National language

near the National Mall. This monument is to remember the 1964 Civil Rights Act that Martin Luther had a big role in. He was one of the most well-known leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. He was a Baptist Minister and social activist who fought for equal rights and influenced the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The same year, he also received the Noble Peace Prize. In 1968, he was shot and killed at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. His birthday on January 15, 1929, is recognized as a national…

All Elizabethan sports tended to include an element of gaming and gambling. Billiards is a forerunner to the Pool played today and in the Elizabethan era, they gambled while playing this game. Elizabethan sports during that era are very similar to the games that are played today. Although Elizabethan era sports can be a lot rougher and bloodier, they are almost the same as some modern day sports. Elizabethan sports had more of a brutal aspect in them while modern day sports have a skilled and…

loved sports so much is that there were no limits to how long or at what time or day it was. He when he went to college he was the first UCLA student to earn a letter in four sports then he left before graduating to work at the National Youth Administration. The National Youth Administration shut down a year later and when it did since his favorite…

Jackie Robinson is so famous because he was the first African American baseball player in the mlb. Jackie Robinson some will argue had the biggest break through of all-time in sports. Many did not like Jackie coming into the league he had fans scream hurtful things , pitchers throw at his head, and even had a player step on his had when he slid into first base. But through all of the hate Jackie never gave up. Jack Roosevelt was born on January 31 1919 in Cairo Georiga. Jackie robinson was a…

The film “Stormbreaker” wouldn’t be such a great action and adventure film without the interesting characters, the quest and a sense of danger. Stormbreaker wouldn’t be such a good action and adventure film without interesting characters. In “Stormbreaker” the plot and the characters take a big chunk out of the movie as most of the dialogue is done by characters, so, you NEED interesting character for an action and adventure movie like Stormbreaker. Evidence for this is in when the movie…

As the clock ticks, I wait anxiously for it to hit 3:23 P.M. All I could think about was football practice. My first game is tomorrow and I am overwhelmed with excitement. Forgetting to pay attention in class the teacher calls on me saying “Sabin, what does the m stand for in y=mx+b?”, me being clueless I look at my notes. Being lucky, another student answers saying “m is slope”. As the bell rings, the teacher comes up to me saying “Next time pay attention instead of looking at the clock, time…

National Strategies of the United States There are five different pieces of doctrine that govern the unified direction of Armed Forces. As outlined in Joint Publication (JP) 1, they are the National Strategic Direction, National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, GEF, and the National Response Framework. I will discuss the first three as they apply to national security and the defense of the nation. These three reports define the future of the strategic, operational, and tactical…

Friday by uniamous vote. The superstar is the youngest baseball player to ever win the NL MVP in this fashion. His outstanding season is marked by a .330/.460/.649 slash line at the plate. Despite the disapointing end to a promising season for the Nationals, voters remained loyal to Harper’s fabulous season. Harper garnered all first place votes on his way to earn 420 total points. The MVP runner-up was Paul Goldschmidt who received 186 less points than Harper. Other NL MVP contenders, Joey…

Million Dollar Arm is the kind of sports movie that crams everything subject-specific into quick-cut montages to make room for maudlin drama and fish-out-of-water comedy—a baseball flick where no one is actually shown playing baseball. It offers plenty of sideline pleasures—like seeing Jon Hamm do his disaffected Don Draper stare while watching Susan Boyle’s performance on Britain’s Got Talent—and a gaping hole in its center. Into this hole it tosses redemption arcs, romantic comedy cutesiness,…

‘Stormbreaker’ by Anthony Horowitz is a novel of spy fiction and is evidently an adequate example of spy fiction for many reasons. Some of which include: The protagonist’s gadgets, the revelation of the antagonist’s entire master plan, and the protagonist saving the day with mere moments to spare. In Horowitz’s novel of spy fiction contains many gadgets unique to his novel, as Alex Rider’s gadgets may appear to be ordinary products and items a teenage boy would own, like most spy’s gadgets are,…