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…was the long race or as they called it, a Dolichos. The runners would have to run two laps around a stadium. The second race was a stade race which was a sprint six-hundred foot sprint down the stadium. The third race was called the double stade race or Diaulos…

…'Describe law and order in London in the late nineteenth century.' In 1829 Sir Robert Peel, Home Secretary, set up a police force called the Metropolitan police. But in 1800 there were two other police forces set up, the Bow Street Runners…

…, and its flame, carried by relays of runners, as well as the symbolic torch carried in support of a cause. 'ye': this use of the old-fashioned 'poetic' form of 'you' (plural) is interesting, since most of the language of the poem is not archaic. The effect…

…in Portland, Oregon. Knight and Bowerman managed the store with the only other employee being a former Stanford runner Jeff Johnson. (story/chrono, 1) Signing First Endorsers During 1971, BRS caught a break when a trading company called Nissho Iwai introduced…

…many aspects of popular culture and myriad varieties of cool. Nike originated from two sources: Bill Bowerman's quest for lighter, more durable racing shoes for his Oregon runners, and Knight's search for a way to make a living without having to give up his…

…Revolution. The most prominent of the fifth generation of filmmakers is Chen Kaige who has made such films as Yellow Earth, Farewell My Concubine, and The Blue Kite. The fifth generation of filmmakers also has its share of women involved. One of these female…

…the region kites With this slave is off. Bloody, bawdy villain! O, vengeance! Why, what an ass am I?' (2.2.) He makes this big buildup of what he should have done and how he will be revenged and he shoots it down in the next line. This passage is the model…

…also worked on air conditioning, an improved strain of sheep (to bear multiple lambs), an early iron lung, solar distillation of water, and sonar detection of icebergs. The possibility of flight fascinated Bell. He built tetrahedral kites capable…

…stall and spin resistance by providing an additional lift surface (Rollo 32). Another airplane design that has been seen a lot lately in powered flight is the Flying Wing. The Flying Wing design is not new, either. Hang gliders and kites are merely…

…to avenge his father, "I should ha' fatted all the region kites With this slave's offal. Bloody, bawdy villain! O, vengeance! What an ass am I! This is most brave, That I, the son of a dear father murdered, Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell..." (1079…