“You are supposed to be tough. You are supposed to play through pain. You are not supposed to cry. We are taught that early on in the game as kids. Tough sport. Brutal sport. It’s like the gladiator. People want to see the big hits. They wind up on Sports Center. And as a player, you don’t want to admit you are injured,” commented Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson (Cite). The toughness and strength that football players endure is extremely admirable however, these “big hits”, also known as
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The gallery that I visited in the Museum of Modern Art focused on Social Realism, which consists of artwork created between the two World Wars. This period was defined by international political turmoil as well as the difficulties of a global economic depression. A number of artists in both Mexico and the United States used art to respond to these conditions; they created issue-oriented art that summoned awareness to the unfortunate and bleak circumstances that bounded them. Rather than abstraction
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Video games are a rising venture in the entertainment industry. Thought to have been started in 1972 with a game known as Pong, video games have been improved on and polished until modern times and continue to increase in quality. “Video Games Can Never Be Art”, a blog post written by Roger Ebert, poses the argument that Video games will never evolve to the point where they could be considered an art. This argument does not possess an easy answer. To answer the argument with either an agreement or
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symbol discussed was the Vaticano a Roma (Vatican in Rome) this is a major tourist attraction in Italy as it is the home of the pope. Francesca was unsure what the fifth symbol stood for. The next symbol Francesca explained to us was the gladiatori (gladiators) which was a ancient Roman and Greek tradition and is still strong in the Italian culture. The next symbol was the colesseo which is in Rome and is one of the most famous landmarks in Italy. Leonardo Da Vinci was the next symbol, he was a famous
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brutality at the hands of their peers. Corrections officers were exploiting racial tensions to stage fights between rival gang inmates by placing them in the same small recreational area. The officers were using this tactic as a sport and calling it “gladiator days”, calling the fights like sports announcers. Once they had their fill of excitement, they would needlessly utilize the tower officers to shoot wooden blocks into the crowd to stop the fights. After each shooting, they would then make up or falsify
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Sunglasses are popular throughout society and can range from only dollars to upwards of $5,000. Body: I. The earliest historical reference to sunglasses dates back to ancient China and Rome. A. Roman Emperor Nero was thought to have watched gladiator competitions through polished light emerald green gems, but these worked more like mirrors B. Between the twelfth century but before 1430, sunglasses were worn by Judges in the Courts of China 1. They were not used as protection from the
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Holy Toledo Fats Waller was a magnificent pianist. A true jazz great. Wherever he played people would come from miles around to see him. So when one night Art Tatum wlked in the club where Fats was playing, and Fats responded to his presence by saying "God is in the house tonight" it meant something. Art Tatum was not just great, he was transcendent. Praise for Art Tatum abounds. In 'Art Tatum ; The Art Of Jazz Piano' (3)Les Paul struggles to express his awe..." I can take a piano
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“...Tough sport. Brutal sport. It’s like the gladiator. People want to see the big hits. They wind up on Sports Center. And as a player, you don’t want to admit you are injured.” - Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson. This quote explains that players don't always admit or realize when they have a concussion or a head injury whenever they receive them and that they can hurt them badly. Concussions and head injuries in football aren't something new and happen all the time on the field. Players
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When we sit down and think we realize that everything has its own history; from the evolution of the horse to the way humans communicate to each other. Back in the olden days, Romans had what was known to be gladiators; they would take prisoners and have them battle together in front of hundreds of people until one man was left standing. Does that sound familiar? Yes, it should sound like what Americans know to be as boxing and also to Joyce Carol Oates, “The Cruelest Sport”. “The Cruelest Sport”
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arguably one of the greatest directors of all-time, obviously loves the sci-fi genre – clearly evident from his work on Alien related films, not to mention Blade Runner. Still, his eye for historically themed details – from his work on films like Gladiator, American Gangster, and Kingdom of Heaven, add realism to a backdrop that is not yet possible. Keyword: yet. Thus, Scott’s big screen visuals explodes with delightful authenticity – what with well-designed outfits, convincing sets, and tools (big
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