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    Special Olympics Speech topic: To inform audience of Contributors to non-profit or charitable organizations. Speech type: Persuasive INTRODUCTION In Missouri‚ Many athletes get together with others who share the same passion for a sport. Whether it is on a court‚ around a track‚ or at a field. Theses kids look forward to having a change to be an athlete and compete. As there competitions begin some may be challenged more than others but they all find a way to persevere. If it is scoring the

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    staff reporter: “John Carter visits the village with its own eccentric games”. Fact & Opinion: It is a fact that the second paragraph points to the origins of the Cotswold games in the early 17th Century – thus anticipating “Baron de Coubertin’s Olympic revival by 284 years”. Allegedly‚ the Cotswold games were started as a Whitsun celebration in 1612 by Robert Dover. The games consisted of quirky rustic pursuits like cock-fighting‚ coursing and shin-kicking! These two-day games ran annually for “250

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    One particular occasion that makes racism evident in the 1936 Olympics is the story of Jesse Owens. Jesse Owens was an African-American track athlete that was a part of the United States Olympic track and field team. Owens was a diligent athlete who loved to compete. He grew up in Ohio and set countless high school track and field records through his teenage years. He continued this record setting trend through college competing at a national stage. His successes put him on the radar to compete at

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    A very fascinating mural called the "Going to the Olympics" by artist Frank Romero was displayed on a wall in the city of Los Angeles for numerous years. The beauty of his art roused countless other artists and proved to be one of the most beautiful works of art in L.A. Within the mural‚ Romero included significant factors that would show L.A.’s history with the Olympic games. For instance‚ the stamp commemorates the 1932 Olympics that was hosted in the city. The iron from a fictional

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    The mural "Going to the Olympics‚1984" by Frank Romero was created along the Hollywood downtown in conjunction with the 1984 Olympics. In his work‚ we notice the vibrant colors he utilizes to express the Latino and Chicano culture. We also observe the palm trees that are a very popular representation of L.A. The hearts above the car not only reveal the adoration people have for their cars but for the status it gives them. On the horizon there appeared to be five images them being the flying iron

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    213 for Swimming Pool FACTS The taxpayer‚ Susan‚ suffers from severe osteoarthritis in both knees and has a hard time living comfortably. Susan has taken many precautions to better her health including: cortisone injections‚ painkillers‚ physical therapy‚ and arthroscopic surgery. Being that this is a hereditary disease‚ the doctors predict that it’s only going to get worse. The key to alleviate the pain is to keep moving‚ thus it is extremely painful for Susan to remain active. Swimming maintains

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    The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports with the participation of thousands athletes. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations will participate into the games. The Games are currently held every two years‚ with alternating of Summer Olympic and Winter Olympic Games. As short‚ they occur every four years within their respective seasonal games. In this year‚ the 2012 Summer Olympic

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    PROJECT REPORT ON " A STUDY ON SALES PROMOTION AT PEPSICO" Project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of Pondicherry University for the award of the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS) Submitted By Chandan kumar (Reg: No.11382017) Under the guidance of Dr. Bushan D.Sudhakar Reader‚ Department of International Business DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY PUDUCHERRY- 605 014 1|Page Department

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    Introduction The character I was interested in describing was Tiri from a short story “Swimming and Tiri” written by Phil Kawana. The reason why I chose Tiri is because he is the most important person in the story. The second reason why I was interested in this character is because when he did some ruthless things to women‚ he never wanted his son to grow up and become like him. Tiri wanted his son to be a better person. Tiri was a bad person. He would do bad things to girls and treat them

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    I should join Sunfish Swimming. I wasn’t really sure what to make of that and laughed it off. A week later‚ I was told that there would be a swim meet and that I should go and see if it would be something I was interested in. So I agreed‚ just to see what it would be like. We drove to Fargo and watched the swim meet. When I came back I was not sure if I would be able to handle it and be under that kind of pressure. But they talked me into it‚ and I said yes to swimming a few days

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