Equality has a Ring to It The pinnacle of any amateur athlete’s success is measured in the Olympic Stadium. Upon the conclusion of the 2004 Athens Olympics‚ the International Olympic Committee (IOC) executive board met to review its program and make changes for the upcoming Summer Games. The committee discussed changes for events within the 28 existing sports‚ as well as options to add new disciplines. The board rejected the International Amateur Boxing Association’s (AIBA’s) proposal to add
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rule of the school transfer. As of right now‚ the rule is if a player decides they want to transfer schools they are not eligible to play immediately‚ the player must sit out one year and then the following year they become eligible to play the sport. This is the rule for every college sport‚ however‚ it is most talked about in football. This is problematic because it causes players who are not happy with their school to stay there and suffer through a terrible experience at a school that they thought
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E-cigarettes are unregulated and people do not know much about them and their long term effects should the be banded? While I think that e-cigarettes should be banned. First people are starting to use a technique called dripping and it can kill or cause serious brain damage to people and especially teens. cnn reporter susan scutti writes “Dripping generates higher heating coil temperatures than conventional use of e-cigarettes -- and this is a safety concern. "Higher temperatures lead to greater
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Should smoking be prohibited in a public place? Whether smoking should be banned or not is a debatable issue for the public to fight for their rights. On the one hand‚ while citizens have the civil right to smoke‚ on the other hand‚ it can also be argued that they have their right to refuse to inhale the second-hand smoke. The term` public place’ in this essay refers to the area open for every citizen who has the right to use‚ such as parks‚ beaches‚ streets‚ etc. This essay will argue that smoking
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Should alcohol and tobacco advertisement be banned? We may see alcohol and tobacco advertisements everywhere‚ on television‚ in newspaper‚ on street ads card etc. Alcohol ads usually create several feints to tell people that alcohol is good for people and induce people to drink. On the other hand‚ the malign influence of advertisements shows smoking as something "cool". But we know the truth is not so. Alcohol is harmful for people’s health and sometimes it may bring bad effects to self-impression
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Surveillance technology such as RFID (radio-frequency identification) should not be used to track people (e.g. human implants and RFID tags on people or products). Do you agree? Support your argument with concrete examples. Famous novelist George Orwell once wrote in his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four‚ “There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment…In the assumption that every sound you made was overheard‚ and‚ except in darkness‚ every movement scrutinized
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beneficial because they are a less harmful alternative to smoking traditional cigarettes‚ today’s youth are trying e cigs and becoming addicted to them. Marketing for today’s e cig companies target youth to try electronic cigarettes‚ while the FDA tries to regulate them due to them containing carcinogens. Most e cigs contain nicotine and some countries like Canada‚ Mexico and Brazil have completely banned e cig smoking‚ while Australia has banned e cigs with nicotine in them. Because of the carcinogens
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There are many opinions on this topic weather video games shouldn’t be band. There are negative and positive sides to the argument. I’m strongly on the side that they should not be band because there are kids enjoyment and free time activity. There are also some very educational games that can be played for the younger kids. Firstly playing video games benefits your visual skills‚ it helps your eyes become more alert in your everyday life. According to a pair of researchers at the University
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appearance‚ yet haven’t we always been told not to judge based on looks? They aren’t healthy for kids- they take away their childhood. Lastly‚ beauty pageants do not set a good example for kids‚ they do many things that we are told not to do. In school we are always told not to judge someone by appearance but that is exactly what beauty pageants do. They are culturally specific and the non-attractive girls do not win and they are rarely ever accepted into the beauty pageant world. Some cultures
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To Kill a Mockingbird has widely been criticized for the themes and language used in the book‚ but many believe it should still be read. Some want to ban To Kill a Mockingbird because of the racism‚ but the book actually denounces racism and prejudice. An example of this is when Atticus tells Scout that he hopes he can get his kids through the case without them "catching Maycomb’s usual disease"‚ implying that Maycomb’s people are overcome with racism. Also‚ the book shows us both sides of racism
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