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    What Is Dance A Sport?

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    A sport is defined as an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. In this case‚ dance is a sport because first of all an individual needs to be athletic‚ have determination‚ be strong‚ and most importantly have a passion for it. If anybody asked any athlete why they do a sport the athlete will respond with‚ “Because I love it. I worked hard for where I am.” Dance is shown to be one of the most unique and creative

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    What Is Sports Medicine?

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    is just temporary." (Elie Tehari) Sports medicine is a fairly diverse field in which there are many areas that a college graduate may create a career from‚ once they have soaked in all the information needed to be competitive in said areas‚ which focus primarily on recovery of athletes and private customers. In this essay I will explain an expanded variety of sources that give insight to specific jobs titles into a particular field. An in depth look into what sports medicine is‚ highest and lowest

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    One Word That Describes Me What’s one word that describes me? That’s the question that I have pondered for a long time. Honestly‚ until watching Citizen Kane and being forced to write this essay‚ I had no idea. To narrow down one word that fully describes me is a very difficult this to do. I have to look within to see what really matters to me and what words complexly engulf my personality. I believe that the one word that represents me is adventurous. Every year my family plans to gather themselves

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    Sports are very dangerous because of how many concussions you get in each sport‚ brain injuries‚ and many other injuries. The first sport that I am going to be talking about is football. In football‚ there have been 3.8 million brain injuries. Also‚ 33 players died from heat stroke in 1995 to 2008. Another reason is in 2007 there were 9 indirect and 4 direct male deaths. The last reason is a study showed that out of 91 deceased players‚ 96% of them had a brain disease. The next sport that I

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    Advantages of beauty contests........ FIRST IMPRESSION IS THE LAST IMPRESSION...how a person appears always matters.....The first thing that catches your eye when you look at a person is his or her face.It takes just a split second for us to judge someone and make our first and everlasting impression.Good evening...today I stand in front of you to speak against the motion "beauty contest must be banned".... Many cynical people say that beauty shows are nothing more than a showcase to flaunt women’s

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    What Is Racing A Sport?

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    people think of it as racing a car at high‚ death defying speeds. Others‚ like me‚ think of it as racing motorcycles. The rush as you fly down the track‚ and that feeling you get when you cross over the finish line as a champion who won first place. This is what makes this sport so worth while. Racers aren’t in it only for the races and winning that huge‚ magnificent trophy. They do it because races are like tight knit communities that look out for each other. If someone crashes and gets a serious injury

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    What Is Modern Sport?

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    What is modern sport? Throughout the 1970’s‚ sociologists used the conflict and functionalist theory to lead their examination of sports in society. Each theory is based on different assumptions about the establishment of social order in society and different conclusions about the significance and consequences of sports in civilization. (2) Sociologists using the conflict theory‚ view society as an ever-changing set of affairs‚ characterised by intrinsic differences of economic interest. Social

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    ARISTOTLE Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚ logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher)‚ Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy

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    Main Cause Of World War One Going into a war that was predicted to change the world‚ soldiers were excited‚ however‚ they came home sad‚ broken and depressed if they even survived. This war was called World War One‚ The War to End All Wars‚ or The Great War. It was a violent battle between the triple entente and the triple alliance that dragged many other nations to war as well. The Triple Entente was made up of France‚ Russia‚ and Great Britain. The Triple Alliance was made up of Germany‚ Austria-hungary

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    He was one of the most influential Greek astronomers and geographers of all time. He was known as Ptolemy. In this biography you will learn what he has overcome and achieved in his lifetime. You will find out what his story is and how he dealt with all of it. He has created a twist in our lifestyle and you will find out how by reading on. Ptolemy was born about 90 AD‚ at Alexandria Egypt. He had his whole life ahead of him‚ but there was one thing‚ he had no idea who his family was. Nobody really

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