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    Antetokounmpo is insanely versatile at 6-foot-11‚ seemingly able to play all five spots on the court. At just 21 years old‚ he also has impeccable court vision and is a monster in the post. If the “Greek Freak” continues to improve his jump shot‚ he has the potential to become a superstar. Leading Milwaukee at 18.2 points per game last season‚ Middleton has shown the ability to score‚ whether driving to the basket or shooting from the perimeter. Meanwhile

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    English 7A 2/22/11 Period 5 Freak the Mighty and “Ability” Extended Response Believing in one’s self is common‚ and it thrives throughout the novel‚ Freak the Mighty‚ by Rodman Philbrick‚ and the poem‚ “Ability‚” by Selina E. Matis. There are several lines in the poem‚ “Ability‚” that relate to the novel‚ Freak the Mighty. For example‚ one of the lines in the poem was‚ “Ability is to look at a blank page‚ and create a poem.” An example from Freak the Mighty that relates to that line

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    Workman Mrs. Belcher 15 November 2017 Freak the Mighty writing assessment In the movie Max and Freak they just did not start as friends they met each other in after school. As Kevin being the tutor to help Max read. (Kevin is Freak). then after that day forward‚ they became friends. So they started becoming friends that’s when they played basketball together. But Kevin cannot walk at all without crutches so that’s when Maxwell had the Idea to pick him up and put Freak on his shoulders. Then one time they

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    Overall the movie Freak the Mighty was a good movie. But I think the book was better than the movie because it had more detail and you could really tell what was happening in the book it was explained really well. Some of the things I liked in Freak the Mighty movie was how Max and Freak had to overcome their disorders in order to do what they wanted. And that Max and Freak were always there for eachother. The movie was inspirational because it was about two boys that are very different from one

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    In Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick‚ Maxwell’s mind is his biggest enemy. Maxwell lacks confidence in himself‚ is dependent on others and traumatized by his past. One way Maxwell’s mind is his biggest enemy is that he lacks confidence in himself. “Getting up in the class and saying stuff is not something I do.” All of the schools he has gone through‚ he has been placed in LD classes‚ at his house he is treated as a criminal just because of his infamous father‚ and socially he is an outcast.

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    the main character of The Outsiders‚ and Max the main character in Freak the Mighty share many similarities. For example‚ Pony’s parents died in a car crash and now he lives with his brothers. Likewise Max lives with his grandparents‚ because his mom is dead and his father is in jail. In addition both Pony and Max face the loss of close friends. Ponyboy’s friend Johnny died from injuries sustained in a fire‚ while Max’s friend Freak dies from his heart becoming too big for his chest. Finally Ponyboy

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    Kevin. They were always there for each other like when Kevin had attacks and had to go to the hospital a couple times. Also when Max got kidnapped Kevin didn’t give up until he found him and helped save him. When they stood by each other they were Freak the Mighty‚ they went through everything together and made each others lives better.

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    opened its doors to the modern capitalist world and the economy switched from state to private administration. Construction and real estate were the first and the biggest industries that reflected this drastic change on the capital ownership‚ demographic movements and cultural developments of the society. The demand for construction mainly for housing was rapidly rising but construction was seen as a strict discipline related mostly to civil engineering and not well integrated to other fields such

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    Background and introduction Balfour Beatty Construction is a commercial construction company that was formulated in 1933. The headquarter of the company is in Dallas‚ Texas and service office in U.S. the parent company of the Balfour Beatty Construction is Balfour Beatty which is a London based group. The group is a world class construction‚ services and engineering organization. The competitive and strategic position of the company can be assessed by the management tools including SWOT and PESTLE

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    benefit me later on in life. Out of all the important things I have learned this year‚ there were three that have impacted my school year the most: Reading the book Freak the Mighty‚ learning the importance friendship‚ and what I am going to do with my life after high school. In the beginning of the year we read a great book called Freak the Mighty. As we read the book our teacher taught us how to annotate and take notes on what we thought was important. Our teacher explained to us through a study

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