe painting which demonstrated an altered reality‚ but was later used by Venezuelan Arturo Uslar-Pietri to describe the work of certain Latin American writers. The Cuban writer Alejo Carpentier (a friend of Uslar-Pietri)
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Rethinking Big-Box Stores In her essay “Big Box Stores Are Bad for Main Street‚” Betsy Taylor focuses not on the economic effects of large chain stores but on the effects these stores have on the “soul” of America. She argues that stores like Home Depot‚ Target‚ and Wal-Mart are bad for America because they draw people out of downtown shopping districts and cause them to focus exclusively on consumption. In contrast‚ she believes that small businesses are good for America because they provide personal
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Why was the discovery of ‘magic bullets’ a turning point in medicine? A magic bullet is a chemical drug that kills germs of a specific disease without harming the rest of the body. In the 1890’s‚ the first several compounds of magic bullets discovered (used to treat syphilis‚ malaria and sleeping sickness) can be described to be a turning point in medicine; this is because the magic bullets began the breakthrough to cure disease‚ instead of preventing the disease with vaccinations and inoculations
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Disney: Losing Magic in the Middle Kingdom Executive Summary With a revenue of $10.6 billion‚ Disney was one the global players in the theme park entertainment industry. The first Disneyland theme park was opened successfully in California in 1955‚ following Disneyland theme parks in Florida‚ Tokyo and a less successful one in France. In order to raise awareness of the brand “Disney” in China‚ another Disneyland was to be set up in Hong Kong in cooperation with its government. Hong Kong was thought
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Magic realism was first used in 1925 by a German critic Franz Roh. The term defines an artistic genre mixing both magical and realistic elements. Most writers using magic realism set their stories in a "normal" (realistic) world where magical events occur. Sula‚ Toni Morrison’s second novel‚ is not exclusively devoted to the magic realism style. However it is a good illustration of the writing evolution of the author. Sula seems to be an introduction to Morrison’s work on magic realism. The following
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SWOT Analysis Reveals Motorola’s Strong Positioning in the IP Set-Top Box Market IP Video Set-Top Boxes email this page NEW YORK - May 1‚ 2007 Contact: Nicole Fabris Contact PR www.abiresearch.com ABI Research’s newest study of the IP-STB market has revealed some noteworthy new dynamics. The report includes a SWOT analysis of the major IP-STB vendors worldwide which highlights Motorola’s recent emergence as a strong and prominent player. "Motorola already had a good pedigree with
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Magic Tricks:- Magic Trick: Card Tricks – Introduction Before the would-be conjurer may hope to mystify an audience successfully with a pack of cards he must master certain sleight of hand moves that are a part of every card trick that requires skill. These moves can be attained only by constant practice. There are a number of these sleights‚ but only such as are necessary successfully to perform the particular tricks herein described will be explained. Of late years a number of so-called "card
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Magic is something that everyone has heard of‚ yet not everyone believes it exists. Magic is everywhere; It may disguise itself in all sorts of different ways‚ like in the presence of a book series that becomes a phenomenon‚ or a movie that takes you to a different world while you’re still sitting in your seat; But it exists just the same. One of the most popular types of magic in this day and age is movie magic. Movie magic is the art of creating things for the big screen‚ that will take it’s
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