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    The Mirabal sisters greatly honored and recognized as heroines in the dominican republic and in other parts in the world.They are symbols of courage,love,and sacrifice.They spoke out against trujillo.They were thought to be beaten to death by trujillos people then put in jeep and ran off a cliff.Six months later trujillo's was assassinated and ended his evil dictatorship.there is now on november 25th international day against violence against women. Minerva was the second youngest of the…

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    lot of the political issues that were faced during this time when Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla became president in Argentina in 1976, which influenced this story. In this story there are some ominous things…

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    year, with 35 years. He won his first Grand Slam in 2003 with only 21 years and was the Wimbledon. This is the first Grand Slam that exists and is the one that Federer won more times with seven. The second player with more Grand Slams is Rafael Nadal with 14. Nadal was the one who played the final against Federer this year and they have played a lot of finals between them.…

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    Over the weekend, Andy Murray won his third Grand Slam and second Wimbledon title, defeating next generation of tennis member Milos Raonic. The match was a fairly routine three-set victory (6-4, 7-6, 7-6) for Murray, who never seemed in jeopardy of losing the meeting. Raonic entered Sunday’s Wimbledon men’s final playing at a tremendously high level, fresh off the greatest win of his career, a five-set victory over arguably the greatest tennis player of all time, Roger Federer. In the semifinal…

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    Despite constantly sitting under the hot sun, they keep the enthusiasm alive. However, a crazy fan once left 16-time grand slam champion, Rafael Nadal startled (read: awkward) by asking for marriage. It happened during 2012 Australian Open when Rafa was playing his match against Lukas Lacko. The fan yelled out a quirky marriage proposal to the King of Clay leaving commentators and spectators…

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    but not as much experience as I would have liked. Since I am an avid tennis competitor and compete on a national level I have had the opportunity to see some of the sports legends. I have seen some of the sport’s greatest modern talents such as Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. Yet, I only saw them from a distance and didn’t communicate with them but I did recieve the once-in-a-lifetime chance to talk to one of the most controversial but successful coaches of all time named Nick…

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    Closed Disappearance

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    I read an article about tennis stances that was written by a tennis couch in Japan. He strongly stated that the player who used proper tennis stance could control the game. For example, Rafael Nadal and Lleyton Hewitt are pro tennis players who are especially good at using footwork in a game. They use appropriate stances when they return the ball, so they seem to run very fast and can cover wide range of the court. In the article, he introduced four kinds of stances and when should we use.…

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    the oldest US Open champion in the Open Era and pushed her career prize money past $50 million.By winning the championship Williams became the first woman to win more than ten million dollars in a season and with her total of $12,385,572, only Rafael Nadal, in 2013 and Novak Djokovic, in 2011, 2012 and 2013, have earned more money in a single season. In conclusion, Serena has been successful since the age of 3 and is continually getting everything she has worked and put her mind into.I state…

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    no objection to that belief. Also, according to Bordo male models have “face-off masculinity”, but nowadays many female models have that strong intense stare in which she considers “face-off masculinity”. The TH Bold ad includes a picture of Rafael Nadal,…

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    During summer break I participated in some tournaments to put my skills to the real test. “Rafael Nadal,” I heard my name being called at the front desk. My opponent stood at a towering 6 foot, a strong guy with brown hair, we were given three tennis balls. I fought hard in the match but I was nothing compared to the guy I faced, I realized I would…

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