Increasingly, the popular image of tennis is becoming reliant on the sex appeal of players under the age of 20. ... Indeed, Anna Kournikova is a prime example of the production of a new tennis star, merging the role of tennis pro and supermodel in a sport where more people now watch matches on television more than in the stands. ... Kournikova is seen as exotic and alluring by the media and is represented as the supermodel of women's tennis. ... Concentration on the aesthetic qualities of the bodies of these women, distracts from, or silences, their real achievements as athletes. ......

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I met her in the beginning of 7th grade when I started going to the Cape Coral Yacht and Racquet Club tennis program for juniors. ... I became pretty good friends with her, but around the middle of the eighth grade year, I started to get a little lazier, and for some reason just stopped going to tennis all together. ... Around January of 9th grade, just before I came to Mariner, I started going to the tennis clinics again. ... It was easier to be more attracted to Brittany because of us going to the same tennis camp all summer, and seeing each other every day for about 7 ho...

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Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound (1968) uses both stage directions and repetition in unusual and funny ways. ... The Real Inspector Hound is a really complicated play that needs to be read again and again to be fully understood. ... The printed play of The Real Inspector Hound makes it more obvious that there is a frame or a mirroring of an inside and an outside play. ... When "[a tennis ball bounces in through the french windows, followed by FELICITY ... ]," for the second time, things are a little different because Birdboot is onstage. ... I think the stage directions m...

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What would they know about blood, sweat, and tears and being a "real" athlete?" ... That room was made for "real" athletes who needed bandages for bloody knees or elbows, ice, or massages for sore backs or ankles (McGraw 1). ... You think only men can compete and play a real sport?! ... So, if gold and tennis is a sport, why is cheering not?! Golfers and tennis players are not required to throw up stunts in just seconds, or throw back-hand-springs. ...

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And while on the topic of tennis, how can we forget to mention Anna Kournikova. ... This is the case for major tennis events like Wimbledon where women have always won less for an equal performance on the court. ... Another tennis legend, Martina Navratilova admitted she was gay during an interview with the New York Daily News. ... In October of last year, former NFL lineman Esera Tuaolo told ESPN The Magazine and HBO's "Real Sports" that he is gay. ...

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For example if there are snowy mountains in your country you will ski, you won't play tennis. ... By the 1890's Women were playing sports such as golf and tennis. ... Sponsor's were only able to raise money by promoting the look of the women for example the tennis skirt was designed for sex appeal. ... Radio was the first real live communication used by the masses. ...

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I went to most of her tennis matches to cheer and she came to quite a few of my soccer games to do the same. ... Jen's family flew out for a weekend of one of her tennis matches and she asked me to go to dinner with them both nights they were here. ... She is very busy with school and tennis but it seems like the non-verbal communication has been more of a one-way street so far. ... I avoid disclosing my real feelings and motivations in this manner because I am scared of Jen not asking me to do things for her if she found out. ...

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Or that Roger Federer and Venus and Serena Williams are tennis players of anthology, like Tiger Woods in golf? ... Its author is the British Matthew Syed, a former Olympic champion in table tennis, who graduated from Oxford University and a magazine columnist for the BBC and the Times of London. ... Over centuries, humans have sought to answer one of the biggest unknowns about themselves: the real power lies in their minds, and the role it plays in achieving success and personal happiness. ...

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James" real love was in the works of Shakespeare. ... His mom became a freak and wasn't able to give the real love and reliability that a normal mother was absent. ... Eugene plays himself through Edmund, who in real life died from the measles. ... Growing up I had a love for tennis and worked excruciating hours trying to become the best I could be. I remember the frequent times my dad gave me the lecture on how I was an exceptional tennis player, and how I could achieve great things if I was dedicated and focused on success everyday. ...

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This modernist trend manifested itself also in new materials, such as pastels, yellow wax, real hair, real cloth for sculptures, etc. ... As Rosenblum points out, the woman and the still life form, on opposite sides of the painting, two distinct yet integrated subjects that make the viewer switch eyes from one side to the other as if he was watching a tennis match. ...

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Gender Stereotypes Today, every one of us is spending more of his leisure time watching TV, listening to the radio or reading newspapers and magazines. The shows on the TV and the articles in the newspapers influence our decision process, shaping our perceptions for the world. Besides the posit...

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Finally he notices a woman dressed as if she had just left a tennis court, instead of the switchboard she had returned from. ... You watch a movie set in Paris, but you never go see the real Eiffel tower with your own eyes. ...

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They haggle "over old sewing machines, one-eyed Barbie dolls, wooden tennis rackets, guitars with missing strings, and old Electrolux vacuum cleaners," (137). ... For fictional characters as well as real life authors like Hosseini, immigration can only lead to a life of destitution and strife....

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The behavior the person exhibits must create a real handicap in at least two areas of a person's life such as school, home, work, or social settings. ... I remember one time when someone stepped on his tennis shoes. ... The behavior the person exhibits must create a real handicap in at least two areas of a person's life such as school, home, work, or social settings. ...

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Colombia Located at the top, Northwestern corner of South America, Colombia is the only country with coastlines on both sides of that continent. Colombia's official name is the Republic of Colombia. It is fourth in size among the countries of South America- after Brazil, Argentina, and Peru...

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Furthermore, Mr Klipspringer, who had been leeching off Gatsby for many months, comes to collect his tennis shoes, to go to a party on the same day as Gatsby's funeral. ... Reinforced by the ideas of academics such as Robert Lewis and Lois Tyson who have offered interpretations on the novels, both seem to focus on the carelessness and excess of the wealthy elites, while referring to real-life elements, such as rich individuals, to provide truth to their stories, which present the wealthy elite in a wholly critical manner. ...

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But by the 1990s, when it was worn by Knight endorsers Michael Jordan, golfer Tiger Woods, and tennis champion Pete Sampras, among many others, the Swoosh had become the most recognizable commercial logo in global sports. ... After all, the defining factor of its engine, advertising, is not ever to convey the whole truth but to promote a partial truth (and sometimes an untruth) as the real truth. ...

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Adidas is doing its own grass roots work by long-drawn associations and promotions with sporting events such as tennis and cricket at various levels. ... Testing the damping and supporting behavior of various shoe materials under real life conditions is a crucial part of development, and so sports manufacturer Adidas-Salomon AG runs an advanced and innovative materials test centre to put its new materials and designs through their paces. ...

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Also, skaters prefer drop-offs from sidewalks, or "banks", which are inclinations which are used to separate uneven levels in parking garages, tennis courts or parking lots. ... Another local skateboarder in the same area said AWe're just having fun with no real place to go.@ AIf they made a skate park, it would help. ...

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I also started to develop real muscle strength, had a lot of energy and was always looking forward to my next meal. ... I did try to join tennis my time in high school but marching band took most of my time away. ...

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S Congress 3.00 Pol Sci Social Relations 4.00 SOC Proposed Courses for Spring 2003 Course Title Credits Requirement Alternate Courses Proposed Grade Art 147-XB Beginning Art Photography 1 A+ HST 307-A Latn Am Civilzatn-Colonial Per 3 B+ HST 431-A The US- Vietnam War 3 A PHS 130H Golf 2 A+ PHY 141-A Physics in Sports 3 B POL 271-B World Politics 4 B Proposed GPA:3.431 Proposed Cumulative GPA:2.221 Proposed Courses for Summer 2003 Course Title Credits Requirement Alternate Courses Proposed Grade ...

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The Sport of Paintball There you are. You"re hiding behind a hastily constructed bunker made to protect yourself from enemy fire. You can hear the enemy firing on your position, and you can feel the shots screaming above your head. The firing ceases for a moment. You pop out, fire off a few rounds,...

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There you are. You"re hiding behind a hastily constructed bunker made to protect yourself from enemy fire. You can hear the enemy firing on your position, and you can feel the shots screaming above your head. The firing ceases for a moment. You pop out, fire off a few rounds, and duck back in; but a...

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The messenger states that his master wishes to trade a "ton of treasure", which turns out to be a box of tennis balls. ... This event, though probably fictional, shows the real humility of Henry that made him a hero to his people (Columbia) . ... Henry's strength as a leader was a very real attribute and the movie probably exaggerates his ability as an orator only slightly. ...

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There you are. You"re hiding behind a hastily constructed bunker made to protect yourself from enemy fire. You can hear the enemy firing on your position, and you can feel the shots screaming above your head. The firing ceases for a moment. You pop out, fire off a few rounds, and duck back in; but a...

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