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The movie is based on the true story of two British athletes competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Englishman Harold Abrahams, who is Jewish, overcomes anti-Semitism and class prejudice in order to compete against the "Flying Scotsman", Eric Liddell, in the 100 me Opening in 1919 England, Harold Abrahams enters Cambridge University, where he meets with anti-Semitism from the staff, but enjoys participating in the Gilbert and Sullivan theatre club. He becomes the first person to ever…

published Letter to my Daughter. Thru out all this she continued to receive awards and medals, such as the Lincoln Medal, awarded to her in 2008. This is given to people who, “illuminate or reflect Lincoln’s legacy of leadership, service, humanity, wisdom, eloquence and vision in their body of work, accomplishments or personal attributes” (Lincoln n.d.). The highest civilian award in the United States is the Medal of Freedom, which President Obama bestowed onto her at age 83. Dr. Angelou has…

A serial killer is a person who commits a series of murders often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic predictable behavior pattern. According to the FBI a serial killer is somebody who murders over three or more people within a month with an emotional cooling off period in between. Robert Lee Yates born on May 27, 1952 is an American serial killer from Washington. From the years 1996 to 1998 Yates murder over 13 women. Oh 13 woman were prostitutes working on E…

drinking their products to winning an Olympic gold medal, to me the product has no relationships or connections to the Olympic Games. This made me think, why do corporate sponsors align themselves with sports? From watching the Coca Cola 's Gold Feeling commercial, it is clear that the brand wants its name to be seen by the ever increasing audience of the Olympic Games and what better way to do this by comparing the drink to the feeling of winning a gold medal. I believe that the reason that…

Daniel Brown’s The Boys in the Boat chronicles the journey of Joseph Rantz and the other members of the University of Washington Rowing team in its quest for a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. Joseph Rantz was born on March 31, 1914, in Spokane Washington. Rantz had a rough childhood growing up without his birth mother and having to adapt to his ever-changing situation, whether it be living with an aunt that he has never known or getting along with his step-mother who shows no affection for him…

at Purdue and eventually went on to compete in the Olympics. He was never defeated throughout his Olympic career (1900-1908). In fact, up until 2012 when Michael Phelps won his 10th and 11th individual event gold medals, Ray held the record for the most Olympic individual event gold medals (10).…

The America I believe is free. The america i believe in will protect and serve when needed most. America is a great and large country that has about 324,753,344 people living here. America has the third most amount of people of the entire world! If you ask me america is one of the strongest countries in the world, when we are with our allies, we are unstoppable. The america I believe in is safe and sound, nothing is stronger than the forces of the United States of American Military defending…

I have been employed and retired from the Army. During my career I have held numerous positions, gaining executive-level experience within this organization. Most recently I served as a Faculty Instructor and Course Director at the US Army War College. This institution prepares selected military, civilian, and international leaders for the responsibilities of strategic leadership, educates current and future leaders on the development and employment of land-power in a joint, multinational and…

The Marine Corps shows more than 40 streamers, the Navy 32, and the Coast Guard uses 43, unadorned by either stars or lettering. Stars on the Marines and Navy streamers follow the practice initiated during the World War II period for ribbons and medals—that is, a bronze service star for each action, and a silver star in lieu of five bronze stars. The Navy applies stars to appropriate ribbons throughout its history, whereas the Marine Corps uses stars to commemorate service starting from 1900.…

The stolen valor act is an act that made it a crime to make false claims about receiving many types of military awards. It also establishes fines and prision sentences as its punishment. In the New York v Sullivan case Sullivan was convicted of giving false information about police. However, the court overruled and said that Sullivan unknowingly gave the false adive and that in order for him to be convicted he had to act with malice. Unlike this next case In the Abel Fields case I believe that…