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    In the 1970s the NBA was a parity it had all players to be treated equally. The 70s had a mixture of great players that were striving to be one of the best and they did accomplish that by becoming great in their respected teams. All decades past and present have their teams. The 1950s had the Minneapolis Lakers dominating most of that decade. The 1960s had been dominated by the Boston Celtics led by the great Bill Russell winning eleven championships with the Celtics. The 80s was dominated by two

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    Physical. Violent. Ruthless. These are all words that can describe the 1980s Detroit Pistons team. At the time, the NBA was very physical with imposing big men and low scoring games. The players on the Bad Boys not only symbolized basketball at the time but the world during the 1980s. Players such as Dennis Rodman, Isiah Thomas, and Joe Dumars may gain recognition but players like John Salley, Bill Laimbeer, and Rick Mahorn were all important cogs to how the Bad Boys changed and influenced basketball

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    I am a recent graduate and licensed attorney from the University of Iowa College of Law and I am writing to apply for your open Assistant County Attorney position in the Woodbury County Attorney’s Office. During law school I gained extensive legal experience in Iowa with a focus on criminal law. I worked in the Des Moines Adult Public Defender’s Office, which gave me valuable insight into how criminal defense attorneys approach a case. More recently, I worked in the Linn County Attorney’s Office

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    Nba Persuasive Essay

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    Insert your rough draft here: The NBA is a national sport that is gaining traction rapidly. Previously, the NBA surpassed the MLB in becoming the second most popular sport and surprisingly, catching up to the NFL.”12 years in and the one and done's have shaped the face of college basketball.”(Griffin)It started in 2006 when the NBA passed a rule saying players out of high school had to be one year removed from high school in order to enter the draft and since then players have done a lot of different

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    The Kansas Health Institute executive summary for Racial and Ethnic Minority Health Disparities in Kansas (2016) revealed the state findings resemble national findings for racial and ethnic health disparities. The distinct concern for the African-American population consist of an earlier death rate for those diagnosed with diabetes. However, despite the initiatives to improve minority health disparities, Kansas continues to fall short of achieving the goals for improvement in care (Kansas Health Institute

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    Future Choice Analysis

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    For these criterion, I ranked each of my alternatives accordingly. For tuition, I found that the best choices for me based on that criteria would be either CU Boulder or Mines. Both of these schools have generally the same tuition, and both are the lowest out of my choices. The lowest ranked choice is MIT for this criteria, due to the fact that it is over $70,000 to attend for a tuition year. The other choices generally ranged from $40,000-$50,000. For the criteria of the size of the campus, I found

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    Best NBA Teams

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    NBA arenas have statically been found to have an overwhelmingly humongous effect on the outcome of games than folks have actually had the keenness to observe. When over 20,000 fans converse with players on a court, the tone in which they speak to or at a player may determine the fluctuations of a team’s chemistry, grit and composure. A formidable opponent maybe booed out of his composure and make simultaneous wrong moves while a timid player maybe cheered into making very daring and creative moves

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    APA Scandal

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    Some But Not All In the Toronto Star Newspaper editorial “Send in the psychologists to study the psychologists” (2015), Rick Salutin asserts that the American Psychological Association (APA) conspired with the Department of Defense (DOD) to allow and participate in the torturing of detainees for their own selfish motivations and had they been objective scientists, they would have recognized the phenomenology of torture (2015). Salutin addresses the recent scandal involving the APA and some members

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    The word athletics comes from the Greek word “athlos,” and it means “contest” or “task.” The two articles, “The Effect of IAAF Kids Athletics on the Physical Fitness and Motivation of Elementary School Students in Track and Field” by Blatsis Petros, et. al., and “Sport Psychology: the Ultimate Spring Board of Excellence” by Jitendra Mohan, are both written in different sub disciplines of athletics, and therefore, the purposes of the articles differ. The articles are based on the similar topics, but

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    Celebrity Apprentice", recently joined the American Diabetes Association in its movement to Stop Diabetes by raising awareness about diabetes this November for American Diabetes Month. Bret will serve as the "Face of Diabetes" by helping the Association kick-off the month with various activities and is featured in a public service announcement campaign that he helped produce. Bret says it is an honor to once again be working with the American Diabetes Association," said Bret. "As someone with type 1

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