Essays Tagged: "Gold medal"

Should steroids be banned from society?

apparent when Canadian sprint runner Ben Johnson tested positive for steroid use after winning the gold medal for the 100 meter dash during the 1988 Olympics. Now a skinny fifteen year old can just w ... should realize the need to give up their abuse, even if they must sacrifice the chance to win that gold medal, or give up that buff body they always dreamed of. If an abuser was to listen to what a f ...

(7 pages) 332 2 4.6 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Muhammad ali biography.

ng state until Muhammad Ali-Cassius Clay, in those days-appeared on the scene.Though Ali won the gold medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960, at the time the experts didn't think much of his boxing ski ...

(3 pages) 95 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Outline for Dalton and his work in Chem(outline only).

t*Died in Manchester England July 27, 1844Achievements*President of Philosophical Society*Winner of Gold Medal from the Royal Society*Cofounder of the British association for the advancement of scienc ... s are not created or destroyed, just rearranged*An example of this is that you can't turn lead into gold from chemical reactionHistorical Context*1830 Chemists Joen Jackob Berzelius introduces H2O as ...

(3 pages) 66 1 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Steroid use, damn good paper...worked hard on it.

apparent when Canadian sprint runner Ben Johnson tested positive for steroid use after winning the gold medal for the 100 meter dash during the 1988 Olympics"(Cowley and Brant 32). Now, a skinny fift ... e traits as extra hair and all unborn children, are likely to be handicapped or deformed (105-111). Goldman says that in men, extensive use of steroids can cause the following side effects: shrinking ...

(6 pages) 175 0 4.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Why we should not legalize performance enhancing drugs in sports.

are very driven individuals, who would go to great lengths to achieve their goals. The chance of a gold medal in two years time may out-weigh the risks of serious health problems for the rest of thei ...

(2 pages) 59 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Pablo picasso

st, so instead he spent much of his time in cafes and in brothels. Three years later, Picasso won a gold medal for his work, "Customs of Aragon". This work was displayed on exhibit in Picasso's home t ...

(3 pages) 65 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

The Role of Sport In Jamaica

ition, than any other country. In our 1948 Olympic debut, Dr. Arthur Wint won our first Olympic and gold medal in the 400m. He along with the other members of the legendary relay team, Herb McKenley, ... with the other members of the legendary relay team, Herb McKenley, Leslie Laing, and George Rhoden (gold medalists, 1952), set a standard that has been upheld by our athletes ever since. From Donald Q ...

(3 pages) 23 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Movie Miracle and how it relates to the United States Government

he United States hockey team went from being underdogs, almost entirely counted out, to winning the gold medal by defeating their rivals, the previously unbeatable Soviet Union team. "Miracle" details ... ction. Gavin O'Connor directed the film, and he has taken the story of Brooks and the quest for the gold medal and laid it out perfectly, charting the rise of the man and his team with the efficiency ...

(2 pages) 33 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Canadian Olympians

his first revival of an ancient Greek festival, Canadian athletes did not win any medals. The first gold medal winning Canadian was George Orton, who won gold in the 2500m steeplechase at the 1900 Oly ... n Paris. As Canada grew as a country, the medal count grew as well. The medal tally grew from three gold and one silver in 1904, to three gold, four silver and six bronze at the 1908 Olympics. Canada ...

(10 pages) 31 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Track and field- High Jump

been used by competitors to clear the bar. However, in the 1968 summer Olympics, Dick Fosbury won a gold medal in the high jump with his method. It was to sprint diagonally towards the bar, then curve ...

(3 pages) 62 1 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Anabolic steroids

rinter, Ben Johnson, tested positive for anabolic steroids at the 1988 Olympics. After being of his gold medal the uses and effects of anabolic steroids became widely known. Since then, many athletes ...

(6 pages) 98 2 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Similarities and differences between Jesse Owens and Luz Long

This is not the case. In the beginning of the letter, Owens stated very plainly that he had won the gold medal in the broad jump event. If this letter were intended to entertain with Olympic stories, ... as Hitler's prize athlete, Owens' only real competition. There was a good chance of Long taking the gold. Owens knew this, and spent a great deal of grief over it. But not only was Luz Long Hitler's f ...

(2 pages) 24 1 2.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Should steroids be banned?

apparent when Canadian sprint runner Ben Johnson tested positive for steroid use after winning the gold medal for the 100 meter dash during the 1988 Olympics" (Wikapedia 1). Now a skinny fifteen year ... should realize the need to give up their abuse, even if they must sacrifice the chance to win that gold medal, or give up that buff body they always dreamed of. If an abuser was to listen to what a f ...

(8 pages) 96 1 4.6 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Nobel Prize Nomination.

elds specified by Nobel - as well as in economics, which was added in 1968. Winners earn not just a gold medal and great sum of money - more than $900,000 last year - but also a considerable measure o ...

(3 pages) 15 0 3.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Steriods. Ben Johnsons use of steriods and the effects.

lymipic Games embarrassed because of his use of steroids. Ben Johnson was stripped of his 100 meter gold medal after being tested and appearing positive for the use of drugs. Ben Johnson was also bann ...

(2 pages) 15 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Celine Dion

her first album. He actually ended up marrying Celine on December 17, 1994. In 1982 Celine won the gold medal at the World Music Festival in Tokyo, beating 1907 other contestants. She dropped out of ...

(4 pages) 16 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Dobbies Garden Centre Plc

of Robert Fife shared the ownership of Dobbies and it succeeded from International Prize leeks and Gold Medal sweet peas. In 1934, Dobbies moved to Melville, and developed internationally. In 1969, a ...

(6 pages) 37 0 5.0 Dec/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Influential Person

nk so, because she is a good row model. My mom was a strait "A " student and she was awarded with a gold medal. (In Ukraine if you where a good student for the all 10 years of school you receive eithe ...

(2 pages) 26 0 1.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Niels Bohr

e surface tension of water. This project was one of his first major achievements, and he earned the gold medal of the Academy of Sciences. (Abbott, 1984) In 1911, Bohr was awarded his doctorate for a ...

(5 pages) 2915 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

Biography Of Pablo Picasso (2 Pagers)

tilde;©s and brothels absorbing the atmosphere. A few years later, in 1898 he had won a gold medal for his painting entitled "Customs of Aragon" which was shown in his hometown. A fe ...

(5 pages) 23 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Art Essays