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    American South in segregated public facilities. His father; Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr supported a wife and two sons. His mother Odessa Grady Clay was a householder. At the age of twelve Ali started boxing under the tutelage of Louisville policeman Joe Martin. Ali was the first fighter to win the world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions he successfully defended his title nineteen times. He won a gold metal in the 175 pound division at the 1960 olympic game in Rome. He…

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    Thesis During the 1960’s and 70’s the United States became involved in the Vietnam War which lasted over 2 decades. This war divided American society because some wanted to fight communism and others wanted the Vietnamese people to decide for themselves. Muhammad Ali's refusal to fight in the Vietnam war highlighted the conflict in society over the Vietnam war. Ali thought it would be better to stay in jail than to go to the Vietnam war and kill innocent Vietnamese. He refused to compromise…

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    Presidency. This included the financial advisers that he chose to assist him at the beginning of his term in key areas; e.g. the accountants and financial advisors, his choice to elect several of his close friends to his cabinet and the selection of Joe Biden as his Vice President. First of all, when you are choosing advisers and I can say this because I’ve been a consultant for the last ten years, it’s important to keep them truly in an advisory role that doesn’t appear to over-lap into a…

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    When Representative John Boehner resigned as Speaker of the House and Congressman Paul Ryan was elected to replace him, he vowed to bring an end to gridlock in Washington D.C. Shortly after Democratic Congressman Rangel stated that he has no reason to believe that Ryan would be any more successful than John Boehner at dissolving gridlock. There are many reasons gridlock cannot be solved these include the fact that there is currently a Republican majority in the house, the design of Congress is…

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    This Ad was a Ted Cruz that aired in my home state of PA during the primaries. The Ad begins by claiming that President Obama was “A failure” and that Hillary Clinton is could be “worse”, It continues by introducing Ted Cruz as the right man for the job. Then come the campaign promises. Cruz claims that he will “Repeal Obamacare”, Grow jobs, and Destroy ISIS, then it transfers to the campaign slogan “jobs, freedom, security Ted Cruz”. The Cruz ad doesn’t take a shot at his Republican opponents…

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    Case Study: Draingo

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    DrainGo is facing significant issues with employee morale and customer satisfaction, which directly impacts the company’s bottom line. The low morale is a result of a poorly designed business model, where the tasks required of employees are not properly aligned with the skillset of these individuals. The most evident misalignment, is that of the order processing clerks, who are not properly trained to assess the complexity of each job, resulting in the improper allocation of resources to jobs.…

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    Young Cassius Clay won the Olympics in Rome when he was eighteen (Smith 33). Ali soon went on to win World Heavyweight Champion of the World. Not to forget the “Thrilla in Manilla” maybe one of the best fights of all time, and Ali beat “Smokin Joe Frazier” (Smith 104). As well as the most expensive fight against lightweight champion of the world Bob Foster who Ali beat easily. Next in a rematch with Sonny Liston, he knocked Liston out; after the knockout Ali yelled get up creating one of the…

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    “The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.” – Mike Tyson former heavy weight champion of the world. For decades boxing has been one of the most brutal and toughest sports yet it's also called the noble art and it's one of the top entertaining sports all over the world for the action it brings when two strong fighters get in the ring and give all what they've got and put everything on the line in order to win .Although it sounds cool when talking about that sport but there's an…

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    Boxing Vs Boxing Essay

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    This article is about what is boxing and who are the most famous Boxers in the world. Boxing is a martial art and combat sport that involves two people wearing boxing gloves and throw punches at each other for a certain amount of time in a boxing ring. The main point of boxing is to get more points than your opponent within the three minutes that can last about 9 to 12 rounds. After each round to get a minute to rest, get a drink of water, and then get ready for the next round. The fights are…

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    up in a segregated America, Clay did his best to stay out of trouble. It was one incident of a stolen bike that sent young Clay on his long journey to becoming the world champion of boxing. When he reported his bike stolen to a local police officer, Joe Elsby…

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