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    National Football League (NFL)‚ and a tad more. Over the course of time things started and have drastically gotten different. In the period of the 1920’s the standout sport wasn’t football‚ but baseball. The extravagant sport‚ football‚ was not admired once upon a time. The sport of baseball went through a tenacious and trying time during the 1920s period‚ which assisted it in becoming the most beloved and known sport by every race of people imaginable. Even Though the sport of baseball was the sport to

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    The Prohibition Era was a period during the 1920’s when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment. This era full of oppression influenced many trends‚ examples being: jazz music and dance. Jazz music originated mainly in New Orleans‚ and is a blend of African and European music. And even though older generations considered the music corrupt and threatening to old cultural values‚ this music and dance style became very well known. Throughout

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    Dugan in the movie A League of Their Own. This movie follows the fictional characters of Dotty and Kit Hinson as they play in the brand-new All-American Women’s League during World War II. This movie showcases the sexism that ran rampant throughout American society for most of America’s history. In a time when women’s roles were starting to be challenged‚ the women’s league started to being things to a head. The league challenged some of the sexist ideas that many people had and was one of the first

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    Characteristics of the 1920s Technology had a significant impact on the 1920s. Because of the development of assembly lines and other innovations‚ cars became one of the most important industries in the nation. This stimulated growth in the industries of steel‚ rubber‚ glass‚ tool companies‚ oil corporations‚ and road construction. As a result of the mobility of individuals that was made possible by the automobile‚ the demand for suburban housing began to boom. In the early 1920s‚ commercial aviation

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    The Indian Premier League (IPL) has taken the Twenty-20 Cricket’s popularity to dizzying heights. The IPL fever has gripped the minds of the people in its full intensity. When the Twenty-20 cricket was on‚ IPL and its probable winner was one _ of the hottest topics of discussion everywhere. Many people are of the view that it is one of the best things that ever happens to the game of cricket. In fact IPL has become so popular worldwide that Australian Captain Ricky Pointing had to issue an appeal

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    succeeding as Emperor was decided either dynastically or by Adoptive succession. In Dynastic succession the current Emperor selects one of his relatives to succeed him. In some cases like with Augustus choosing Tiberius‚ the choice is only made because the intended successors are no longer a viable option‚ in this case due to the deaths of his intended heirs. Throughout the rest of the Julio-Claudian line and also with Commodus it seems that the preferred way of handling succession was Dynastic. The Roman

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    The elder branch‚ which was Louis XVIII (brother to guillotined Louis XVII) and the younger branch‚ which was Louis Phillippe‚ duc d’Orleons. It was left to the allies to choose who should rule‚ and they did not want France to be a republic. However Europe could no establish who should be the new ruler of France. They therefore decided to let France choose for herself. This was just a way of covering up the fact that they couldn’t choose a ruler themselves. However there was no intention of consulting

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    towns and cities. British fortunes were also helped by the fact that the Luftwaffe had never subscribed to a concept of strategic bombing. “British anti-aircraft and civil-defense preparations were inadequate in the summer of 1940”‚ yet the Luftwaffe was unable to wreak the devastating effects feared by many (Axelrod). German tactics were changed again and the Luftwaffe resorted to indiscriminate bombing of larger cities‚ including London‚ Plymouth and Coventry. British fighters were also inexperienced

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    The graphic novel‚ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen‚ by Alan Moore‚ takes place in Brittan starting in 1898. The work takes characters from other novels and uses their past and personality in one novel. The character in the league are‚ Captain Nemo‚ Miss Mina Murray‚ Allen Quaterman‚ Henry Jekyll‚ Edward Hyde‚ Hawley Griffin‚ Champion Bond‚ and C. Auguste Dupin. During this time period‚ the industrial revolution was taking place. Cities were being built up‚ people were moving from farms

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    Codey Larsen The National Football League has a bigger problem on their hands that go beyond the gridiron. Concussions in football leads to greater health risks later in life‚ because of the trauma that is put towards the head area which leads to more serious head injuries. According to Simon Flynn‚ Andre Waters‚ who was a former player in the National Football League‚ and who died at age of only forty-four had a brain of an eighty-five-year-old. If more preventions were in place in football

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