This brought consistency to the participating sports men and women who were able to compare their times with others who might be competing at different venues, they now know immediately their times and positions in the world, making sport itself more professional. ... This allowed sporting teams to compete against others even though they lived great distances apart. ... By competing against teams that may have different styles, different techniques and perspectives on the sport professionalism has been enhance. This has led to the need for strategies to be developed so that teams have an in...

• Word Count: 1917
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• Grade Level: High School

AFTER THE WAS HIS PARENTS SETTLED DOWN AND BROUGHT A CAFÉ IN SOUTHEND CALLED B&KS. ... IT HAD BROKEN OFF DUE TO THE HUGE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE THE WAVE BROUGHT. ... WHEN THE RESCUE TEAM ARRIVED AT THE BOAT THE FIRST THINGS THEY DID WAS BANG ON THE BOAT WITH A HAMMER. ... TONY DID NOT WAIT FOR THE TEAM TO CUT OPEN THE BOAT. ...

• Word Count: 1185
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• Grade Level: High School

Larsson brought the low cost brand to a stunning turnaround. Just last year Old Navy had brought in about six billion dollars in sales in the United States and made up forty percent of the company's global revenue. ... Old Navy's design team stuck gold when they noticed a trend in casual, slim fitting pants. Their design team created their own pants and obsessed over every detail. ...

• Word Count: 1020
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Russians were always being viewed as the toughest rival and the team to beat according to the US. It is similar to how teams think of the defending champions in a sport. The team playing the defending champions wants to come out hyped up and with their "A-game" every time they are competing with them. ... The Red Scare brought out one of the most "politically repressive periods" in U.S. history because it took away many freedoms of expression, political activism and press. ...

• Word Count: 1284
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• Grade Level: High School

In 1962 a team of 30 Australian military instructors was sent to Saigon. ... The war ended not long after that in January 1973 when a cease-fire agreement was reached and all American ground troops were brought home. 1975. ...

• Word Count: 644
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• Grade Level: High School

This rifle brought into play a whole new way of cycling rounds. ... Kalashnikov ended up losing this competition, but it placed him on a team that was trying to develop a new assault weapon around another new caliber, the 7.62x39. When the war ended, Kalashnikov and his team continued their work on the new fully automatic weapon. In 1946 they brought forth a prototype called the AK46. ... Later, in 1947, Kalashnikov and his team brought forth the new and improved weapon called the AK47 (Avtomat Kalashnikova 1947). ...

• Word Count: 3035
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"You let us go off to war saying yay team lets go fight Vietnam," said Sgt. William Marshall, "Now 1968 comes along and it's boo team come on homebut don't say nothing about it because we don't want to hear about it because it's upsetting around dinner timebut you got me over there and you brought me back here and you want to forget it?... World War II strengthened our economy and brought us out of the Great Depression. ...

• Word Count: 1532
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• Has Bibliography
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World War 2 World War 2 was the last big war for America, and it had many after effects towards our country. We entered the war after Pearl Harbor on December 8th, 1941, and ended it when Japan surrendered on August 14th, 1945. The time period may have been short, but our country was changed for...

• Word Count: 755
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Two main theories developed as to the way peace could be brought about. ... Technical teams can also be ordered by the Security Council to investigate situations such as reported poison gas use. ... The Security Council will then usually send a team there to determine if the cease fire is taking place. ...

• Word Count: 2718
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

American entertainment during World War II kept America running, and brought the country together at a time of world fighting. ... Even if the actual quality to the teams is lowered by the greater use of older players, this will not dampen the popularity of the sport" (1). ...

• Word Count: 1053
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Philip Caputo spent his life acquiring the skills of killing, learning how to fieldstrip and assemble and M-14 rifle blindfolded, how to face death, and how to cause it. This was the normal lifestyle of Caputo's time, war. Caputo knew nothing about the everyday lifestyles we lead today. His life ...

• Word Count: 1407
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There were many indirect causes for the World War 1, such as the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, unification of Germany, the formation of Alliances, nationalism, militarism, and imperialism. In 1871, 25 separate states unified to become one powerful German nation. This upset the balance...

• Word Count: 1045
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There are no teams, no allies, and most of all, no winning. ... During the Brinker's crude trial, Leper is brought in and questioned about the events surrounding Finny's fall out of the tree. ...

• Word Count: 1091
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• Grade Level: High School

In the end, on December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor which fully brought the U.S. to World War II. ... At the point when the Japanese arrived at Tulagi on May 3, carrier-based U.S. planes from a team directed by Rear Admiral Frank J. ...

• Word Count: 1484
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In 1940, people in the United States felt that they were isolated from the war in Europe. This feeling of isolation soon faded. On December 17, 1941 the Japanese attacked the United States naval base Pearl Harbor. The United States was forced to join the war in full force. Young men just starting th...

• Word Count: 2562
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

When the United States entered the war in 1917, Rickenbacker was in England organizing a racing team for the Sunbeam Motor Company. ... The Spad was much more advanced and brought more horsepower, but because of the complexities of the engine they were grounded for repair quite often. ...

• Word Count: 2088
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School