The Contest

puts forth many candidates to contest in winning a nomination, or be on the ballot in the general. It is imperative that a presidential candidate rallies and excited the grassroots of their prospective parties, since they make the majority of voters. An example of this would be the 2008 Democratic Primary. “The 2008 primary campaign was also historic. On the Democratic side, the field narrowed quickly to pit Barack Obama against Hillary Clinton. A sometimes bitter contest between Obama and…

Claiming that the contest was fueling moral decay. The city even tried to make it harder by enforcing their own rules and restrictions. But neither of those really changed anything. Reporters from around the world came to record the events (Annual Bourbon Street Awards).…

past four games, where they will face top-ranked Rescue Rangers (11-2). The Quack Pack rushing attack finished with 292 yards while holding the Dark Dynasty (7-6) to 92 yards on the ground. The Ducks held the ball for more than 37 minutes of the contest and converted 8-of-16 on third down. Tailspin…

Before Oprah Winfrey was born, her mom’s sister, Ida, decided to name her Orpah. Her name was found in a famous book called the Bible. The hospital Winfrey was born in spelled her name wrong on the birth certificate. When Oprah Winfrey was a young child, her Grandmother always encouraged her to be the best she could be. Winfrey’s grandmother had always read her different bible passages. One day, Winfrey decided to start memorizing scriptures with confidence. At the Kosciusko’s Baptist…

“sport” is mentioned, people immediately think of the activities such as bowling, tennis, basketball, football, etc. but why don’t people recall sports based on the literary definition? A sport, as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to specific set of rules and compete against each other.” This idea of competitive chess being considered a “sport” fits the literary definition of being a sport, but not the…

In later times she was important as a goddess of wisdom. Athena was also a guardian of cities, notably Athens, where the Parthenon was erected as her temple. In a contest with Poseidon concerning dominian over Attica, Athena made an olive tree to grow in the Acropolis while Poseidon caused a saltwater stream to gush from the Acropolis." (Baker) Athena in her early days was born out of her fathers head because she was…

Introduction Human resource practices in the Hospitality industry are vast. These practices shape and promote a company's organizational culture and determines the quality of relationships and interactions between the managers and the employees. A review of company HR practices provides useful information as to the structure and design of its daily communications. HR manager's background and perspective HR in the Red Lobster is not just about the handling the daily routines of the restaurant…

“fashion discourses to forge self-defining social distinctions and boundaries to construct narratives of personal history” (Thompson and Haytko 1997:16), but also, and most importantly, to “transform and […] contest conventional social categories” (ibid.). It has exactly this impact, to contest conventional and social categories, when Crisp, a biological male, enters the public sphere in women’s clothes and thereby not only questions but also challenges the norm and social expectations of what…

games were held in Olympia in 776 B.C. They were named the Olympics after Zeus’ home, Mount Olympus. The first contests included shot put, javelin, and the long jump. However, these games have evolved, and now include sports such as basketball, volleyball, and swimming. If it were not for Zeus’ contributions, the Olympic Games would not exist today. Besides an international sporting contest, Zeus has influenced the modern world by what he symbolizes. Power, strength, and dominance are what a…

Writing and reading fanfiction isn't just something you do; it's a way of thinking critically about the media you consume, of being aware of all the implicit assumptions that a canonical work carries with it, and of considering the possibility that those assumptions might not be the only way things have to be. . . . Fanfiction is about exercising this choice. In doing this, fanfiction is breaking new ground, but it's also trying to retake ground that was lost centuries ago. (Jamison and…