"Historians are left forever chasing shadows, painfully aware of their inability to ever reconstruct a dead world in its completeness however thorough or revealing their documentation" – Simon Schama The French Revolution shook the foundations of French society to the core, leading to new waves of ideas and institutions. Two hundred and twenty years on, the origins of this unique event are inconclusive. There seems to be a widespread opinion that the outbreak of the French Revolution was on the 14th of July 1789, at the Storming of the Bastille. Even William Doyle highlights t...

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He is ready for war after an unappreciated gift of tennis balls from the Dauphin, Henry states that whatever happens is because "the will of God" destined it. ... Hal may be cold and cruel, but he is also a political genius, he rules without real revolt, the only intrigue against him is easily found out and the criminals themselves seem glad to be uncovered; he takes France; only natural and untimely death brings him low. ...

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Three days later, the delegates took the famous Tennis Court Oath, vowing not to disband until France had a new constitution. However, the real French Revolution began not at Versailles but on the streets of Paris. ...

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Wrestling fans were rabid during that time and the emotions they expressed during the live shows was as real as a fan could get. There are major news reports that tell real stories of how intimate and enthusiastic fans would be at a live wrestling show; they would physically and verbally harm the portrayed 'bad guy' wrestler because he was literally seen as that, a real-life bad guy. ...

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Cheerleading has made a remarkable transformation throughout the past 116 years. It has evolved from males leading chants from the side lines into a highly athletic and competitive sport. Everyone can relate the term "get fired up" to a cheerleading chant as they try to rally the crowd in support o...

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Individual sports such as gymnastics, figure skating and tennis and team sports such as football (in Britain) and ice hockey and American football (in the US), all place an abundance of emphasis on child athletes and star prodigies. ...

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1.0 Introduction "Imitating others is the kind of reasoning that Nintendo tries to avoid" – Satoru Iwata, Nintendo The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii U™ and Wii™ h...

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