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    The Emotional Appeal Utilized in Lebron James' PowerAde Commercial Introduction Advertisements have become more common and can be found in almost all locations in the society; however they vary depending on the content and the medium they use to convey the information. It can be noted that television has become one of the most influential and powerful medium since it gives both visual and hearing attributes. Television is preferred by many organizations among them being Power ads since it gives

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    The Dream Team Era During the summer of 1992, the NBA took center stage as the world watched the greatest team in sports ever assembled joke, pose, and finally play its way to the gold medal at the summer Olympic games. The team was named the "Dream Team" and it featured eleven of the NBA's best players. Names like Michael Jordan, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, and Larry Bird headlined the games and the play of Scottie Pippen and "Sir" Charles Barkley stole the show. After only eight games, the world

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    coaches to ever coach basketball. These men are not just known for their record wins, but for their unique leadership. They each had a unique way of leading their teams. Coach Knight was Indiana University’s head basketball coach and became a legend there. Coach K. was the head coach at Duke University since 1980. A fact of interest, both of these two men knew each other in an earlier time. Coach Knight had been Mike Krzyzewski’s basketball coach when he played for the United States Military Academy at

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    the sport of soccer because of national dominance, money, and location unlike the rest of the world. A lack of national team dominance within the U.S. is a major problem for the sport soccer for many reasons. The first reason is due to the American culture about being the best. The quote “you have to beat the best before you can be the best” is very true for the American culture. For example the Super Bowl only awards the winning team a trophy. So for an American team to never

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    sports in the United States is soccer. In 1990, more than 1.5 million kids between the ages of 5 and 19 registered with US Youth Soccer. Today more than 3 million kids are registered, nearly doubling the participation in youth soccer. (Kounang). There is also an increase in the number of people watching soccer. The United States hosted the Copa American Centenario tournament in June of 2016. Three-point twenty-nine million viewers watched the semi-final game between the United States and Argentina

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    Muslims — pay the cost for the following frenzy. In June, Russian and English law breakers battled in Marseille, France, before an opening-round match of the Euro 2016 titles. A gathering of English fans stood up to a portion of the city 's Muslim nationals, droning, "ISIS, where are you?" In February of a year ago, when the Champions League match amongst Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain was held in Paris, Chelsea supporters pushed a dark man off the Metro and droned: "We 're supremacist! We 're supremacist

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    soccer. In others where the sport is very popular and has been around for a long time, it is referred to as football. When it comes to the sport, there are two very different ideas relevant to how people view it. In said countries where soccer is the national sport, the game is viewed as if it can achieve anything; from having just fun with your friends to helping unite people from around the world. In other countries where the sport is not as much popular, the game is seen as boring and is looked down

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    of their community. Although there are lots of female fans, there is a strong sense of masculinity within the soccer supporters community because soccer is a rough sport, every game is a battle, and most of men leave their heart out supporting their team by chanting most of the game, using foul language and be willing to defend their colors if anyone disrespects them. This acceptance of what might otherwise be considered uncivilized, mannish action is a key belief that soccer fans share (Feig, “Hazards

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    Women and Men should have the same pay unless they are not performing the same task. In his article “Gender pay gap widens despite AfC”, The nursing standard talks about the reasons why men get paid more in nursing than women. Nursing Standard states that “women are more likely to take career breaks and work part-time than men” (Nursing Standard 1). Women get paid less because they are more likely to work part time and take career breaks than men are. How is this fair to women that have to work

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    in middle school I played the sport called Soccer. The main reason that I decided to play soccer for me is because my friend’s Jazmin and Cassie how are girls and Evan how is a boy were all able to play soccer together. We could all be on the same team together because middle school is coed soccer. That comes to reason soccer is the main sport I think of as a coed sport. But as I found out that is only true until students are out of middle school. Then the coed is no more. In high school and on to

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