... events always seem to reward males for aggressive and intimidating behavior. Football games are a great example of the kinds of rewards males receive for their aggressiveness. Coaches teach their players to be physical and tough, but two of the essential elements of football are aggressiveness and intimidation. Football is an aggressive sport in many ways; a ball carrier must attack the line of scrimmage aggressively, or he will be tackled in the backfield. Defensive players must be aggressive also, so that they can make tackles. Basketball is another athletic event that rewards aggressive behavior. Althou ...

... his uncanny ability to see the world around him. Whatever the event, natural, supernatural or man made, often became a topic for serious discussion with friends while playing billiards and material for one of his stories (Time Line). Some subjects that were features in Clemens novels were social injustices and social criticism; and his views on government. “The rain…falls upon the just and the unjust alike; a thing which would not happened if I were superintending the rains affairs. No, I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust outdoors I would drown him ...

... famous piers. Contrary to popular belief, a hero can be anyone. It’s someone who is noble, caring, selfless and does not seek recognition for what they do. Following his fairly recent death, Joe Dimaggio, the great baseball player for the New York Yankees was portrayed by the media as well as others as a true American hero. What exactly was it that made him into this hero? Yes, he was a great baseball player but is that enough? Is it sufficient enough to say that because he could smack a 90 mile an hour fast ball into left field and run the bases in record time that he’s a hero? Is it sufficient ...

... out where the enemies missile will strike. “This is it,� he says to himself, preparing for the first ball. But he will not remember who one the game, or who scored the century. But he will remember the lush, green grass, the carrot-topped buildings and the mystic chapel on the hill. “They spend hours,� he had told me, “Making that area beautiful.� And beautiful it is. The first players trickle in as the sun is barely more than a sliver of light peeping over the majestic turrets of the chapel. Spectators gather to support as they battle for glory on the hallowed turf. The fielding team take to the fiel ...

... at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while.¡¨ Born during the Depression era, Frank McCourt, along with his brothers, Malachy, Michael, and Alphonsus, is raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Since birth, Frank and his brothers endure ¡§poverty, [a] shiftless loquacious alcoholic father, [a] pious dejected mother, pompous priests, bullying schoolmasters and the [despised] English.¡¨ Frank becomes very matured at an early age because he has to take on the responsibilities of his alcoholic father, Malachy, who often drinks his wages or his ¡§dole¡¨ ...

... and all through history, people have believed that there is more to the world than meets the eye. Behind the outward material appearance of things there is sensed something inward, immaterial, and probably invisible."(Cavendish 1) Apparitions of things have been seen all over the world. The definition of apparition, as given by Richard Cavendish, is "the supernormal manifestation of people, animals, objects, and spirits." (Cavendish 25) In the ancient folklore of England and Europe, glowing ghosts of little boys who have been murdered by their mothers appear. This particular apparition portends ill luck and ...

... that go on through the whole show,just like a soap opera such as General Hospital. The wrestlers I saw were amazing they were so muscular and talented. I was in shock because I thought that I hated wrestling more than anything...didn’t I? After watching it a few more times I became hooked and I have since learned all about wrestling and what a truly great sport it is. People assume that wrestlers are just faking all the moves they perform ,and that they really are not that strong. After watching wrestling for so long I have learned a lot about the wrestlers and their backgrounds. Many of the professional ...

... his face. I then explained the situation with work and said to him since if I have the opportunity to go I thought it would be a great idea for you to come along with me. I suggested scheduled some time before the show for the two of us to travel around Rome. Later that night it was settled we would schedule a couple of days to tour Rome before the exhibition. It seemed like forever before we would finally be on our way, but then before I knew it we were on the airplane and the flight attendant is announcing fasten your seatbelts and prepare for landing into Leonardo da Vinci airport. After arriving at the airp ...

... of our self-consciousness. Descartes claims, "But certainly I should exist, if I were to persuade my self of something." And so, I should conclude that our existence is a truth, and may be the only truth, that we should find its certainty. From the "natural" experiences of our being, we hold beliefs that we find are our personal truths. From these experiences, we have learned to understand life with reason and logic; we have established our idea of reality; and we believe that true perceptions are what we sense and see. But it is our sense of reason and logic, our idea of reality, and our perceptions, tha ...

... between the rear of the lens (when focused on infinity) and the film, determines the angle of view and the size of objects as they appear on the film. The image is focused on the film by adjusting the distance between the lens and the film. In most 35-mm cameras, this is done by rotating the lens. With twin-lens reflex and larger view cameras, the whole lens and the panel are moved toward or away from the film. To view an object for composing nearly every camera has some kind of viewfinder. One of the simplest types is a screen that is placed on the back of the camera and replaced by the film in making the ...