During the first round of the 1995 NBA playoffs‚ the Charlotte Hornets were down by one point against the Chicago Bulls with seconds left on the clock. Once Muggsy Bogues received the ball‚ Michael Jordan backed off of him on defense and said‚ “Shoot it‚ you f’ing midget.” Bogues’s shot was completely off causing the Charlotte Hornets to be eliminated from the NBA playoffs. The following year‚ Muggsy Bogues announced his retirement and his coach believed that one play ruined his whole career since
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Space: A Frontier to Explore...Later. When it comes to the exploration of space‚ there are many‚ many subtopics that come up‚ from the dreams of mankind on mars‚ to Star Trek‚ with many things in between. But along with all the good that can be imagined‚ that we dream of for space exploration‚ there is a wide variety of issues. These range from the worries over alien life to the ethics of it. Some of the biggest reasons why we should not explore space at the moment are the cost‚ the effects it could
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Space traveler now Dead?! Space traveler Zach Granger had a tragic death leaving behind his 4 daughters and 2 sons Serenity‚ Allison‚ Harry‚ Jeff‚ and Chloe. His children range from ages 4 months-7 years. Authorities claim he died from the launch of Starship 4.Alonzo and his men: Berry Jones‚ Paul Snider‚ and Benjamin Bender used counterfeit identities to trick Zach. Video tapes revealed that Granger had trusted Alonzo Aznar more than he should have and let him pack his lunch while he got ready
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there’s this very ambitious dream of space exploration. With the universe being so massive in size‚ with countless stars and billions of galaxies in it‚ with the Earth just being a dot in the whole thing‚ it makes me think‚ what’s out there? That is what space exploration has been trying to answer. “Space Race”‚ have you heard about it? It was between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 20th century. Two countries fighting over which had the upper hand in space flight capability. A lot of people
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1960’s for the United States: the Space Race. This heated competition began between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union‚ lead to immense costs‚ heightened rivalries and a blooming of scientific discoveries in the space exploration field. The extensive Space Race was just an element to the Cold War‚ an expanding strain between the Allies and Axis powers. Each side wanted to exceed the other’s accomplishments. While the Cold War and 1950’s Space Race created intense debates and
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Is the space race really worth it? In a world embroiled in endless problems‚ starting from rising food and oil prices‚ poverty‚ hunger‚ illiteracy‚ high infant mortality rate‚ terrorism to the threat of global warming and climate change‚ one may question the significance of the world beyond ours. In a state of global political and social instability‚ is the space race really worth it? Taking into account the 8 millennium development goals‚ projected to be achieved by 2030 instead of 2015‚ and the
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The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals‚ the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US)‚ for supremacy in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations that occurred following World War II‚ aided by captured German missile technology and personnel from the Aggregat program. The technological superiority required for such supremacy was seen as necessary for national security‚ and symbolic of ideological
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Discoveries in space alter the entire human race and grant an explanation to questions about the cosmos that seem unimaginable. Space exploration impacts the way that the entire world sees themselves in the grand scheme of the universe. Theories to solve the questions about the universe fill the minds of many‚ but only the future of space exploration can uncover the answers. There are debates on whether or not this science is really necessary when there are many important issues needing attention
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The Space Race was an ongoing conflict in the mid nineteenth century between two rival nations‚ the United States and the Soviet Union‚ to be the first to get to the moon. After USSR launched Sputnik 1‚ the first probe in space‚ in 1957‚ US knew they were falling behind and the goal of the race became to be the first to get a man on the Moon. During the time period in which these nations competed in the space race‚ billions of dollars had been spent for the space project. There was more money
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Culture is ever changing across time and space. People study artifacts to better understand cultural norms as well as what the people went through on a day-to-day basis. An artifact can be interpreted in many different ways since they have multiple meanings. These multiple meanings may be hard to understand if you‚ as the viewer‚ do not know anything about the culture prior to viewing this artifact. Office Space is an example of a cultural artifact of the United States in the 1990’s. It takes
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