In the Coyote cartoon, the Coyote was given some human like characteristics, but the road runner doesn't have any. Even with human characteristics the Coyote still isn't able to catch the Road Runner. This makes the cartoon funny because the Coyote tries to out smart the Road Runner, but in the end the Road Runner outsmarts him. ... The Coyote cartoon is based on the Coyote getting hurt while he is trying to catch the Road Runner. ... The Coyote cartoon is very predictable, you always know the Coyote will not catch the Road Runner, and in the end, the coyote always gets hurt. ...

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The simile in lines 18-24 discuss how having sex without love can be a one man show like a runner for example. ... The ice skater and the runner are similar because they both act alone when they perform. The road surface is to the runner as the ice is to the skater. In the end the road surface and ice are just being used. They are being used to please the skater and runner. ...

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Many track runners seemed to think otherwise, but the possibility that running could fit well with one group of people over others just never occurred to me. ... Only then did I realize that runners seemed to be flickering in and out of existence like fireflies on the field only because of dedication and hard work. ... Such a rough road to reality emphasizes that through experience only can the true difficulty of anything be understood. ... With anticipating the worst is it only possible to come a long way on that road that never ends, the path of life. ...

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We finally rounded a curve and I could see the gazelles of the group lounging and stretching in the road getting ready for the run back. ... I had underrated the running ability and fitness level of the older runners of the Savannah Striders. ... Most of these runners had been running consistently for many years. ... The majority of the members of the Savannah Striders were serious runners. ... As one of the better runners in our platoon, my ego may have been a bit inflated. ...

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Premiering on CBS in September 1955 and completing its network run September 1975, Gunsmoke is the longest running dramatic series in the history of television. Two of its stars, James Arness and Milburn Stone, remained all 20 seasons, with Amanda Blake a close second, departing after 19 years. Th...

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The way to play the game is to find a place to hide right near a road. One person is the caller, and everyone, including the caller, are runners. ... Then at the last second he or she yells green light and everyone bolts across the road in front of the car. The point is to run across the road fast enough so the car slams on the brakes, but also out in front of the car so one gets run over. ... I looked, and it was a dark figure sprinting at us from across the road. ...

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The South tried to lose the North's ships with their blockade-runners. These blockade-runners can outrun the great warships of North, but the blockade-runners didn't make up for the whole loss trade. ... When the Virginia returned back to Hampton Roads on March 9,1862, the Monitor was waiting. ...

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"Communication remains God's great gift to humanity without which we cannot be truly human, reflecting God's image."" (Cañaberal, 1993,44) The Bill of Rights has given us freedom of speech, therefore; we as individuals have expressed our thoughts, desires, and goals through the mass media. Media ha...

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Just below the slightly acidic smell of paper and ink you can smell the sweat of runners who take a moment to peruse the latest self-help releases. ... Charles Kuralt was once asked how he found all the wonderful stories for his "On The Road" segment, he simply said, "Look out your window." ...

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These tackles can turn into serious injuries, sometimes life threatening, as there is a member of each team running as hard as they can at each other, one, a runner, trying to get past the other, and the other, a defensive player, trying to tackle the runner to the ground. ... If a concussion is correctly cared for and taken seriously, as all concussions are, an athlete should see a quick path back to the road of victory. ...

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Scouts find out how tall the player's parents are and tries to project his size five years down the road. ... "Pop time" is very important to catchers because it determines what category of runners he can throw out when the runner tries to still. ...

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Laid out into a grid pattern, it was divided by canals- "roads" for canoe traffic- and into four districts, each with it's own temples, schools and markets. ... While Tenochtitlan had a system of canals and paved roads to keep the city together, there was a great network of stone roads connecting all parts of the realm to the capital city of Cuzco. Trained runners, working in relays, covered up to 400 km a day delivering messages. ...

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The severity of juvenile crimes has vastly increased from petty theft and vandalism to felonies. I think that because of television and the Internet, the parents inattentiveness, and our culture and society is why there has been such an increase in juvenile crime. Linda Collier, author of Adult C...

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This is a paper on Marco Polo's life, discovery's, and how he changed the world. Marco Polo was a great explorer. Throughout this paper I will tell you why he was a great explorer, and how he opened up the world. In 1253 Nicolo and Maffeo Polo set out on a trading journey to Constinople. Nicolo's...

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Hitler served as a headquarters runner but was injured twice in the war; shot in the leg, 1916, gassed in 1918. ... With the end of World War One Adolf Hitler had found his life work and the road to the horrors of Nazi Germany had been paved. ...

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History of Bridges History of Bridges Although bridges often go unnoticed, their function is essential to modern America. In the 1850s, covered wagons heading West had to ford streams or rivers. Without adequate bridges in place, the pioneers would sometimes travel many miles out of the way to f...

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He then gave new product to a few of his runners at the university to try out. ... Phil took to the road to sell their newly developed shoe to local stores and at track meets. ... Johnson, a former Stanford School of Business track runner, gave Blue Ribbon Sports a new name. ... Soon Olympic runners were wearing Nike brand shoes. ... He recruited many other runners to wear to shoes also. ...

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The world in which we live is becoming based solely on computers as technology grows. Businesses have their organization's finances, records, and information on the World Wide Web (WWW). On this network formally called the Internet, any person with a home computer or even one at their place of busin...

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The Saturday Morning Massacres Saturday mornings have become a popular day for crimes. Last Saturday a boy named Kenny died, a coyote tried to kill a roadrunner, and an inspector blew up his boss. These Saturday morning massacres are not taking place on the streets, but in our television sets. ...

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Runners sprinted for 1 stade (192 m.), or the length of the stadium. ... Those who were discovered cheating were fined, and the money was used to make bronze statues of Zeus, which were erected on the road to the stadium. ...

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The EV seems childish because it is so simplistic; but in actually it is one of the most complex pieces of machinery on the road today. ... The EV is the most aerodynamic production vehicle on the road today. ... GM's EV will most certainly be a runner up. ...

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Nonetheless, says former NBA forward Bob Bigelow, author of Just Let the Kids Play and perhaps the most pointed provocateur in the lively debates over youth sports, "Many adults have the misguided belief that looking at a kid at this stage gives an indication of what he'll be like down the road: 'My gosh, wait till we see him at 14, 18, 22!' ... A fully developed young athlete might wind up with a temperament for golf, not basketball, or with the perfect distance runner's body, not a tight end's. ...

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Intro One morning in late February 1998, Carly Hudson, Erika Allison and Daniel Booher were contacted by Special Agent John Ciccone of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) of the Los Angeles division Group II. With us was Special Agent William Queen. Ciccone knew that Queen had been hanging around the Hell's Angels gathering intelligence for another case agent so our team was the closest and obvious choice for this very important mission. The mission was to go undercover and infiltrate the most dangerous outlaw motorcycle gang around. They are so violent and cr...

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Before the evolution of the plants that make up today's forests, more primitive species still shaped themselves into tree-like forms--like giant club mosses (today appearing as runners a few inches above the ground), tree ferns, and cycads (link to glossary). ...

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Operating Systems Purpose The first thing I wanted to do for this project was to determine how the computer system I chose was going to be used. I wanted to purchase a personal computer system, with monitor and printer that I could use to do Web-based research. The research will be done out of m...

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