and the lack of rainfall‚ the soil was quickly losing its fertility. With unfertile‚ dry land‚ the wheat crop started dying‚ and then blowing away with wind. Due to the improper farming‚ along with a long drought‚ dust storms made life in the Dust Bowl very burdensome. During the 1930’s‚ the Great Plains was plagued with a drought‚ a long period of dryness‚ which brought demise to many of the farmers in the region. This horrible drought started in 1930‚ a year that saw heavy rains in a very short
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failing‚ businesses were closing‚ and workers were being fired. A big struggle was faced by farmers in the Southern Great Plains‚ and that was the Dust Bowl. The question at mind now is what caused this tragedy to hit us when we thought we were already at our worst? Here are some supposed causes of the Dust Bowl. The first cause of the Dust Bowl was the progress in technology. Farmers were thrilled when faster and more effective tools were made to harvest crops instead of the horse-drawn plow. Tractors
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to say‚ “But an even bigger sensation was the college football league. College teams played about eleven games in a fall season‚ and every major newspaper covered events” (page 121). Colleges would have‚ what they thought were the best teams go to “bowl games” at the end of the season. Major newspapers would cover those games and revenue would average around forty thousand dollars for each school. Another thing that brought a lot of spectators was boxing. In boxing‚ the best boxer around at the time
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I 1113 “The Big Game” Every February millions of people turn on their HD televisions to watch the Super Bowl‚ surrounded by friends‚ family‚ and nachos. Millions participate in this American tradition for the pure enjoyment of the game while others do so for the groundbreaking commercials. This year‚ Coca Cola produced a controversial one and a half minute commercial that aired during the Super Bowl XL VIII. Coke’s “Big Game” commercial has “America the Beautiful” sung in seven different languages
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makes her one of the best. Although she believes in using her current strategy that is being able to appeal to a wide audience she can cleverly gain a larger market share and be more favourable than her rivals. Madonna also recently used the 2012 Super Bowl to remind everyone that the game is hers and that she is still the best pop star we’ve got‚ and any young pretender‚ no matter how ambitious /creative / deranged‚ they are going to have to work a whole lot harder for a whole
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contribute to society by performing multiple major functions. One of the functions sports serve is that it brings people together and acts as a social lubricant for acquaintances. Every year millions of family and friends gather together to watch the Super Bowl‚ by doing so it brings them closer together. Sporting events are also great places to go with friends if they share the same interests. Another function sports serve is that it helps to develop teamwork and companionship. In sports Teamwork and
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so sports were very important to the United States because they provided something for the American people to get away from the stress of their lives. And sports were in rapid change in the 1960s with the NFL and AFL merger in 1966 and the first super bowl in 1967. The NBA stayed the same through much of the 60s with the Celtics dominating the NBA for 9 titles in 10 years. And college football had its usual powerhouses playing each other in classic games like the game of the century between Texas
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Vince Lombardi is one of football’s greatest leaders of all time and had a natural ability to lead inside him that was exposed throughout his lifelong bond with football. Vince Lombardi was a leader unlike any other. After his only postseason loss in 1959 Lombardi swore to his team that they would never lose a championship game again and the Packers never did under his watch. Vince Lombardi always had the right things to say to his players in any situation and that’s what made him great. “Winning
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can be cleared‚ yet they still suffer. Communities work together to get through harsh times‚ and they are not the only ones gathering as one unit for a better cause. Budweiser has recently come out with its “Stand by You” commercial at the annual Super Bowl promoting their brewery in Cartersville and its efforts to help the communities after the effects of natural disasters. Florida‚ California‚ Texas‚ and Puerto Rico suffered from hurricanes‚ floods‚ and wildfires within a short period of time‚ so
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When it comes to sports in America‚ The National Football League dominates all others in popularity. For the past 30 consecutive years surveys by the Harris Poll have determined that the NFL is the favorite among fans . 23.6 million fans tune in to watch football every Sunday night on average . However there is a dark side to the NFL’s popularity: Its large amount of criminals. A whopping 55.4% of athletes in the NFL have criminal records . This number is slightly below the national average of arrests
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