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    admirable rivalry between two tennis players due to the fact that they are sisters. These tennis godesses played each other 24 times, Serena taking the lead by 14-10 over her sister. Eight of their confrontations came in the finals of Grand Slam tournaments and Serena leads here as well by having six wins over Venus. Venus was the number one ranked player in February 2002 and…

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    Bo Ira Stille Prairie meadows scholarship #1 8 Feb. 2018 Scholarship “To have things that you have always wanted, you have to do things you have never done”-unknown. Being able to get this scholarship would mean the world to me. Having the money help put me where I want to go in college which would be great, but being able to say that the money came from Prairie Meadows would be the best part. Prairie Meadows has always been right down the street from me. And I would go there alot as a kid,…

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    Life during the medieval period was either great or very difficult. This depended on a person's family history and their classification. Ruling, clergy, middle, and peasant were the four main types of classifications during the medieval times. People in the ruling and the clergy class usually had the best of everything, so their lives were great. Life was very difficult for the middle- class people and the peasants. Most of them did not have much at all. Many peasants would go days without…

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    As a knight, Perceval was well aware there were hard rules and soft rules when it came to knighthood. Hard rules were those outlined in the Knight’s Code, those of honor, chivalry, and dedication, and those had to be adhered to unfailingly. But, over time, knights had created soft rules, ones about how to manage families and friendships. And the first soft rule was that when it came to a knight’s wife, he never expressed nerves or doubt about an impending battle, and he did not breathe a word…

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    …….The knight lite of the past…… It was the duty of a Middle Ages Knight to learn how to fight and so serve their liege Lord according to the Code of Chivalry. Under their armor, the knights wore padding to ease the pain of wearing such heavy metal. In the early years, knights wore chainmail. These were metal chains linked together. It took about five years to make body armor out of mail. The covering for their chests and arms weighed between 20 and 30 pounds and sometimes had up to 200,000…

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    When you think of a warrior, you think of someone who is brave, strong, and dressed in full, heavy armor. You think of someone who is determined and ready to go out and defeat anyone to protect their liberties. In Canterbury Tales, Chaucer describes a medieval knight as someone who overcomes many obstacles in order to become the warrior he is. Knights are a part of the medieval times, and no other name but “knight” can be used to identify them. To become a knight, you had to begin training…

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    Albeit there are numerous components, the fundamental ones are its steadfastness to the master, and to safeguard the congregation. In medieval Europe, knights were warriors who served a master or vassal. They excessively took after a code of conduct, called Chivalry. The fundamental components of gallantry were bravery in fight, unwaveringness to ruler, liberality to weak, protect the congregation, and to champion a woman. Albeit there are numerous components, the fundamental ones are its…

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    Explain how a “tournament” or “winner take all” labor market works. Why would a street-level drug dealer be willing to accept low pay and poor working conditions? The “tournament” or “winner take all” labor market is where the laborer comes in at an entry level position at standard wages in the hope to make it to the top. The labor must prove themselves by working long hours and better than above average to succeed or move ahead. When the worker can prove they are the best worker they have…

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    I never thought that I would miss a tournament but I did. It was a cold winter day, showing up to the school getting on the scale. Figuring out I was overweight made me mad at myself. Anyways, I ended up going to the tournament with them. I was the only one overweight which I knew there was a big possibility of me not wrestling. As everyone showed up to check their weight, I was the only one that didn’t make it. I figured I would still go with just in case there would be somewhere I could…

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    A TV producer is hired to manage a major golf tournament that will make him rich, but he has to convince his friend, a former golf pro, to join the tournament and then throw the game. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: ARLO CONNOR (33) is a TV Producer in the field of reality TV. When businessman EMMERSSON DINKLEY (50’s) offers Arlo a job managing his golf tournament, Arlo isn’t interested until he realizes he can make a lot of money. There’s one stipulation: Arlo needs to convince his friend, BOOMER, a…

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