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    After losing back-to-back Big Ten match-ups by a combined score of 121-6, the 5-5 Terrapins still hope to notch one more victory to seal their first bowl game appearance since 2014. BIG Ten Struggles With the largest home crowd of the season (48,090) in attendance, it was difficult for fans to witness their Terps get blown out by 59 points. Last Saturday’s game against Ohio State can be summed up by injuries, poor defense, turnovers, and a loss of morale. After fifth year quarterback Perry Hills

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    SUMMARY The film opens with Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank) driving in the night. He is going with his cousin, Lonny (Matt McGrath), an older boy who is gay, to a skating rink. Lonny warns Brandon against behaving dangerously. Brandon ignores him and enters the rink, which seems magical to him. There Brandon meets with a girl. Later, we see them kissing outside her home, and Brandon chivalrously tells her he won't leave until he knows she is safely inside. But later, Brandon is chased by a group of

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    The Nebraska Cornhuskers football program had just won the national championship, with the historical head coach Tom Osborne. Osborne was head coach of the Cornhuskers from 1973-1997, for a total of 25 years as head coach. And has won a total of 13 conference championships and 3 national championships. Osborne was the most influential coach nebraska has ever had, and has inspired countless people. There is no doubt that Tom Osborne has qualities of a hero, and many people look up to him. Tom Osborne

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    home from work he said that he lost his job due to it going out of business. Luckily later that day my family went to Nebraska furniture mart to buy a new refrigerator and my dad sow a now hiring sign. When i opened one of refrigerators there was 1000 dollars laying there! My dad held onto it for me and we went home with our new fridge. Later that week my dad got a job at the Nebraska furniture mart. My dad and I were playing outside that weekend and My friend came by on his bike, and he told me that

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    When Americans first set their eyes on the 20th century, they hoped for a better life without war and a prospering economy. This vision of freedom and liberty in America was quite bold, knowing there were challenges ahead. There’s always a price to pay and obstacles to go through when the circumstances are not ideal. During the early 1900s, our country was evolving and starting a new era. An era where blacks were no longer slaves, civil rights movements were occurring, and citizens were having issues

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    up the chores around the farm. “Yes of course, just like an ole night, I know that we need to protect the farm, the animals, and ourselves from being robbed,” Brad replied in his usual sarcastic tone. The Brinkman’s had lived in Steele City, Nebraska their whole lives and up until a few years ago everything had been going great, from harvesting to calving in the winter, and carrying out their daily chores. Then all of a sudden about three years ago the government made an announcement that all

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    The area we know today as Elmwood was still a wandering haunt of the Omaha, Pawnee, and Otoe Indians in the 1860’s. It was dotted with buffalo wallows, and trails of the kind so familiar to Lewis and Clark, and the Mormons, who helped open the great western frontier. Danger and challenge were everywhere; but so was opportunity in the Homestead Act passed by Congress in 1862. For facing the rigors of the frontier life, the head of a family could obtain 160 acres of good black land—if he could survive

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    Political Science 6, Laurie Houske The First Amendment was first established to guarantee Americans with the basic civil liberties that they would not be threaten by the government. With The First Amendment to the U.S Constitution “congress shall make no law…. abridging the freedom of the press” guarantees the press to publish news, information and opinions with out the government interfering. This also lets people such as independent press companies the right to publish their own newspaper,

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    UFL Franchise Case Study

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    site for a UFL franchise would be: Omaha, Nebraska; Portland, Oregon; and . Each of these locations offer a unique experience for the sport fan, as well as, pave a way for success for the franchise. Each of the locations previously mentioned were chosen based off the following criteria: NFL territorial regulation, demographic information, professional competition, corporate presence, and interim facility. The first location that I recommend would be Omaha, Nebraska. This city is home to 434,353 people

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    family and friends, the community is impacted when supportive treatment options cannot be obtained by a person with a SMI. The Omaha/Council Bluffs metropolitan area, along with the state of Nebraska, have challenges to overcome to ensure this population is adequately cared for. Any person with a mental health issue have a lot to overcome. Undoubtedly, the state of Nebraska needs to stay on track to help them overcome these obstacles. Starting in 1996, Congress passed The Mental Health Parity Act

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