Essays Tagged: "runners"

Nike's beginning history and success.

ated from two sources, "Bill Bowerman's quest for lighter, more durable racing shoes for his Oregon runners, and Phil Knight's search for a way to make a living without having to give up his love of a ... interested in their product, Knight told them his interest in selling their Tiger shoes to American runners. The Tiger executives liked what they heard, and the foundation of Blue Ribbon Sports, a nam ...

(5 pages) 388 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Clothing, Footwear and Cosmetics

Three different play opportunities available in the purpose built outdoor center.

times in the race.Not using the other-hand, make it to all checkpoints.Point B to point C all runners will go through car tyres.Point C to point D all runners are required to walk SIDE-WAYS. ... ar tyres.Point C to point D all runners are required to walk SIDE-WAYS.Point D to point E all runners are required CRAWL.All children complete the track and come back to where they started (p ...

(9 pages) 50 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Just talks about using substances to enhance performance in college athletics

the first place sprinter was on steroids to help him improve his performance while the rest of the runners were clean and drug-free. How is that fair to the rest of the athletes who competed in the r ...

(6 pages) 42 0 3.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Defining the term "Sacrifice"

example of the term sacrifice is the sacrifice fly or bunt in baseball. In baseball when a team has runners in scoring position the batter can choose to hit a sac-fly or bunt in order to advance the r ... it the ball into the ground causing a slow role. This slow role will hopefully allow the other base-runners to advance the bases or score and it may even result in advancement or scoring of runners an ...

(2 pages) 33 0 2.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Run, Lift and Eat properly for the 5K race

nce for novice racers, as well as a challenging test of strength and speed for the most competitive runners. The 5K race can also be a useful part of a larger training program, building speed for runn ... ning schedule comfortably for four to five weeks. Then lace up, you're ready for the road.Beginning runners, take note: I recommend that runners put off training for races until their bodies have adap ...

(11 pages) 17 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Halo 2

They call it the "Great Journey". But Halo is actually a giant weapon that was created by the fore-runners to destroy all covenant and humans within a huge area. This way all the flood would die of n ...

(2 pages) 31 2 1.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Prejudice and Diversity in "Gallipoli" directed by Peter Weir starring Mark Lee and Mel Gibson.

ung men who sign up to join the ANZAC or Australian and New Zealand Army Corps during WWI. Both are runners but from a different background. Archie is a farm boy and perhaps one of the fastest runners ...

(2 pages) 13 0 0.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

The Cloning Delimma: contriversal arguments for and against cloning.

plants were the first living organisms to be cloned. Other examples of clones are trees sending up runners, worms dividing into smaller worms, populations of genetically identical bacteria and cells ...

(6 pages) 145 0 3.7 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The History of Cloning

ot to long (as far as the Earth is concerned) after their introduction to our planet. They send out runners that create an identical copy of the parent plant.1938- Hans Spermann, of Germany, envisions ...

(10 pages) 99 1 4.3 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Great Escape

have to rescue them before they are gone forever."We started planning. Because some of us were good runners some could well, you know. So we made the chickens who could sing loud make a huge noise as ... Big mamma said "run" so every one split up and ran away, the high jumper jumped over the fence, the runners ran so fast, then squeezed through the fence, then the throwers threw some of the big eggs t ...

(2 pages) 10 0 3.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Who Really Wrote Shakespeare? Shakespeare Did

ntors of such false theories also came up with a myriad of candidates to replace him. The two major runners, Edward de Vere (17th Earl of Oxford) and Francis Bacon- a philosopher and a writer- can be ...

(4 pages) 28 0 3.8 May/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Muscle, Genes And Athletic Performance

were asked to read it talked about muscle, genes and athletic performance. It was mainly focused on runners than any other sport. Also this article went into depth about myosin.       ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Kite Runner: Is Amir a hero?

He has total disregard of the help he has received by his best friend Hassan, one of the best Kite Runners. Amir believes that by capturing this kite he'll become a hero to everyone.All I saw was the ...

(4 pages) 119 0 5.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This is an ethical case study that I made up to provoke discussion in class. I wrote it for a leadership communications class.

el Inc., a company that made all sorts of foods, fuel, and energy primarily for competitive bikers, runners, and all around long distance athletes. Why did Chad love his work? Because he was an athlet ... ked Chad. "I think we could really increase our popularity if we gain the loyalty of all bikers and runners, not just the competitive ones," Maria responded. "Those are not the type of consumers we ar ...

(6 pages) 62 0 5.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies

Making the Catch

ngs race through the head of an outfielder before a ball is hit. Where will it be thrown, are there runners on base, how many outs there are. After all these, and many other calculations have been mad ...

(1 pages) 1289 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

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member with a history of problem drinking. Even with their history of problem alcohol behavior, the runners reporting a history of bulimia did not differ from other runners or the control population i ... disorder, perhaps reflecting severity, ran more days of the week and more miles per week than other runners. These women also had the lowest weight and desired weight of any group. The drive for thinn ...

(2 pages) 890 0 0.0 Feb/2008

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

Dingo

. Dingoes chase their prey. They wear them out in a long chase because they arenÕt very fast runners. Large animals are chased until the dingoes can catch them or until the weaker ones drop bac ...

(2 pages) 1707 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Baseball: A National Pastime

to end the other teams turn at bat the other team must get three of the opposing team's batters or runners out. To get a player out the team must tag the person out, throw the ball to the base before ... all and running around a series of bases before a player in the field can put them out. Batters and runners can be put out in a variety of ways.Baseball is played on a level field, with a playing area ...

(5 pages) 12 0 4.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers

Jose Mourinho

with the club, they won the season losing only one game and finishing the season 12 points ahead of runners-up Arsenal.� In 2005 at Chelsea Mourinho was said to be "the most fascinating man in ...

(6 pages) 28 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

The History of Bootlegging in America

. Rum running was an extensive and risky business with the American coast guard out looking for rum runners all the time. Rum running's business was one that was a cash and carry. People would come of ... ed States coast guard would keep their eye out for this kind of activity going on. In turn, the rum runners would make sure there were no officials around when making deals offsetting the United State ...

(8 pages) 5 0 0.0 Sep/2010

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History