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    Football Is Dangerous

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    knowledge about football‚ I do think that football is dangerous for high school players. There are studies done that have proven there are more high school players getting hurt then the college players. “According to the study‚ published in the August 2007 issue of The American Journal of Sports Medicine‚ four out of every 1‚000 high school football exposures resulted in an injury‚ while eight out of every 1‚000 collegiate football exposures in an injury.” In a way‚ high school football players tend

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    Shakespeare Sonnet Syntax

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    Sonnet CXXX” is a spoof of the typical love sonnets written by Shakespeare’s contemporaries. It ridicules the senseless depictions that poets gave their lovers whereas in comparison the speaker in “Sonnet CXXX‚” illustrates his mistress with honest comments. These remarks declare her “true” character and show the speaker’s absolute and total adoration for her because of it. As the poem opens‚ in the first quatrain‚ we are introduced to the narrator’s‚ “I”‚ “mistress.” This term however‚ is not

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    Holy Sonnet 14

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    An Explication of John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 14” John Donne’s “Holy Sonnet 14‚” is a poem about a man who is begging for redemption by asking God to overtake his soul. The speaker writes in a first person point-of-view that directly implies that this poem was written in the context of a prayer‚ which is reinforced by the title. The tone of this poem begins with praise‚ which progressively grows to desperation‚ and ends with a sense of heavy pleading. The speaker reveals through word choices‚ metaphors

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    Football Religion

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    population is only 6.6 billion Hello I am one of the biggest football fan in the world. And I am here to show you how football is synonyms to any religion in the world. I will be telling you about the customs‚ rituals‚ the gods‚ the holly places and the like of football a.k.a. soccer and how they are some what of same nature as the ones practiced in some of the world’s major religions like Christianity and Islam. Like Hinduism‚ football has many gods. If we take Arsenal FC for instance the striker

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    An Analysis of Sonnet 130

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    An Analysis of Sonnet 130 Rhythm Iambic Pentameter: The poem uses an iambic pentameter‚ a rhythmic scheme used in sonnets. The rhyme scheme is ABABCDCDEFEF GG‚ and is split into three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. It contains 10 syllables per line‚ with syllables alternating between unstressed and stressed when spoken aloud. This gives the sonnet the effect of sounding like a regular love poem‚ but upon closer examination of the words used we can tell that the poem and its intentions are completely

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    Dangers Of Football

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    Football: A Game of Dangers Imagine being out on a field in the high heat of a summer afternoon. In full pads and a helmet‚ getting ready to start a 2 hour game. Teenagers of various heights and weights‚ all running at each other defending the football. Massive linemen collide with lean running backs. Players running back and forth a 100 yard field. Now imagine being tackled‚ being tack to the ground by one or more other players. Helmets colliding‚ ankles twisting‚ and backs smacking the ground

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    American Football American football is a dangerous sport that has many risks to it. Football players know these risks but still play the sport. There is many risks to playing football especially in the NFL which means National Football League. Many of the injuries football players have are to the head. Some of the people that played football in the past have had to retire because of brain injuries or broken bones. The players that used to play football have had memory loss and have killed themselves

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    Flag Football

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    Flag Football Flag Football Flag Football is a version of American or Canadian football. It is very popular worldwide. The basic rules of the game are similar to those of the mainstream game that is often called tackle football but instead of tackling players to the ground the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt form the ball carrier “ de flagging” to end a down. Other rules are you can have a minimum of five players. No jewelry or things like that that would get in the way. All

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    Violence In Football

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    Everybody loves to watch football. It is a large part of the American culture. 64% of Americans watch and enjoy football every Sunday according to gallup.com. But everyone seems to leave out the ugly truth of the whole sport; the violence. Football is said to be the 3rd most violent sport in the world‚ right behind hockey and rugby‚ according to reference.com. The difference between football and those two sports is how many people play them. About 6 and a half million people play hockey and rugby

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    Injuries in Football

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    American football and how to reduce Coll300 Thesis Statement Injuries in American football‚ can some of them be prevented? With the increase in injuries in football coaches are looking for better ways to try and prevent unnecessary injuries. Even though you cannot prevent all the injuries as a coach you want to at least prevent some. I. Explaining the content of paper preparing reader to understand the injuries and the importance of trying to prevent these injuries in American football.

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