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    Winning percentage in American Football means “a statistic that ranks teams based on their records of wins-losses. Calculations are done by dividing the number of games a team wins against the total number of games that a team played (sportingcharts.com).” This variable is important because it give indicate of overall preformation of the team. Which also has effect the on ticket sale, team moral, and investment for shareholder. The points are “the number of points scored or scored against, in…

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    proudest moments was no doubt the Battle of Vimy Ridge. In that battle, the Canadian Corps successfully captured a strategic hill overlooking a large plot of land over France (Newman 117). This battle was unique as it implemented many solutions in an effort to overcome the power of trenches, and that both British and French troops had both tried to take the ridge with little success (Foot, “Battle of Vimy Ridge”). Once the Canadian Corps was tasked to take this ridge, they came up with new ways…

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    High school kids everywhere are running around the field based on how here their coach tells them to go. Thy go into uniform and hit the football field. Every kid on there knows it's hard work and most believe this is a sport. This is marching band. Webster's dictionary defines a sport as “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.” Marching band follows each of these aspects of what is the official…

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    Biography Of Bruce Jenner

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    My famous person is Caitlyn Jenner which was formerly known as Bruce Jenner. Caitlyn came out of the closet in 2015. Bruce Jenner was born October 28, 1949 in Mount Kisco, New York to Esther and William Jenner. Esther and William had four children together, they had two girls and two boys. Bruce was always in sports. Bruce went to college at Graceland College in Iowa with a football scholarship. While playing football on his scholarship he had injured his knee and was forced to…

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    Penny Argument Analysis

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    Harvard Economist Greg Mankiw one said, "It costs the mint well more than a cent to make a penny. The solution, in my view, is to get rid of the penny." This means that the penny costs more to make than they are worth. The materials that are used in the penny are expensive and taxpayers lost millions of dollars for the production of the penny. The production of pennies should be eliminated throughout the United States. It is a big part of American history, but they cost too much to produce.…

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    The Life Story of the Ten Dollar Bill It’s a windy spring day and you have decided to buy an ice cream cone. As the employee at the ice cream cart scoops your chocolate ice cream, you search through your purse to find money that will pay for your tasty treat. The smallest bill you have is a ten dollar bill. As you pull it out of your purse, the wind takes the money out of your hand. You chase it and finally get close enough to stomp your foot on top to stop the wild chase. As you pull it…

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    due to the capturing of Juno, Sword, Omaha, Utah and Gold beaches by the Canadians, United States and British. The battle at Vimy Ridge was one of many defining moments in Canadian History because it gave Canada a sense of nationhood and dn opportunity to show leadership amongst other countries. The Battle at Vimy Ridge marked ‘the birth of a nation’ for Canada. Vimy Ridge represented the first time all four Canadian Corps fought together in the war and where they were called upon to do…

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    Are Pennies Paid Too Much

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    Standing in line and waiting for the little old lady at the front to fish the $3.62 out of her purse and hand it to the cashier is completely a waste of time, especially since exact change is a nearly impossible feat in today’s economy. Rarely would one get a total of $10.00, more common are prices like $9.34 and other inconvenient numbers. Pennies are the smallest form of U.S. Currency and are worth $0.01, or one cent. The question arises, is the penny even worth using? We should eliminate the…

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    Ban the Penny It's supposed to be good luck to find a penny and pick it up but it won't make you wealthy. According to a stat from MoneyCrashers.com if you pick up a penny taking five seconds you would earn $7.20 an hour which is under minimum wage. That just goes to show how useless pennies are. We have wasted time, effort, and our economy on pennies. And all they do is just weigh down your pocket. It is common knowledge that pennies are more expensive to produce than they are worth.…

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    In the beginning of the 21st century, the year 2000 to be exact language laws in Quebec were still ever changing nevertheless French had established its dominance and many businesses complied with bill 101 and it soon became the norm. This however would all change when a couple merchants named Gwen Simpson and Wally Hoffman, owners of a small antique store located in Montreal were hit with a massive $500 fine due to violating the language law because the English and French words on their sign…

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