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    The Country Of Jordan

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    The country of Jordan is located in the Middle East region of the world and lies at 31 00 degrees north longitude and 36 00 degrees latitude. Jordan is located just north of Saudi Arabia and is also bordered by the countries of Iraq‚ Israel‚ Syria‚ and West Bank. On a more common scale‚ Jordan is just a tad smaller then the more known country of India with 89‚ 213 total square miles‚ also having a 26-mile coastline. The land of the country is mostly dry desert climate in the east‚ with more of a

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    Michael Jordan

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    Michael Jordan The person that I have admired my whole life would be Michael Jordan. He was born February 17‚ 1963 in Brooklyn‚ New York. Michael Jordan is a former National Basketball Association(NBA) player‚ businessman‚ and majority owner of the Charlotte Bobcats. He is acclaimed to be “the greatest basketball player of all time.” The high lights of his career include his six National Basketball Association Championships with the Chicago Bulls. Jordan played on two gold medal Olympic

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    Michael Jordan

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    Jordan’s Final Shot In 1982‚ Michael Jordan hit one of the biggest shots of his career. He was only in college and playing for North Carolina. The piece has Michael releasing his final shot of his freshman year against a Georgetown team. How the piece is zoomed in on Michael releasing the shot makes him the focal point. The size of Jordan in this piece in comparison to the arena‚ crowd‚ coach‚ and other players demonstrate the study in size. Michael Jordan being zoomed in this picture makes him

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    The Jordan River

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    The Jordan River The Middle East region is known not only for its ideological‚ religious‚ and geo-political differences and disputes but also for the fact that it is extremely arid. The scarcity of water is connected to meteorologic‚ geographic and demographic factors. Jordan and Israel are highly dependent upon the Jordan River. Jordan‚ however‚ is facing another environmental problem which increases the state ’s dependency on the water of the Jordan River‚ (Abu-Taleb‚ 1994). The need for water

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    Ballad of the Landlord

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    Ballad of the Landlord is about an African American tenant whose apartment is falling apart and doesn’t want to pay the rent until the landlord fixes the problems. At the end of the poem‚ the landlord calls the police and they take him away to jail for refusing to pay the rent. The speaker in this poem is a poor African American tenant. He is angry that the landlord won’t fix anything yet still wants him to pay the rent. I would characterize the speaker as someone who doesn’t want to be cheated

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    Michael Jordan

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    Michael Jordan - Media figure and business interests Jordan is one of the most marketed sports figures in history. He has been a major spokesman for such brands as Nike‚ Coca-Cola‚ Chevrolet‚ Gatorade‚ McDonald’s‚ Ball Park Franks‚ Rayovac‚ Wheaties‚ Hanes‚ and MCI. Jordan has had a long relationship with Gatorade‚ appearing in over 20 commercials for the company since 1991‚ including the "Like Mike" commercials in which a song was sung by children wishing to be like Jordan. Nike created a signature

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    Islam in Jordan

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    Gabriel to the prophet Muhammad. Historians however argue that Islam is relatively associated with the ministry of Muhammad and originated from his teachings. Ninety percent of the Jordanian population is Muslim. The Islamic religion is prevalent in Jordan. Islam came about to be an

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    Michael Jordan

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    Michael Jordan Michael Jordan was born on February 17‚ 1963 in Brooklyn New York. He lived in Wallace North Carolina but moved to Wilmington North Carolina when he was 7 years old. By the end of his career in basketball he was regarded as the best player in history. Playing 18 seasons in the NBA‚ 16 of them for the Chicago Bulls‚ and led them to 6 NBA championships. Throughout his career‚ he has changed the role of African American athletes and also a great role model for millions of people.

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    Ballad of Birmingham

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    Dudley Randall’s poem “Ballad of Birmingham” refers to the bombing of a church in Birmingham‚ Alabama in nineteen sixty-three. His poem illustrates what it was like during the sixties; all the turmoil and destruction there was. Randall takes a real life‚ devastating situation that occurred on the day of this terrible explosion‚ and turns it into a beautifully written poem that expresses just how awful it was during the Civil Rights Movement. He describes a circumstance in which a little girl asks

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    Michael Jordan

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    Michael Jordan n Michael Jordan‚ also known as Air Jordan‚ Black Cat‚ or MJ‚ was born February 17‚ 1963 in Brooklyn New York. For a man who got cut from his sophomore basketball team‚ Michael Jordan truly did start from the bottom and rise up to become bigger than basketball itself. Jordan led the Bulls to six championship games and received five All-Star MVP’s becoming the most decorated basketball player in NBA history. Growing up in North Carolina Jordan spent all of his free time on the

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