Vince Lombardi’s famous saying "Winning isn’t the most important thing. It’s the only thing" is unfortunately the motto of too many athletes today. Although winning is important and sports are‚ and should be taken seriously‚ by far‚ winning isn’t the only thing. Putting everything you have and giving one hundred percent to the effort is also very important to competition. A team that puts everything they have into a game and comes out the losers‚ has a lot more to be proud of than a team who
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we do what we’re told‚ but never questioning why we do things could lead to disastrous events. In The Lottery Shirley Jackson warns us about the dangers of blindly following tradition. Jackson’s use of foreshadowing‚ symbolism‚ and irony admonish the public of what could go wrong if we never question tradition. The story starts off with the town gathering around for the annual lottery. The men talk‚ the women gossip and children run around playing and gathering rocks. The gathering of
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Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Criminal Procedure and the Constitution September 13‚ 2012 Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Facts: In Mapp v. Ohio (1961)‚ the police thought Dollree Mapp was hiding a suspect they were looking for in connection with building a bomb. The police officers lied and said they had a search warrant of which they did not and forced their way into Mapp’s home and searched it. While searching the home‚ the police found evidence‚ not for a bomb‚ but of pornographic material that violated
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Sanchez 1 Alejandra Sanchez 02-28-13 English 105 Professor Taylor Winning vs. Losing It’s been said that in a game there is always a loser. Alfie Kohn‚ the Author of the reading in the book the Remix‚ No Contest: Play‚ Fun‚ and Competition argues the commonly accepted assumption that competitions makes us better but in his view‚ rather than building character in game play‚ competitions damage self-esteem and inhibit our social relationships. According to Kohn the word play to him is intrinsically
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LEADERSHIP ESSAY By Redemptor Benedict What Does Leadership Mean? What does it mean to be a leader? Is it the title….President‚ Chairman‚ General etc? To me‚ it’s more than that. Titles are important…no doubt about that‚ but they don’t have much value when it comes to leading. True leadership cannot be awarded‚ appointed or assigned. Leadership is not primarily a formal position. There have been great leaders who did not hold high positions—for example‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. It comes only
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Summary: An older couple with a family holds what could be a winning lottery ticket‚ but resists checking the numbers while they daydream about what they might do with the money. It examines how‚ at first‚ their reaction to the possibility of wealth is joyful; but rather than share their dreams and communicate their wishes‚ it looks at how Ivan Dmitritch and his wife‚ Masha‚ recede into their own worlds. It attempts to show how money definitely does not buy love and how‚ in fact‚ it has the
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Innovative Multimedia Techniques using Art and Vedic Aphorisms for Developing Mathematical Skills and Higher Order Thinking Skills: A Triangulation Study of Indian and UK Elementary School Students The sound education system is the backbone for the development of any nation. The spirit of modernity and development in nations is reflected in their investment in education of young generations. It is a well-known fact that education system of our nation still depends on the conventional methods of
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our great state of Ohio we have our own set of quirky laws. Some of these you may know but others you may not. In this state you are prohibited from engaging in a duel‚ no matter the circumstances. Well‚ there goes my weekend plans. You also may not get a fish drunk or hunt whales on a Sunday. No civil arrests may be made on Sunday or the fourth of July. Ohio may have some funny state laws but what about the city laws? Here are some that might make you chuckle. In Canton‚ Ohio If you lose your pet
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The state of Ohio is composed of different infrastructures that support the economy of that nation.Some of these infrastructures are the energy sector that is rated c+.rail transport that is rated C‚ road networks that are rated D‚ Aviation that is rated C‚ Parks C- and education that is rated at C. From the state metrics‚ it can be said that the biggest infrastructure issues are at the road transport.However‚ the road transport sector is one of the sectors in Ohio that is mainly used by many people
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Is lottery a good idea? These days‚ a lot of people play lottery and spend a certain amount of money on it while few of them earn back what they spend. Someone says lottery is a kind of tax collected by the government on peoples’ luck and desire to be rich. In another aspect‚ lottery is also gambling‚ and it could make people to be a millionaire in a night if the person is lucky enough‚ however‚ it has a negative effect that it causes inequality‚ crimes and so on. So lottery is not a positive idea
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