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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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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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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" 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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If "I feel desire, I will make music"(line 5), desiring an anonymous woman in a "blue silk" dress (line 7). ... Water is representative of comfort, peace, and calm, although the idyll of Susanna's bath is broken by her yearning for "melody" (line 23). ... As she walks, she is interrupted by a crashing cymbal "Amid roaring horns" (line 40); this return to music represents the encroachment of desire upon her haven, specifically, her seduction by the elders. With a succession of medium-fast rhyming couplets that propel the poem to its finish impermanen...

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(London 224) This line is a powerful foreshadowing of the terrible events to come. ... After the man finishes his lunch he starts to get up and finish the rest of his journey. ... (London 239) This line shows great strength in the dog's instincts for survival and that to the dog, the man was nothing more than another survival tool. ...

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Although the last line is abrupt, it finishes off the poem very profoundly. In the first part of the last line, the boy realizes how small the box is that his brother lies in "A four foot box." In the last part of the last line, the boy realizes how young his brother was to face death "a foot for every year."This last line sums up the poem and the realization of the speaker very well. ...

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Negative reinforcement may be that a student who has not finished their homework, be made to finish the homework in class after school with the teacher. ... (Classical Conditioning, p.1) In the case of teaching third grade students, a teacher may blow the whistle every time she wants the students to line up. ... So anytime the students hear a whistle, they line up. ...

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The passing between the various rooms communicates Dickinson's attitude that there is only a fine line that separates life from death for humans. ... "A blame that others could exist while she must finish quiet." ... This line speaks of the living people's jealousy that with her death, the friend no longer must deal with the emotions of life. ...

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The second line finishes off by saying "Love is not love." ... The firs line calls it an "ever-fixed mark" unchanging. The second line says love is not shaken by temptation. ... This line compares love to the North Star for a ship (bark). ... The second part of the first line and the second line says, although time can affect beauty it will not affect love. ...

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Character Counts When it comes to keeping long term goals I always seem to come up short. After ending my Boy Scout carrier of over ten years without my Eagle Scout badge I realized how unaccountable for goals I am. The whole idea behind Scouting is to turn a kid into a man by making him more re...

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Point Blanc in supposedly a finishing school for boys around the age of 14 and of extremely wealthy parents who can afford to fork out 10,000 a term. ... It has a really mysterious story line, if you"re into that kind of book. ...

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Frost then finishes off with a romantic stanza as he rhymes all of the last words this time around. Also, his use of repetition in the line "and miles to go before I sleep" makes that idea that much more strong. ...

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The Grand Old Duke of York. He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill. And he marched them down again. And when they were up, they were up. And when they were down, they were down. And when they were only half way up, They were neither up nor down. I w...

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Macbeth finishes the deed and kills Duncan. ... When Macbeth has Macduff's family slaughtered, he reaches the height of the evil within himself; "Seize upon Fife, give to the edge o" the sword his wife, his babes and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line" He does this out of what seems to be spite because there is really no gain in killing Macduff's family since it is Macduff himself who is the problem.Yet this act of Macbeth's proves to do nothing morethan fuel the fires of Macduff's righteous rage. ...

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In the last scene of Strangers on a Train, Guy is going to play a tennis match that he has to finish as soon as possible in order to go to Metcalf before sunset when, with help of darkness, Bruno intends to leave Guy's lighter on the island as evidence of guilt. ... In fact, they will follow him to the amusement park where already there is Bruno waiting in line to rent a boat to go to the island. ...

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I turned my head, and to my surprise there were two shelves lined with male Beta fish. ... According to Pets Keepers Guide, you should only feed your fish enough for it to finish its portion within a one minute period. ... Again, the best guideline is to give enough food for the fish to finish within one minute. ... Finish dumping the rest of the water out over some type of strainer. ... Over-feeding can kill the fish, so only feed enough for the fish to finish within one minute. ...

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