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    Infamous serial killer John Wayne Gacy was born on March 17, 1942, in Chicago, Illinois. He was the son of John Stanley Gacy and Marion Elaine Robinson. Gacy and his siblings grew up with a drunken father who would beat his children if he believed they had misbehaved in someway. Gacy's father also physically assaulted his mother, the only person that truly showed affection for Gacy. Gacy's sister Karen, when interviewed on Oprah, said that the siblings learned to“toughen up against the beatings”…

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    News headlines have sprung up around the nation this fall with reports of people dressed as clowns scaring and attacking civilians. No matter the crude intent of these actions, the real killer clown has already honked his horn to the world; John Wayne Gacy, also known as, “The Clown Killer”, murdered 33 teenage boys in his Cook County, Illinois home from 1972 to 1978. Luring them into his home with the promise of job opportunities or pornographic pictures, Gacy raped and strangled his victims…

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    John Wayne Gacy was a notorious serial killer known for murdering young men and boys in his own home and then burying them in his crawl space. Gacy was also known for dressing up as a clown to entertain children, an action that would earn him the name of Killer Clown. Gacy wasn’t all bad though. He was good father, did charitable work, and was even involved in politics. However, many say that no amount of good he did could make up for the men and boys he murdered. Despite what Gacy did, he was…

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    Southwest Airlines Co. (SWA), the model for spending upstarts all over the place, has turned into the biggest local carrier in the United States, by number of travelers conveyed. More than 70 million travelers fly SWA every year to around 60 goals around the nation. Travelers have found that Southwest 's absolute bottom valuing makes right around another type of transportation, more in rivalry with the vehicle than different aircrafts. They will spurn in-flight dinners, things exchanges, and…

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    Top 3 athletes of all time. First I will talk about Wayne gretzky, then I will talk about Michael Jordan, and finally I will be talking about Roger Federer. Off to the locker room! #1. Wayne gretzky. Wayne Gretzky was born Jan 26 1961 in Bradford, Ontario. He has many awards! He has 31. A couple of them are the Hart Trophy and the Art Ross trophy. Gretzky played in the NHL for 22 seasons!! As of 2015 Gretzky still holds 60 records! Gretzky is so good they retired his number (#99) all around…

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    the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2007. Starting from a young age, Crosby was able to skate due to his father also being in the NHL. By the time he was a sophomore in high school, his numbers had skyrocketed and “gained attention from ice hockey legend Wayne Gretzky.” (“Sidney Crosby” 1). Crosby also played with several Canadian junior teams and was named the star of them all. He finally made it to the World Juniors and scored as the youngest Canadian player. Crosby…

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    This is the great sport of hockey there are a few things that I will be talking about hockey. One is the history of hockey so being like all of the players all of the teams all of the stanley cup finals (the championships of hockey). Also great hockey players so players that were really good and made a difference in hockey. The last one being great hockey records so like different records from back then that havent been broken yet even until this day. When you get to know a lot about hockey…

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    touchdowns, which is one of the best years the NFL has ever seen. The next major point that makes greats, greats is what they do on the court in the terms of their competitiveness, and the legacy that they left on the court, field, diamond, or rink. Competitiveness and attitude are not the same thing but they are sometimes linked together for some reason, the definition of competitiveness is to have a strong desire to compete or to succeed and in my opinion the athletes that have a competitive…

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    In the NHL it is not prohibited for two players to have a fist fight mid game and some people believe this should not be happening because there are kids watching therefore exposing them to violence. There are many reasons that these fights occur, such as retaliation, intimidation, and deterrence but some people argue these are not good reasons to assault another player. Statistics have shown that fighting has no benefit and according to the NHL’s stats, the teams with the least amount of…

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    The reason is that she is not a professional golfer. Her name is Paulina Gretzky, daughter of the legendary hockey player Wayne Gretzky. She has no golf experience under her belt, and has never even hit a golf ball before. The closest connection she has to golf is that she is engaged to 6 time winner on the PGA Tour Dustin Johnson. Although she isn’t a…

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