Nick Battle James J Braddock earned his nickname‚ Cinderella Man‚ from his seemingly fairytale like rise from a poor local fighter to the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Braddock‚ born in New York City‚ had a powerful right hand and a successful amateur career. He turned pro in 1926. Braddock had victories over fighters like Jimmy Slattery and Pete Latzo. Braddock fought light heavyweight champ Tommy Loughran in 1929 for the title‚ but was defeated in a heartbreaking 15-round decision
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Working in Braddock was still hard work. Kacha and Dubik worked on the front line at this mill. Kracha worked 12 hours a day‚ one week on day shift and the next week he worked night shift. On Sundays he would pull a 24 hour shift. The steel mill had a really bad accident record. One day in particular while Kracha was working there was an explosion Kracha immediately went to go and find Dubik. This is when he saw Dubik‚ unfortunately he was one of the ones that was badly burned. Kracka was to bring
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The Graduate – Benjamin Braddock Characterization The film „The Graduate“‚ published in 1967 tells the story of a young man who has to deal with the problems of having no aim in life and getting seduced by an elder woman. Benjamin Braddock‚ played by Dustin Hoffman‚ is the protagonist and he is going to be the topic of this characterization. Benjamin‚ a recent college graduate‚ got the features of a normal 20 years old male in the 1960`s. Brown hair‚ mid-tall‚ well-dressed‚ trained and good-looking
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Jim Braddock was an ‘American Hero’ during the years of the Great Depression. In 1928 he was at the height of his career. But his boxing career began to go downhill from their‚ following sustaining major damage to his right hand. In 1929‚ Jim suffered a defeat to Tommy Loughran ‚ in 15 heart wrenching rounds. From that point on Jim was never the same. That same year‚ the stock market crashed. By 1932‚ about one in four Americans were unemployed . In 1932‚ his luck began to change with
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Case Study: Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc. Joshua Weisman Webster University HRMG 5700 QD F2 In the case of Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services‚ Inc.‚ Joseph Oncale was the victim of repeated harassment‚ sexual‚ physical and mental‚ from at least three members of the work crew‚ of which two had a supervisory position over him. When Oncale brought his complaints to the supervisors‚ they took no noticeable actions against the harassers and‚ after he had experienced
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enhanced by the water and n-hexane/isopropanol extract of the plant but not on adipose cells (Erasto et al.‚ 2009). In another study‚ oral intake of hot water V. amygdalina leaves extract (500 mg/kg) reduced blood glucose concentration of both normoglycaemic and hyperglycaemic rats induced by alloxan (Osinubi‚ 2007). 2.4.2.3 Antioxidant activity Several studies have shown that V. amygdalina possess antioxidant activity (Yeap et al.‚ 2010). Ethanol and aqueous extracts showed good antioxidant activity
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Species from genus Vaccinum such as V. uliginosum‚ V. angistifolium‚ V. mystillus‚ V. macrocarpon Ait contains phytochemicals with antiproliferative activity against cancer cell lines. The first study based on anticancer activity from cranberry extracts published in 1996 where inhibition of polyamine synthesis and induction of expression of the enzyme quinone reductase shown (Bomser and others 1996). Subsequently‚ an extract containing hydrosoluble phenols from a comercial freeze-dried cranberry
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Cutco Case Study V Strategic Marketing MBA 5841 Alberto Moreno What is Direct Selling? Direct marketing is the encounter-to-face promoting a way from a small business location. It’s technically a kind of non-shop retailing. Direct vendors aren’t workers of the firm. They’re independent contractors who promote and sell these products or services of a business in return for a fee on these sales. Orders are often set in person or through the adviser’s webpage
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2.1 (a) In the decision of District Court of New South Wales‚ Appellant (Ms Derrick) owed the Respondent (Rosannie Cheung) a duty of care‚ as she was driving at such a speed that it was beyond her ability to stop the car in time and notice that a child which suddenly darted from one of the parked cars. In addition‚ nearby shops and houses combined with the date‚ Saturday morning shortly before Christmas‚ should have alerted Ms Derrick that small children might be playing around‚ so she needed to
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RENO v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION US Supreme Court‚ 1997 1. Claim: Attorney General Janet Reno‚ the appellant appealed directly to the Supreme Court as provided for by the Act’s special review provisions against the appellee‚ ACLU. 2. Facts: The 1996 Federal Communications Decency Act sought to protect minors from “indecent” and offensive Internet materials. The Act made it a crime to transmit obscene or indecent messages over the Internet. Immediately after the CDA became law‚ twenty
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