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    In the fascinating novel Ready Player One, Cline displays an ugly world that relies on an virtual reality game, OASIS. Wade Watts, the protagonist, is an ordinary kid who later in the story becomes a multi-billionaire because of his success in the LIU-2 Halliday’s Easter Egg hunt. In the very beginning of the book Wade explains, A new subculture was born, composed of the millions of people now devoted every free moment of their lives to searching for Halliday’s egg. At first, these individuals…

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    repeated impacts to football players cause permenant brain damage known as CTE. Prior to this, there was speculation by several doctors that the long term effects of repeated mild concussions cause by the game was unknown. The National Football League took a long time to begin taking serious action for player safety. Compared the football played decades ago, players are much safer now. Still though the National Football League is not doing enough to ensure the safety of it’s players. One area in…

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    common image for all soccer players is not true since goalkeepers have their own separate look. Significant differences have been noted in physiological requirements, such as body characteristics and performance test results, and nutritional intake of goalkeepers and field players. Understanding the influence of playing position on dietary intake, body composition and soccer-specific fitness tests is essential in knowing the overall differences in goalkeepers and field players. Body composition…

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    especially NBA players are harshly criticized of their high salaries because many people feel what they do does not amount to what they are being paid. They feel NBA players aren’t contributing enough to be paid on that magnitude. Many people can’t stand that NBA players are paid millions while teachers, doctors, lawyers, or other professions are making nothing compared to them. Many strongly feel that NBA players do nothing more than play a ball game. However, there is a lot that NBA players do…

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    In his stunning book Ready Player One, Kline explores a world with a true alternative reality and takes us on the same ride. The story follows Wade, an 18 year old boy whos only true happiness is the OASIS- the aforementioned alternate reality system. The plot twists and turns unexpectedly as Halliday, creator of the OASIS, dies, leaving a world wide contests in his wake. The rules are as follows: whoever clears the 3 gates set up and obtains all the keys to open these gates, will inherit…

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    were the best team in the league, and we were determined that we weren’t going to lose to our rivals in one of the biggest games of the year. It was a tied ball game, and one of the players on the Yankees named Levi came up to bat. Levi was a tall, strong, extremely cocky, but I will say, he is a really good baseball player. Some people would say that he is too big for his britches. It took him a couple pitches to get used to the pitcher and after that he got a hit and got on base. Once Levi got…

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    Most people believe tennis player were introverted/quiet people but some of the matches I went to involved some of the players being very vocal. One match in particular involves a player who would scream every time he hit a bad shot and he would always refer to himself in the third person. He would also argue with his coach every time that he went to talk to him. Another match that I went to involved a player who always screamed at himself also. He would throw his hat down when he made bad shots…

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    Americans have praised professional baseball players that served in World War II, others have said professional baseball players used their fame or position in baseball to serve in the war but avoid combat and have an easy life in the military. Contribution of professional baseballers in World War II has been debated for decades. Baseball players did effectively contribute to…

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    up a stick, that I had a future and I would need to work extremely hard to become the best player I could be. Although I was not able to catch or throw my first time practicing, I kept pushing myself and evolved into the strong player I am today. After a surprising moment during my sophomore year of high school, my love for lacrosse was never the same and the respect I have for the sport and other players has grown immensely. As I continue to…

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    Easy steps on how to become a professional soccer player how to become a pro soccer player, soccer training To be an expert in any sport requires a lot of practice and passion. If you are dedicated to learning it, you would no longer remain an amateur in it. All this holds true for soccer too. It is not something that can happen only in childhood. It can happen even in your teens and for that matter, at any time of your life. What it takes is a bit of conviction, hard work and some luck perhaps…

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