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Time And Money Boys And Girls
978 wordsNon-Religious Celebrations of Easter Should be Done Away With Have you ever sat back and thought about the different traditions that we celebrate in America as well as all around the world? Some of these traditions may include holidays, sporting events, and weddings. We celebrate certain traditions for religious reasons, for memorial reasons, and just for the fact that what we are celebrating is a tradition, and we wish to keep it that way. But some of the traditions that date back thousands of ...
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National Basketball Association High School And College
1,100 wordsBasketball originated in the late thirties or early forties, I think. Back then there were no rules or exceptions to the game. People just played it because they loved it. Many young children made their own baskets out car tires, laundry baskets, bike rims, milk crates and any other cylindrical object they could find. But as the years flew by organized basketball started to emerge. Rules and regulations started to hinder the game from being just a game. People started to take the game more serio...
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Three Days Three Branches
1,067 words... eam to Jung to see what he had to say. This man dreams of climbing a mountain and feeling so exhilarated that he keeps climbing into the air above the mountain. Jung advises the man not to go climbing in the future without guides. Two months later the man went climbing without guides and fell to his death. Dreams are never negligible occurrences. However nonsensical dreams are, they are only nonsensical because we are too ignorant to understand them. No person in their right mind would doubt...
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Native Americans Historical Perspective
1,182 wordsOn few subjects has there been such continual misconception as on the position of women among Indians. Because she was active, always busy in the camp, often carried heavy burdens, attended to the household duties, made the clothing and the home, and prepared the family food, the woman has been depicted as the slave of her husband, a patient beast of encumbrance whose labors were never done. The man, on the other hand, was said to be an loaf, who all day long sat in the shade of the lodge and sm...
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Game Of Basketball Basketball League
1,192 wordsThe game of basketball has evolved a great deal throughout the years. Basketball was invented on December 21, 1891. The inventor of the game was a Canadian clergyman, James Naismith (Joseph Morse, 1973). The game of basketball was fashioned from fragments of other games, seeking to eliminate flaws of indoor rugby, soccer and lacrosse. Naismith also borrowed aspects from the childrens game Duck-on-a-Rock, in which children tried to knock off a rock from a boulder by tossing smaller rocks from abo...
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Kingdom Of Heaven Seven Times
1,415 words... It says that Jesus broke five loaves of bread and two fish to feed the 5, 000 and when everyone was done eating the still had twelve baskets of food leftover. MATTHEW 15 Jesus talks about in this chapter that it is not what goes into a mans mouth that defile a man but it is what comes out. When the Pharisees heard what Jesus was saying they were very mad because they had grown up with the customs of the law. Also in this chapter Jesus heals a Canaanite woman daughter just because she had gre...
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Game Was Played Game Of Basketball
1,653 wordsBasketball today is a rim-rattling, slam-dunking, high flying show. Would you believe that the first basketball teams shot at peach baskets? Or that players were not allowed to dribble the ball? The sport of basketball has changed dramatically over the years. The origin of basketball dates back to one hundred and nine years ago (Tejada 14). The first game was played on December 21, 1891 (Tejada 14). Even back then basketball was a thrilling sport. Although it has changed very much since this dat...
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Bride And Groom Extended Families
1,236 wordsThe Way to Rainy Mountain combines personal, familial, and tribal stories about Kiowa Indian history. Monday juxtaposes his personal memories of Kiowa culture and traditional tribal narratives to create an impression of the Kiowa way of life that is both mystical and well-grounded. Today we try to discuss some cultural and tradition of ancient tribes. Once long ago, on the shores of the great lake, there lived a hunter who had ten beautiful young daughters. Their hair was as dark and glossy as t...
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Bow And Arrow Hunting And Gathering
2,274 wordsThe history of Anasazi Abstract In this paper I will discuss the development of the Anasazi culture. The ancient remains of prehistoric people found by archaeologists the southern part of the Colorado Plateau appeared in these areas 10 thousand years B. C. First people, who occupied 1500 B. C. a southwest of Colorado, were called Anasazi. There is not very much information available about the first Anasazi. In my paper I will refer to archaeological books and articles. The problem I would like t...
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Small Children Medicine Corn
1,228 wordsI was born in No-doyen Canon, Arizona, June, 1829. In that country which lies around the head waters of the Gila River I was reared. This range was our fatherland; among these mountains our wigwams were hidden; the scattered valleys contained our fields; the boundless prairies, stretching away on every side, were our pastures; the rocky caverns were our burying places. I was fourth in a family of eight children four boys and four girls. Of that family, only myself, my brother, Price, and my sist...
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Game Of Basketball M C
2,406 wordsInventor of Basketball Theres no such sport more convenient or accessible than basketball. It is fun, practical, and affordable. Its also a common and healthy alternative to electronic entertainment. However, such a great sport could not come about by itself. There was an idea behind it. And behind that idea was a man, Dr. James Naismith. James Naismith was born near Almonte, Ontario on November 6, 1861. He was the eldest son of Scottish immigrants John and Margaret Naismith. His family moved to...
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National Basketball Association Game Of Basketball
2,381 wordsThe game of basketball has evolved a great deal throughout the years. Basketball was invented on December 21, 1891. The inventor of the game was a Canadian clergyman, James Naismith (Joseph Morse, 1973). The game of basketball was fashioned from fragments of other games, seeking to eliminate flaws of indoor rugby, soccer and lacrosse. Naismith also borrowed aspects from the children? s game? Duck-on-a-Rock, ? in which children tried to knock off a rock from a boulder by tossing smaller rocks fro...
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Chewing Gum Worker Bees
916 wordsHoneybees as a Resource Honeybees are very useful to humans. As their name suggests, they make the sweet, delicious treat known as honey that we enjoy. They also make beeswax from which we make many useful items. But the most important thing bees do for us is to pollinate the plants. The honeybee visits flowers which secrete a sweet liquid called nectar. This water-like nectar is sipped from the blossoms by the bee and carried to the beehive. The raw nectar goes into the cells in almost the same...
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University Of North Carolina Nba Finals
1,061 wordsMichael Jordan was born on January 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York and was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He has two brothers, is married, and has three kids. He is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time (Kornbluth). My focus will be on his hardships, accomplishments, and people who influenced him. First, I would like to touch on some general information about Michael. He wears number 23 on his jersey because he considered it to be half of his brothers number, ...
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Men And Women Wedding Ceremony
2,270 wordsThe Konyak Nagas The Konyak Nagas, Indian tribes living in the northeast frontier of India are an interesting culture to research. They were considered in the 1930 s as a culture still daily living as they did in ancient days yet by 1947 the government of India took effective steps to bring them under its administrative control. The tribes are separated into several villages such as the Santa, Chang, Karl Kenya, Angami, Konyak and the Wakching Nagas. The villages differed in language, political ...
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Medieval Times Middle Ages
1,099 wordsCooking in the medieval times was performed on very big scale, and food was cheap and plentiful. Foreign goods had to be bought at the nearest large town. Food trade was a primary business. It was also a way of determining class. The nobles would eat meat, white bread, pastries, and drink wine. This sort of diet caused many health problems, such as skin troubles, digestive disorders, infections from decomposed proteins, scurvy, and tooth decay. A peasant would eat porridge, turnips, dark bread, ...
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U Ma Cha Yosemite Valley Lived
554 wordsHistory Final Miwok's set many standards for themselves and the tribe. They were usually very hard workers, working harsh numbers of hours a day to keep the tribe alive. There were hunters, fishers, and many other jobs for people. A non-nomadic people, the Miwok's settled in the Yosemite Valley. My report is on the Miwoks Social Life. Games, customs, jobs, and many other things about the Miwoks Indians will all be covered in this. The way they lived, what they ate, and what they farmed. They all...
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