2004 Summer Paralympics

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Hovering over the submit button with a sense of relief, excitement, but also melancholy Margaret Kawarski realized her final attachment to her undergraduate career at DePaul University has come to an end. “It’s done,” said Kawarsi with a smile infused with enthusiasm and a touch of fear. “I have officially entered the real world. Wow.” For Kawarski, one of the most anticipated days of her life so far has finally come. After four years of countless hours spent in the library, sleepless nights…

The police and detectives left after that and Mary started to break down in tears. A few minutes after that she went upstairs and she started to clean out Mr.maloney's drawers. She found a note and an envelope that said DO NOT OPEN. Inside it consisted of one train ticket to New york city and 2,000 dollars. “That man was planning to run away hmph” she said “i need to call his parents” Mary was very mad that Patrick wanted to leave shame on him. “Hello william and Anna this it's more i…

"Were out here in Texas, boy. Some strained version of that parasite from a year ago has gone and killed everyone you know. Nothing left for us out there" he paused, taking a deep, labored breath sounding almost as if he was in a great amount of pain, yet trying to hold it back. "Will you let me go, please." Asher pleaded. "YOU DEAF BOY?! I DAMN TOLD Y'ER E'RY YOU KNOW IS ROTTING ON THE SIDE OF THE DAMN ROAD AND YOURE TELLING ME YOU WANT TO LEAVE?!" The doctor couhed, trying to yell…

I guess the moral of the story is it’s a small world and I’ve been a bumpy roller coaster that I unknowingly took a lot of good people on, but I’ve tore it down. I know now you’ve been flying above watching the whole time waiting for me to get to the right place and hop off though. You tried to get me there once and I stumbled because I didn’t have to tools or strength, I was put in a padded room surrounded my everyone from family friends to coworkers and strangers (its not paranoia). Once you…

The Forest Cult It’s late, I’m running. Sprinting away from something don’t know the likes of. At this anonymous forest, heart pumping, feet are numb, I feel like my body is about to get annihilated. I check my phone “Wow, it’s already 2 am”. My phone battery is drained to the last bit, I fall into a deep sleep, and suddenly, all hope has disappeared. November of 2009: “Hey,” she says waking me from my half-asleep and half-awake state “Want a drink?”. “Sure,” I say, signaling a bartender to get…

A beam of sunlight trickled into the room, somehow managing to find a gap on the thick black curtains hanging dangerously on the wall. It hit my skin, burning with excruciating pain. I pulled my hand out the way, noticing how pale it had become. I could already feel the thirst for blood developing inside, and my heartbeat was all I could focus on. The steady pumping of blood around my veins, so... I sat upright before I could finish the thought. I ran my tongue along the top of my teeth, feeling…

Although it used to be thought as a pride for the host country to hold the Olympic Games, the consideration whether the cost of the Olympic Games outweighs the actual benefits brought to the host country is becoming increasingly more common among the public (has raised increasingly more public attention) throughout the world.This essay is going to discuss about the cost and benefits that the host country may obtain by holding the Olympic Games. The negative influence caused by the Olympics may…

Started in Olympia, Greece in 1896, the quadrennial mega-event, namely the Olympic Games, has been widely spread in all around the world to draw attention among people with the sense of competition in sports. Today, the Olympic Games does not only represents the spirit of sport, but the emblem of global attention as well as achieving the world city status. The Olympic Games has certainly benefited the host cities from growing its place market, enhancing urban regeneration (Essex, 2000) and the…

This book is about Usain bolt's life so far. It is a very unique and wonderful book with ups and downs. Usain bolt is born Jamaica. Winning junior championships since he was 14 years of age. He then went to the 2004 Olympics but lost because of injuries. The 2004 Olympics motivated him to train his hardest and earn 3 gold medals in the Beijing 2008 Olympics. During the 2008 Olympics he did not eat any thing much apart from chicken nuggets because he did not like the Chinese food in Beijing.…