As soon as the starting pistol fires‚ the eight competitors of the 100m final are off. A mere 9.58 seconds later‚ a roar is heard piercing the stadium. Everyone watches as Usain Bolt crosses the finish line‚ breaking the world record. The fans cheering him on‚ Bolt does his famous lightning bolt pose and proudly holds the Jamaican flag. Arguably the fastest man the in the world‚ Usain Bolt’s journey to the top required a lot of hard work and dreams. Usain Bolt’s professional career started in the
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In the 12 January edition of Hindustan Times‚ eminent Nehruvian Ramchandra Guha expressed dismay over the controversy surrounding the Indian Science Congress where it was claimed that ancient Indians were well versed in aeronautical technology among other things. First of all Mr. Guha should be informed that the the section under which the much controversial paper was included has itself been titled ‘Vedic Mythology about Aviation’. So the Indian science congress organizers were clear about the distinction
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At 8:15 am on August the 6th 1945 an atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. In this essay I will be presenting my views on whether the Americans should have used the atomic weapons against Japan. I both agree and disagree that dropping the bomb was the right thing to do. Throughout this essay I will explain why I feel that both points and reason are correct. At the end I will put together and summarise my strongest points. Let me start with the reasons why they were wrong to
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The Walker • In the book‚ there is a character who is mentioned by the name "The Walker’. The Walker is based on a real person who did walk between the twin towers whose name is Philippe Petit. • In the story‚ he strangely won’t confess to the death of Corrigan who is one of the main characters in the book. Throughout the book‚ his real name is not mentioned. • He grabs the attention of many people when he started to walk the tightrope Corrigan • Corrigan is one of the main characters in the
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The atomic bomb is a nuclear bomb that was used in the World War 2 and had a positive impact on both sides of the war. The U.S would save more soldier lives if they used the bomb‚ but if they were to invade Japan they would lose a huge amount of soldiers.The U.S warned Japan to surrender to help the lives of the Japanese people because the atomic bomb would abolish many lives that were in the city of Hiroshima. This shows the positive impact the atomic bomb had for the U.S and Japan. As a result
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Dropping of the Atomic Bomb “On August 16‚ 1945‚ Enola Gray‚ a U.S. bomber‚ dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima‚ Japan‚ and three days later‚ a second atomic bomb destroyed the city of Nagasaki” (Hiroshima and Nagasaki). Many people argue whether or not these bombings were ethical and legal. The U.S. killed innocent people in order to “break the morale” of the Japanese population. The U.S. also broke many of the statements in the “Just War” doctrine. Theses bombings caused many people to face harmful
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Following the dawn of justice‚ fans from around the world are eagerly awaiting for Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman to take center stage in her solo film next summer. With a Justice League trailer looming about the near future‚ Empire has released a new image of Gal Gadot from Wonder Woman and an interview with director Patty Jenkins to tide us over. "What motivates her is philosophical‚" explains director Patty Jenkins - which is not surprising given her mythological roots. Diana Prince‚ daughter of Greek
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Assignment: What is your opinion on the relationship between mistakes and creativity? Since the natural propensity of human makes a trend to possess a notion of newness and deviation‚ intelligence beings patiently seek to response those demands with the result of new creativity. Simultaneously‚ mistakes of any forms apparently are inherent to creativity either during or after process of creation. Such relationship between creativity and mistakes has generally illustrated in the biography of prominent
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On August 6‚ President Harry Truman plans to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This bomb is supposed to have a major impact on this city. Tens of thousands of people are estimated to die on impact‚ and thousands are estimated to die after due to the exposure to radiation. President Truman wants to drop the bomb to end the six year war‚ however‚ it has caused a major controversy over the amount of damage it will cause. Some people believe that this amount of destruction is needed
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The original version of the film The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 1951 film directed by Robert Wise in which an alien who calls himself Klaatu and his giant robot companion‚ Gort‚ come to Earth in an effort to make the people of Earth aware that what they are doing with the new found nuclear science being developed at the time is worrisome to the other beings of the universe and could result in the extinction of the humans if they do not learn to be peaceful people. The remake of the film released
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