Search Results - "sport"

  1. 921

    The price of perfection individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement / by Mehlman, Maxwell J.

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…The technological horizon -- Self-satisfaction -- Social reward -- The hegemony of meritocracy -- Access to enhancements and the challenge to equality -- Lack of choice -- Enhancements in sports -- The lessons from sports -- The war on enhancements -- Promoting safety, efficacy, and informed decisionmaking -- Protecting the vulnerable -- Access and inequality -- Abominations -- Research on enhancement.…”
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  2. 922

    The price of perfection individualism and society in the era of biomedical enhancement / by Mehlman, Maxwell J.

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…The technological horizon -- Self-satisfaction -- Social reward -- The hegemony of meritocracy -- Access to enhancements and the challenge to equality -- Lack of choice -- Enhancements in sports -- The lessons from sports -- The war on enhancements -- Promoting safety, efficacy, and informed decisionmaking -- Protecting the vulnerable -- Access and inequality -- Abominations -- Research on enhancement.…”
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  3. 923

    Africa in the American imagination popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture / by Magee, Carol L.

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture -- Race-ing fantasy : the Sports illustrated swimsuit issue in South Africa -- "It's sort of like National geographic meets Sports illustrated" -- Fashioning identities : Kente, nostalgia, and the world of Barbie -- It's a small, white world -- Africa in Florida : Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge -- Refrain : Africa in the American imagination.…”
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  4. 924

    Africa in the American imagination popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture / by Magee, Carol L.

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…Introduction : popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture -- Race-ing fantasy : the Sports illustrated swimsuit issue in South Africa -- "It's sort of like National geographic meets Sports illustrated" -- Fashioning identities : Kente, nostalgia, and the world of Barbie -- It's a small, white world -- Africa in Florida : Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge -- Refrain : Africa in the American imagination.…”
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  5. 925

    Otter by Allen, Daniel (Daniel Nathan)

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Introducing the otter -- Folklore, fables, tradition and the otter -- Commercial otter hunting -- Otter hunting for sport -- The literary otter -- The otter on screen -- Protecting the otter.…”
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  6. 926

    Singing the dead a model for epic evolution / by Bertolín Cebrián, Reyes

    Published 2006
    Table of Contents: “…In the beginning was the rite -- From funeral lament to epic -- Laments and other genres -- Women's funeral lament -- Epic and sports -- Classical funeral orations and epic.…”
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  7. 927

    Otter by Allen, Daniel (Daniel Nathan)

    Published 2010
    Table of Contents: “…Introducing the otter -- Folklore, fables, tradition and the otter -- Commercial otter hunting -- Otter hunting for sport -- The literary otter -- The otter on screen -- Protecting the otter.…”
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  8. 928

    Singing the dead a model for epic evolution / by Bertolín Cebrián, Reyes

    Published 2006
    Table of Contents: “…In the beginning was the rite -- From funeral lament to epic -- Laments and other genres -- Women's funeral lament -- Epic and sports -- Classical funeral orations and epic.…”
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  9. 929

    Jolly fellows male milieus in nineteenth-century America / by Stott, Richard Briggs

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…The tavern crowd -- Jolly fellowship -- Reform -- New York -- The gold rush -- Cultural connections -- Wild east and wild west -- Sporting men -- Continuities and complexities.…”
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  10. 930

    Operative techniques in foot and ankle surgery /

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Hindfoot -- section IV. Ankle -- section V. Sports-related procedures for ankle and hindfoot.…”
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  11. 931

    Fundamentals of pediatric orthopedics / by Staheli, Lynn T.

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “….- Management.- Trauma.- Sports.- Infection.- Tumors.- Lower limb.- Foot.- Knee and tibia.- Hip and femur.- Spine and pelvis.- Upper limb.- Reference.…”
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  12. 932

    Jolly fellows male milieus in nineteenth-century America / by Stott, Richard Briggs

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…The tavern crowd -- Jolly fellowship -- Reform -- New York -- The gold rush -- Cultural connections -- Wild east and wild west -- Sporting men -- Continuities and complexities.…”
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  13. 933

    Operative techniques in foot and ankle surgery /

    Published 2011
    Table of Contents: “…Hindfoot -- section IV. Ankle -- section V. Sports-related procedures for ankle and hindfoot.…”
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  14. 934

    Fundamentals of pediatric orthopedics / by Staheli, Lynn T.

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “….- Management.- Trauma.- Sports.- Infection.- Tumors.- Lower limb.- Foot.- Knee and tibia.- Hip and femur.- Spine and pelvis.- Upper limb.- Reference.…”
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  15. 935

    Jolly Fellows : Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America / by Stott, Richard Briggs

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…The tavern crowd -- Jolly fellowship -- Reform -- New York -- The gold rush -- Cultural connections -- Wild east and wild west -- Sporting men -- Continuities and complexities.…”
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  16. 936

    Jolly Fellows : Male Milieus in Nineteenth-Century America / by Stott, Richard Briggs

    Published 2009
    Table of Contents: “…The tavern crowd -- Jolly fellowship -- Reform -- New York -- The gold rush -- Cultural connections -- Wild east and wild west -- Sporting men -- Continuities and complexities.…”
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  17. 937

    Television and radio announcing / by Hyde, Stuart Wallace, 1923-

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Announcing for the electronic media -- The announcer as communicator -- Voice analysis and improvement -- Pronunciation and articulation -- Audio performance -- Video performance -- Commercials and public-service announcements -- Interview and talk programs -- Radio news -- Television news -- Music announcing -- Sport announcing -- Staring your announcing career.…”
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  18. 938

    Television and radio announcing / by Hyde, Stuart Wallace, 1923-

    Published 2014
    Table of Contents: “…Announcing for the electronic media -- The announcer as communicator -- Voice analysis and improvement -- Pronunciation and articulation -- Audio performance -- Video performance -- Commercials and public-service announcements -- Interview and talk programs -- Radio news -- Television news -- Music announcing -- Sport announcing -- Staring your announcing career.…”
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  19. 939

    The language of everyday life an introduction / by Delin, Judy

    Published 2000
    Table of Contents: “…Language of written news reporting -- The language of sports commentary -- The language of instructions -- The language of interviews -- The language of magazine features -- The language of advertising -- Researching the language of everyday life.…”
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  20. 940

    Pediatric hand and upper limb surgery : a practical guide / by Waters, Peter M.

    Published 2012
    Table of Contents: “…Trauma -- section 4. Sports -- section 5. Soft tissue and microvascular -- section 6. …”
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