This year my family, boyfriend, neighbors, and I all decided to go into Boston for the day and instead of going to our usual spot we decided to go a mile away from the finish line. ... We had called my uncle that morning to wish him luck and that we would see him close to the finish line. ... He only had about a mile to go so he kept going and we said we would meet him at the finish line once we saw our neighbor go by. ... I went and found my parents and told them I think there was just explosions at the finish line. ... We then began to walk towards the Charles River as far away from the fini...

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At 9am I joined the crowd at the start line and ran with them. ... I ended my race at the finish line in 1 hour and 7 minutes. Right above the finish line was where the time clock was. ... Up about 100 feet away from the finish line was a table long filled with cups of water. ... After I was done with that I went back to the event manager who was hanging around the finish line with the rest of the coordinators. ...

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I think it's safe to say that one of the greatest challenges in life is not the effort taken to reach a finish line, but rather, proving to others along the way that you"re capable of getting there. It seems fitting then, that at one of life's most critical junctures, it's what I've done along the way to prove myself to others that determines the direction of my career, and the title of my finish line. I have not yet accomplished my academic goals, as all along I've always viewed college as more of a stepping-stone to law school than a finish line. ... In short, whi...

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The officials called all of the runners to the starting line and placed us along the line according to our times. ... As I crossed the line of the first lap labored breaths were the only thing in my mind and the thought of a state championship just 3 laps away. ... The bell snapped me back into the right mindset and I set my eyes on the finish line and gave every ounce of my being. The crowd was roaring, the footsteps and breaths were behind me and the finish line was right in front. I willed the finish line to come closer and for myself to move faster and my legs to hold out for just a littl...

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It is also the driver's estimate of how long it will take to get the car over the finish line. ... This would mean that both cars should cross the finish line at the same time. ... Breaking out happens when ne driver manages to cross the finish line faster than the amount of time they dialed in prior to the race. ... This also can occur if a car crossing the dividing line between the two lanes or crosses the line at the edge of the race surface. ... These strategies also help the driver finish without having any fouls. ...

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This allows the rowers to converge all of their momentum to pull the boat out of the water and begin their journey to the finish line. ... About two minutes, or 500 meters from the finish, the crew normally will build up its rhythm and speed for a strong finish. ... The payoff is at the finish line. The coxswain earns her free ride by her skill in expending her crew's last reserves of energy at the proper time to cross the finish line first. ... The real test comes at the end of the race when the rower expends his last amount of energy from his numb body to cross the finish line. ...

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In basketball , an attacker could mentally rehearse shooting baskets from the free throw line and with the assistance of visualisation, may see the basketball going straight through the ring, and then it is more likely occur in reality because the athlete has already seen the action happen. ... Some examples of short term goals include ; * to train three times per week for the next two weeks * to net ten free throw line shots in a row in the upcoming weeks * to shoot at 90% in today's match Long term goals should reflect where the end point of training might be. ... - For ex...

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All wanted to do was get to the finish line, go home and take a shower. The finish line at a marathon is a sacred place, you"re exhausted but all of a sudden you get this burst of energy. ... Upon crossing the finish line, I searched the crowd of supporters for my wife. She had been very supportive over the last two months and I couldn't wait to share my excitement in finishing. ...

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Nice guys finish last Book 16: Patroclus Fights and Dies Lines 952 - 976 Hector waiting, watching The greathearted Patroclus trying to stagger free, Seeing him wounded there with the sharp bronze Came rushing into him right across the lines And rammed his spearshaft home, stabbing deep into the bowels, and the brazen point went jutting straight out through Patroclus" back. ... As the title suggests, nice guys finish last. The nice guy is Patroclus and finishing last means his death in the end. ...

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I walked out the front door of our country home. I went to the rusty garage to grab my freshly waxed silver helmet, and bright green gloves for the races today. Then my brother and I rode our bikes to the track. Today was a beautiful day for dirt biking. My brother and I admired the track because it...

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The surprising feature of "Finishing the Hat" is how workmanlike Sondheim is when talking about his own craft. While on the one hand he is seen (and he, himself, is well aware of this) as someone who has revolutionized the American musical theater by choosing stories that seem, on the surface anyway, unmusical, he is very methodical, almost traditional, in his approach to songwriting and incredibly disciplined when it comes to finding the right word and the right stress for the right word in a lyrical line (Finishing the Hat). ... Every lyric line of George's song "Finishi...

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The former statement is shown in the text by the line "He gives his harness bells a shake to ask if there is some mistake"(L.L. 9-10) and the latter by: "But I have promises to keep And miles to go before I sleep"(L.L. 13-14). ... If we look at it symbolically, this line could have been written to convey the peak of Frost's efforts to finish his book New Hampshire. ... In retrospect, the first stanza can be analyzed as the narrator's difficult journey as he endeavors to finish his work New Hampshire. The middle and closing stages of the text can be seen as the temptation the author ...

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Displacement ñ Displacement is the measure of a straight line from the starting point to the finishing point. In skiing, this is known as the fall line. When someone skis down the fall line, it is called schuassing. ... Vectors are line segments drawn to represent both the magnitude and the direction of the quantity. ...

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THE BOOK OF HEBREWS by P. Townsend The author of the Book of Hebrews is one that is unknown although some believe it is another work of Paul since it closely resembles his work. It is believed that the Book of Hebrews was written around A.D. 65, but there is no proof o...

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Any married couple working full time at minimum wage would earn more then double the amount stated as the poverty line. Even with two children they would be above the poverty line. ... Finish high school and take a job, any kind of a job. There is no excuse for not finishing high school, whether pregnancy, drugs, or simple laziness. ...

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The second is his determination to finish climbing the mountain. ... We can clearly see hints of the first thought all throughout the poem, when Noyce is questioning himself in line 6 "why at all?... In line 36, "dragging feet" indicates his extreme weariness and that he doesn't want to move forward anymore. ... In line 17 to 20 and 29 to 32 the poet tries to mechanise his body to force himself to move forward. ... Ultimately, the poem is about the poet's feeling of exhaustion due to the difficulty of the mountain climb, battling with the determination of finishing t...

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Your feet should be shoulder width apart and they should be parallel to the line that goes from the ball to the target. ... Allow the club face to rest on the ground perpendicular to the line of the shot. ... Make sure that the club head follows the line of your shot the entire time. ... Continue the smooth, flowing swing as you begin to turn your hips and shoulders preparing for the finish. ... The club should finish resting on your left shoulder with both of your elbows having a comfortable bend to them. ...

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Anne Bradstreet uses one controlling metaphor throughout her poem. She personifies her book as her child. Though she considers it her child, her attitude towards it displays a wide range of negative emotions. These emotions include frustration, shame, and resentment. Bradstreet chooses to compar...

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But "Art not without ambition, but without- is one line and has ten syllables which is written in blank verse. When the letter written in prose finishes and Lady Macbeth speaks out loud to herself it is then changed back into blank verse. We can also tell this from the text because each line in blank verse is started with a capital letter whether the sentence finishes at the end of the line or not. ...

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" Already checked in we grabbed our stuff and headed to the start line. ... Once she hit my bright orange marker, I started to run, ready to finish my 200. ... My teammate handed me the baton, I turned around already in last place and proceeded to run as fast as I could finish my leg. ... The obstacle that I faced was to finish the race or walk off the track. I overcame that particular obstacle by finishing my race and allowing one of the teams to achieve her personal best performance. ...

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In line 2 he says " Shutting, with careful fingers and benign" this means that he is being gently and very careful not to harm the body while it is in its "sleep". ... In line 8 he calls his coffin a bed and says that all the people are saying their good byes. ... He finishes of by saying that when the key locks the casket shut it has "hushed the Casket of my Soul." ...

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From the start of the play to the finish the author (William Shakespeare) gives away little hints about Romeo and Juliet and how they are destined to die tragically. ... In the prologue line 6 it says, "A pair of start-crossed lovers take their life." ... It is evident that Juliet wishes that Romeo was not a Montague in Act 2 Scene 2 Line 40, "What's Montague? ... In Act 3 Scene 2 Line 21 Juliet imagines Romeo being dead and among the stars, she also cannot help what she is feeling. ... All through the play Romeo dreams of this, the last time he does is in Act 5 Scene 1 Line 6. ...

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It is exemplified especially in the line ˜when it comes the landscape listens' which has a surreal quality. ... The parishioners take religion for granted, it is merely a show, this is shown in the line ˜Mourners to and fro'. ... This is followed by a very strong line: ˜And I dropped down, and down- ˜. ... This line lingers in the reader's mind long after the poem is read; this question of what is it that she finishes knowing. There can be many theories to be made, she finishes knowing that there is or isn't an afterlife, or that madness is merely...

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