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    The season of biopic is upon us as Pawn Sacrifice is the third film in past two weeks that has concentrated on a real life story. Pawn Sacrifice is a movie about the real life story of Bobby Fischer and his rise from a child prodigy to a chess legend. Tobey Maguire is an unconventional casting as Fischer but grows onto the audience as he delivers one of his strongest performance. Maguire is riveting in portraying the ever abrasive and prejudicial Fischer. Fischer is unquestionably a genius but a

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    mean the most to me. Before I get ahead of myself allow me to explain how we all got to know each other so well. We began our journey in April following the end of the season in March. Our team as a whole dreaded these days more than anything in the world. We were handed schedules as we walked into the first summer

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    Message Strategy Mercedes Benz is a well-known luxurious German brand that offers automobiles such as sport cars, classic cars, trucks and buses. Mercedes-Benz is part of the German big three as one of the best-selling automobile manufacturers in the world. The other two are Audi and BMW. Mercedes Benz provides a prestigious and luxurious feeling for its customers. It is especially concerned with offering high quality designs such as silk, cashmere, leather etc. Therefore, this brand sponsors over 30

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    Everyone here has heard something about the biggest figure skating scandal there was in the world. Whether you saw the new movie starring Margot Robbie or heard in recent months on the news about this event that took place twenty years ago. I am talking about Tonya Harding. She was a curvy, blonde, woman who was rather poor. Over the many years of her skating career many people in The United States Figure Skating Association have tried to ostracize Tonya from the skating community because she chose

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    youngest of five girls, began tennis training with her family at the age of nine and flourished to become one of the world’s greatest tennis players. According to Serena Williams’s website, four Grand Slam championship titles, sixty-six singles championship titles, twenty-two doubles championship titles, and five Olympic gold medals fill Williams’s trophy case. Due to an impressive award collection, incredible athletic ability, and even greater personality, Serena Williams was named the

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    Even though some people say it 's not a true major, I feel that the British Open is most significant major tournament because it is the oldest championship, and it 's the most prestigious event. Along with its most talented golfers playing the highest ranked course contributes to the amazing history and why this tournament is one of the greats. What made golf so difficult back then was the poorly designed and constructed clubs and balls. The balls were made of greatly compressed feathers wrapped

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    I have to add an asterisk here for the reason that I have not stood vigil over all golf shots in the history of the game. But you already knew that. What I have done is to pay careful attention to all the major championships since the early 1990s and have read about most of the others. Sure, it 's kind of nerdy, but I am a historian of golf. Not the greatest historian, or even a historian who has seen very many of the great shots with my own eyes; nonetheless, I have developed what I hope are some

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    it looked like the golf industry had the world at its feet. Interest in the game was surging, and consumers snapped up equipment and booked tee times. These days, though, the sport is caught in an extreme decline. Golf is losing more players than it 's gaining, as 4.1 million people left the sport outpacing the 3.7 million who picked it up last year. With an overall decline in the number of players, that 's causing a ripple effect in the golfing world: Sales of clubs and other equipment are plunging

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    I have been watching the U.S. Open religiously over these past two weeks. The world riveted and awe-struck as Serena Williams the greatest female tennis player to ever live approached the possibility of garnering a Grand Slam - winning four major championships within one calendar year - a feat last achieved in 1988. The world watched with bated breath as she meticulously defeated her opponents. Her victories were by no means easy. She struggled, she looked at times defeated, but in the change over

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    For the whole world would know Michael Jordan for his basketball legacy, Cristiano Ronaldo for soccer, and Tiger Woods for golf. It is not necessarily for everyone to know much about the new star if they are not into the sport. Rory Mcilroy is a professional golfer from Northern Ireland. He turned pro when he was only 18 year old in 2007 and became the youngest player to rank amongst the world’s top 50 golfers (“Rory Mcilroy Biography,” 2015). He also became the youngest affiliate member to ever

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