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Oxford Oxford University Plato Believed
1,326 words... our the Athenians did not stress physical prowess as much as the Spartans, they did not disregard it all together. Young children were trained at the palestrae, gyms for children, by paidotribes, in activities such as running, jumping, wrestling, and swimming. Plato believed that children are trained physically so that they may not be compelled through bodily weakness to play the coward in war or on any other occasion (Protagoras 326. C). However, it seems that the training the children rece...
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Beauty Pageants Beauty Queen
1,202 words... gate with a curling iron for being to squeamish while having her hair done. These pageant moms behaviors, have brought up questions concerning whether or not these pageants are ultimately for the benefit of the child or the parent (Gleick 48). Dateline NBC ran a poll where 62 % of those questioned said parents benefit more from child beauty pageants, where only 3 % said that children do benefit (Pugh 1). Supporters for pageants do have their reasons for pushing their kids into the spotlight....
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Male Dominated Society White Women
1,013 wordsIn this paper we are supposed to consider the concern for resistance also known as women transgressing racial and gender hierarchies within the context of technological transgressions. I feel that women are not in fact a resistance. In their initial purpose, women attempt to be a form of resistance. Society has women involved in an activity that is completely dominated by men. Even though bodybuilding is a sport, per se, many people do not view it as one. Body building is a rather ridiculous for...
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Car Stereo Stereo System
1,129 wordsHave you ever wondered what a car stereo really consists of? Its not as simple as most people think, but its also not as difficult once you know a little bit of the basics. Car stereos are a passion for many, and for those who dont understand it, this should help you understand it a little bit better. There are three main aspects of car stereos; the stereo components themselves, the installation, and competitions that people go to in order show off their cars. Car stereos have many different par...
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Opponent Goal Line Player Is Offside Ball
604 words1. The team that wins the coin toss may choose to kick off or defend the goal of its choice. 2. All players must be on their own half of the field before the kickoff takes place. 3. Defensive players must be outside the center circle, at least ten yards away from the ball, for the kickoff. 1. Each team has up to eleven players; one is the goalkeeper. The other players are known as defenders, midfielders, and forwards, or strikers. 2. In major competitions, a team may not use more than three subs...
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Founding Fathers Bear Arms
1,163 wordsGun control has always been a splitting issue with activists and politicians. The question that is frequently asked is, How far is too far when it comes to controlling guns? Gun control has boiled down to three essential points, which are continually being debated within the United States government. The most common point that is made is that the American people have a right to bear arms according to The Constitution. The second issue is that guns are not what kill people; People kill people. Th...
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Deaf Culture And Sports
360 wordsDeaf culture has made difference and a great contributions to the world of sports, having made it the way we see today. But there are very few people who realizes it. The real start up of deaf culture in Sports began with the appearance of Deaf World Games. Deaf World Games (DWG) or Deaflympics, the way it is called at the present time, have a long history, beginning with the first games in France in 1924. At that time, international sports were not given much significance by young deaf people. ...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs In Sport
935 wordsPerformance Enhancing Drugs in Sport Introduction Performance enhancing drugs in sport is quite a delicate topic. Neither sportsmen nor their trainers like expatiate on this topic. Only when WADA creates a doping scandal, the problem of performance enhancing drug crops up again. However, sportsmen do not like speaking about their vices and scandals disappear as sweepingly and the alarm was raised. Use of performance enhancing drugs in sport shocks nobody. Moreover, numerous sociological polls an...
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Ancient Olympic Games Ancient Olympics
1,470 wordsAncient Olympic Games The Olympic Games are wrapped in numerous myths and legends and have a long bright history. The ancient Greek Olympics used to take place once per four years at Olympia, a district of Elis. The first Olympic Games occurred in 776 B. C. and the last in A. D. 393, when the Christian Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I stopped them. The Olympics were started like a part of religious festivals and celebrations of the power of Zeus, the dominant King of the Pantheon of Gods. The Gree...
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Queen Elizabeth Concert Hall
1,285 wordsPiano Competitions Piano competitions have given the world the names of the most talented young musicians. Many successful careers in music started after winning or even participating in piano competitions. Such piano-playing legends as Alfred Brendel, whose scholarly approach aroused some aesthetic controversy; the Canadian Glenn Gould, whose recordings of Bach won great acclaim, the Americans Van Cliburn, Andre Watts, and Murray Perahia, and the Russian-born Vladimir Ashkenazy, later a citizen...
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Deaf Culture And Part 1
1,756 wordsDeaf Culture and Sports Deaf culture has made difference and a great contributions to the world of sports, having made it the way we see today. But there are very few people who realizes it. The real start up of deaf culture in Sports began with the appearance of Deaf World Games. Deaf World Games (DWG) or Deaflympics, the way it is called at the present time, have a long history, beginning with the first games in France in 1924. At that time, international sports were not given much significanc...
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Hip Hop Culture Back And Forth
2,473 wordsThe Evolution of a Disc Jockey In The Hip-Hop Culture With the turn of the century, a musical evolution began. The phonograph was part of this musical change. It was a simple musical output device. The role of this musical component was greatly regarded as that of just a music player during the modernistic period. During the modern era, the world was changing from the traditional beliefs of more philosophical, social conscious, scientific ideas. This is when John Cage during the thirties came on...
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Long Distance Olympic Games
664 wordsThe first Olympic games took place in the ancient civilization Greece. Like today, they were brutal competitions of skill and athleticism. In Greece the Olympics were thought as the ultimate in. They were not looked at as being merely a sport, but life. Today however, we do not see them as such. The Olympics are still very important To be in the Olympics and succeed is still the life goal of many athletes. Today people compete in the Olympics for the honor of their country, on a team; whereas a ...
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Hand To Hand Middle Ages
2,044 wordsWhy Didn t They Just Play Nice? Sports in the Middle Ages were similar to the athletic competitions that are held today, with one major difference. These sports almost completely lacked any regard for the physical health or well-being of the competitors, whether they be the opposing team members or the animals set against each other in mortal combat. Examples of this stunning savagery are apparent in all forms of physical competition, from the bear-baiting and cock fighting to the astoundingly v...
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