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    Michelangelo Pieta Essay

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    195 cm (68.5 in × 76.8 in). This sculpture was one of his most renowned pieces of work and it became the strongest launch of his career unlike any of his previous work. The orginal intended use of this sculpture was to go inside of the chapel at Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and is still housed there to this day. Though intially set as a religious piece in the late 1400's early 1500's, it is now a symbolic testament of the creations from Michelangelo. After leaving Florence where he had…

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    Chapter 12 Assignment #5 12.6, 12.7 (Ryan Cho, Period Three APEC) Terms: John Wycliff, John Hus, Nepotism, Leo X, St. Peter’s Basilica. 1. John Wycliff was an English philosopher, reformer, and professor at Oxford University. He was born in 1331 and died in 1384. One of the reasons why Wycliffe became a big name in European countries because he opposed the clergy, which was central to a powerful role in England. He then went on and then attacked the luxury and pomp of local parishes and their…

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    Derek Jeter Role Model

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    Derek Jeter Derek Jeter, one of the greatest captions or even baseball players of all time. He has set so many MLB records. They were mostly set by Babe Ruth if that tells you something about Derek Jeter. He was also a great man off the field never got in trouble for illegal drugs. This is one of many of my role models. What makes Derek Jeter devoted is he had have five times that his team that he lead won the World Series. He has also lead the Yankees in hits, doubles, games played,…

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    “If you lose military people during a military operation; it’s sad and it’s tragic, but they’re professionals doing a job… But you’re taking someone who’s not a professional and it happened to be that mission that got lost- it added to the shock.” said Chiao, a former astronaut. The shuttle Challenger had gone into space nine times before this mission. All nine of those missions had launched and landed properly without any trouble, so they were not expecting this shock. The Challenger shuttle…

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    I am not a creative person. When we were told about the project and that we had to come up with an idea to draw or create our own ceiling tile, I was not too excited. However, I knew that I had to come up with something since this was a giant part of my final grade. I sat there thinking while everyone else had already basically come up with an idea. Then it hit me, why don't I do it about something I love and have a passion for and that was, baseball. I decided I was going to draw the team's…

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    This piece of writing is going to talk about baseball. But in more depth it will tell the reader about books written about baseball. Also it will tell the reader about a Theory to when baseball was invented. Also it will tell the reader about New rules and old rules of baseball. And a little about baseball today. Don’t see thesis statement. Body paragraph 1: There are many theories to when baseball was invented. The fantastic sport of baseball has an undecided invention date although there…

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    Essay On Cy Young

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    Cy Young: An Ohio Landmark Cy Young, as we all know, was one of the best baseball players to walk this earth. Unfortunately, many people do not know that his memorial is in Newcomerstown Ohio. His memorial offers a beautiful view of the sunset on a clear day. I have visited this myself. Cy is most known for his great pitching. He started playing baseball in Newcomerstown. That is why he is buried there. Because of his perfect games and the no hitters he pitched, there has been an award named in…

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    Todd Beamer Bravery

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    Bravery dares to fight something that is bigger than you. Bravery comes in many ways such as standing up to someone or something, having the courage to withstand certain obstacles in life, and never giving up without a fight. To begin with, standing up to someone takes a lot of courage especially if the person is stronger than that person. For example, Todd Beamer was a passenger on United Airlines flight 93 that was hijacked and headed for the U.S. Capitol. At a point of Flight 93…

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    The game of baseball is a complete team sports; without the help of others it is nearly impossible to succeed. Similarly, life works in almost the same exact way baseball does. In her article Myerhoff’s states, “We are born and die alone, ultimately unique and separate, yet we are unable to survive without our fellows and the web of symbols and activities that bind us is one to another”( Myerhoff’s). In baseball when the batter is up to the plate they are alone, but without the help of his…

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    Before I went to the World Series, I thought it was a joke, but I guess not because on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH was where the World Series was. I was more ecstatic than ever going to the World Series. When we got there, we had to choose our seats because it was standing room only(SRO). We chose our seats in foul ball territory, just about 15 feet away from the foul pole in left field. The game started and a country band named “Locash” sang the “Star…

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