most importantly by my swim team. I’ve always wanted to be a varsity swimmer but I could never be fast or strong enough. My swim team didn’t accept or respect me as a varsity swimmer. I overcame this by powering through the pool and the gym during the off season. I expressed diligence and commitment during the off season to be a varsity swimmer. It took 4 years to get there but I finally am able to call myself a varsity swimmer. And it couldn’t have come at a better time. As anyone knows finding
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United States. Although Cubans were mostly happy with this change‚ there were many hardships that Cubans overcame to become a well run independent nation. During the four years that the United States had power over Cuba‚ they had military‚ economic‚ and political rule. Economically‚ Cuba’s sugar crops created a large source of economic growth. The Cuban-American Reciprocity Treaty of 1903 and World War 1 created closer connections with American commerce that boosted the Cuban economy. Politically‚
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from this activity. I tried numerous sports from a young age‚ and found that swimming was the single sport that I excelled in‚ but not without hard work. As high school progressed‚ I continued to swim and to make important relationships with the swimmers on the team‚ and the coach. During my senior swim season‚ the team voted on a captain and I was elected by the majority to be the captain of the swim team. The position of captain came with a lot of responsibility‚ but I was ready to give to the
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men and were weak. (“Leave the sick hearts that honour could not move‚ And half-men‚ and their dirty songs and dreary‚ and all the little emptiness of love!”) What does the image “as swimmers into cleanness leaping...” mean? The speaker brings an image of purity and innocence in war. The metaphor of swimmers “leaping”suggests playfulness and representing pleasure. What is the tone for this poem? Are their slight changes to the tone? Refer to text. At the beginning of the poem‚ the speaker’s
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addition‚ Perez created a Cuban narrative‚ using uncommon sources in order to combat the classical discourse on the war. Perez offered the readers an extensive amount of Cuban and American historiography. It did not focus solely on American sources and included first-hand Cuban accounts describing war experiences with letters and journals. Perez incorporated U.S. archives and all the historical scholarship written about the war. The emphasis on these sources was on Cuban and how since 1898 all the
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finishing the five day race and killing several sea monsters along the way. Beowulf’s honesty is also put to the test when the swimmers encounter a storm and Beowulf chooses to stay beside Breca‚ the weaker swimmer‚ instead of abandoning him and winning the race. Despite the fact that the storm eventually drove them apart‚ Beowulf showed that he cared about the safety of the other swimmer enough to forfeit a victory.wulf also posses a strong sense of loyalty and reputation. When he learns that King Hrothgar
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- New research suggests that dolphins are second only to humans in smarts. - MRI scans indicate that these marine mammals are self-aware. - Researchers think dolphins are especially vulnerable to suffering and trauma. When human measures for intelligence are applied to other species‚ dolphins come in just behind humans in brainpower‚ according to new research. Dolphins demonstrate skills and awareness previously thought to be present only in humans. New MRI scans show that dolphin brains are
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Kristi deliberately shoved Chin into Jill‚ causing Jill to fall into the water. Jill landed awkwardly and sank to the bottom of the lake. Chin then pushed Kristi back‚ ignoring Jill’s plight (she was drowning). Hannah‚ a bystander and also an expert swimmer‚ glared at Kristi but took no other action. Abe confronted the group‚ demanding that they do something because he could not swim. Tragically‚ Jill drowned because nobody helped her. Analyze the role of each witness. Based upon the circumstances and
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Born in Cergy-Pontoise‚ France‚ Céline Sciamma has been a strong female presence in the French film scene. Now‚ with three features under her belt‚ she shows no signs of stopping. She’s gotten awards from international and French festivals such as Cannes‚ Lumières‚ César and more. Sciamma’s work primarily revolves around coming of age stories‚ specifically sexual queer awakenings and gender nonconformity. Sciamma identifies herself as a gay woman and much of her work explores the intersection of
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entire high school secured. I was surprised when I saw Viktor show up in the arena. I approached Viktor and asked why he wasn’t there at the last competitions. Viktor replied that he was ill. This explains why there was a substitute coach for the swimmers at the last competition and the way he was behaving during our conversation. Clearly my theory of Viktor being the murderer was wrong‚ it looks like I’m back to square one. I began to think that the entire operation would just be a waste of precious
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