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    In the article‚ Organized Greek GamesWilliam J. Baker describes the difference between Ancient Olympic Games and Modern Olympic Games‚ relationship between religion and Olympics‚ and Greek philosopher’s thought on the role of athletics. Athletic festivals were an essential part of Greek civilization for thousands of years. Moreover‚ the history of organized athletics can tell us the history of Greek. There were hundreds of athletic festivals which are the mixtures of athletic competition and religion

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    The Olympic games are the greatest sports event in the world. For many years‚ the Greeks used games for many reasons. The official ancient games were started in Greece. The first modern games in Athens‚ Greece‚ were held from April 6 through April 15 in the year of 1896. Since then‚ major world events plagued some of the Olympic games. There are a lot of examples of games being held in early Greece. There are also different stories on how they got started. One says that the guardians of Zeus held

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    William J. Bennett is a conservative against gay marriage. He has written two books about American culture: The Book of Virtues and The Broken Hearth: Reversing the Moral Collapse of the American Family. Bennett writes a piece that appeared in the Washington Post on May 21‚ 1996. Gay marriage is a big controversy. The conservative and non-conservative people usually disagree with one another strongly. In the piece Bennett has a clear and strong argument against gay marriage. I believe that in his

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    The ancient Greeks developed a basic political and institutional unit called a polis after the Mycenaean period. A polis is a city-state. A polis was a society of people who lived in a city and cultivated the surrounding countryside. The polis contained an elevated Acropolis‚ and a marketplace Agora. The city’s water supply came from public springs‚ and the city was usually surrounded by a large wall. The Polis was the center of Greek community life. There were two main large city states;

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    also had religious significance. They were held in honor of the Greek gods¨ by creating an event to represent religion the Greeks created another

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    CASO BAKER Consideramos que John Baker tiene que dirigirse a su sucesor en el puesto de Ingeniero Jefe de la Caribbean Bauxite Company of Barracania de las Indias Occidentales felicitándole por su nuevo puesto‚ su ascenso‚ su oportunidad profesional en la nueva etapa que comienza en la empresa‚ dándole ánimos y deseándole toda clase de parabienes. Al mismo tiempo consideramos que es su deber mencionar todos los aspectos y elementos positivos que la empresa valora del propio Rennalls‚ con el fin

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    Literary Terms Hyperbole – An exaggeration (Hyperbole does not stay within the realm of what is plausible. (Outlandish exaggeration). Understatement – Usually an ironic statement that under-exaggeration Irony – Reality is at odds with expectation - Situational – No word play‚ a situation is ironic. The preachers daughter contracted an STD. Cop’s son gets arrested. - Verbal – Meaning the opposite of what you say. Sarcasm‚ verbal irony + intent to insult. - Dramatic - All about

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    The Olympic Games are an event athletes train their entire lives for. What some do not know‚ however‚ is that the Olympic Games originated in Greece and were held at Olympia‚ in Zeus’s honor‚ as he was the God of all Gods. Although there were several events held in other god’s honors‚ this is the one that is still around‚ occurring every four years in different parts of the world. Winning or even placing in the events the Olympic Games host is a great honor for yourself and for your country. This

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    thousands of poems depicting the game of baseball and its remarkable players‚ coming across a poem seeking thorough cross sectioning of the crowd is unusual‚ and rarely encountered. William Carlos Williams has created a poem which portrays the crowd as a quasi-organized mob bent on either cheering for their team‚ or in turn‚ booing them. The reason why Williams does this is because he is portraying‚ in a sense‚ simplicity versus chaos with simplicity being the game of baseball itself and chaos being

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    The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett. It was published on November 1‚ 1993 by Simon and Schuster. It was an anthology edited by William J. Bennett. The book is intended for the moral education of the young and is divided into the different virtues namely self-discipline‚ compassion‚ responsibility‚ friendship‚ work‚ courage‚ perseverance‚ honesty‚ loyalty and faith. Bennett has collected tales and stories and compiled it into one book. It was a type of fiction. The authors of each story used

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