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Native People In Modern Society
Words: 939 / Pages: 4 .... in the center who could help me
because all of the staff is very busy and I would have to make an
appointment. When I asked her for the appointment she said that nobody
takes care of interviews in the center. Well I was lucky there was another
woman passing by and I asked her for help. That lady's name is Fran
Longboat and as found out later she is a pretty well known person in the
whole Toronto Native community. Fran said that there are quite many Native
professionals in the city and she tried to call a Native lawyer to make an
appointment for me but the person wasn't there. Then I finally got a
business card of a person to interview, guess who? - .....
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Basketball And Its History
Words: 2508 / Pages: 10 .... ft by 4 ft). Each backboard is
anchored to a wall, suspended from the ceiling, or otherwise mounted so
that its lower edge is about 2.7 m (about 9 ft) above the court.
(Backboards originated to keep spectators from interfering with the game.)
The baskets are attached firmly to the backboards about 3 m (about 10 ft)
above the playing surface. Each basket is about 46 cm (about 18 in) in
diameter and consists of a horizontal hoop, or metal ring, from which a
fringe of wide-meshed white netting is hung. The regulation basketball is
an inflated, leather- or nylon-covered sphere that weighs from 567 to 624 g
(20 to 22 oz) and has a circumference of about 7 .....
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Aggression In Play
Words: 274 / Pages: 1 .... over again. Play is a developmental process for children and has important consequences for them. For example some activities may help to develop muscles and concentration while others may help develop social skills and to act towards each other.
Aggression is something that is present in most children’s play in different levels. There are a number of definitions of aggression. Psychologists refer to, hostile aggression, which is aggression that is intended to hurt someone or damage something. It can be verbal or physical or both. Instrumental aggression refers to behaviour that uses aggression to achieve a particular goal and is not used for th .....
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The Pc Industry
Words: 985 / Pages: 4 .... CCC boasts a 1999 market share of 12.8%. However, this figure has declined slightly from its 1998 share of 13.4%. The dip is due to Dell Computer Corp.’s heavy presence in the small PC market, (Industry Survey, Apr. 2000). Compaq has a wide range of PC products from smaller, less expensive machines to more costly, high-tech systems. CCC has been most successful with their smaller machines, targeted to the home/family segment, because they are able to sell large quantities. However, Compaq has been unsuccessful in retaining customers because most of them were pleased with their smaller machines and did not upgrade to CCC’s more e .....
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The War Against Athletes
Words: 1080 / Pages: 4 .... of his rights, why not another student? What makes an athlete more susceptible to drug use than a non-athlete? A clear level of discrimination is evident in the Supreme Court decision to make drug testing of athletes legal in the United States. (no author, 4). It is wrong to suspect a person more likely to do drugs than another person solely on their extra-curricular activities.
Athletes are subjected to conditions most students are not. They go through more training and spend more time working than do most other students. Athletes, along with their parent or guardians, spend time and money to participate in athletic events. Each one of them wo .....
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Angel Island
Words: 4386 / Pages: 16 .... proclaimed it to be. Advertisements spoke in propaganda of untold riches and stories: great pay, good food, large houses, and most of all, that the Chinamen were welcome. Unfortunately, the Chinese immigrant's dream was shattered when he went searched for Gold Mountain, but found himself washing someone else's dirty clothes.
The initial Chinese to arrive on U.S. soil were treated favorably the American government and were welcomed in California. The Chinese conception then was to immigrate temporarily and return home after reaping the rewards of the American Dream. Most Chinese came from the province called Kwangtung and possessed simila .....
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Egyptian Cuisine
Words: 1863 / Pages: 7 .... aysh shami, or with coarse, whole wheat, aysh baladi. Stuffed with any of several fillings, it becomes the Egyptian sandwich. Aysh shams is bread made from leavened dough allowed to rise in the sun, while plain aysh comes in long, skinny, French-style loaves. Hard, dry aysh can be softened in water, and if you have a fire available, warmed over an open flame.
Along with aysh, the native bean supplies most of Egypt's people with their daily rations. Ful can be cooked several ways: in ful midamess, the whole beans are boiled, with vegetables if desired, and then mashed with onions, tomatoes, and spices. This mixture is often served with an egg for b .....
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Compare The Ways In Which Ferg
Words: 1375 / Pages: 5 .... of British or American forces was not seen to be acceptable and there was some censorship of the news by the ministry of defence.
Fergal Keane’s article was written much later in and it was broadcast on Radio 4 as part of the foreign correspondent programme. During the time that Fergal Keane was in Hong Kong he was covering the take over of Hong Kong to China. The BBC were expecting the usual cover of weekly events in the area that Fergal Keane was covering yet what they received was a very personal insight into Fergal Keane’s views and opinions on the take over conveyed in the form of a letter to his five day old son.
Both articles a .....
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Surfing Is Supposed To Be Para
Words: 1281 / Pages: 5 .... Tucker describes how in 1964 the Sierra Club put out an article on the relatively unknown island and by 1979 Time magazine ran an article in which some of the local people expressed their desire to keep outsiders out. The issue of protecting paradise is a hotly debated topic that is currently being fought over by surfers.
To a surfer nothing is more rewarding than the search and discovery of perfect uncrowded waves. This notion of the search for uncrowded surf was brought to the attention of the general public with the 1963 release of Bruce Brown’s The Endless Summer. The film documented two surfers traveling around the world t .....
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Cigarette Smoking Amond Colleg
Words: 1462 / Pages: 6 .... is the single most important cause of preventable death in the United States" (smoking). In doing my research, the first thing that must be done is to define "cigarette smoking" and what it actually means to be a "smoker." There is no actual standard set for how much or how often a person smokes to stereotype them with the characteristic of a "smoker." For my purposes and the purposes of this project I have set my own standards to clarify and make my research in general easier to understand. I have recently "quit" smoking and I still occasionally have a cigarette, but still do not consider myself a "smoker." On the other hand, I do not believe someo .....
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