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  Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete) - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bronisław Malinowski (June 4, 1951 - September 27, 1981) was a Polish athlete who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow in the 3000 m steeplechase.
Malinowski's greatest moment of his career came at the 1980 Summer Olympics where he took gold in the 3000 m steeplechase.
Sadly, at the age of 30, Bronislaw was killed in a car accident on the 27th September 1981.
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 Bronislaw Malinowski   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (April 7, 1884 – May 16, 1942) was a Polish anthropologist widely considered to be one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century because of his pioneering work on ethnographic fieldwork, the study of reciprocity, and his detailed contribution to the study of Melanesia.
Malinowski was born in Kraków, Poland to an upper-middle class family.
Malinowski taught intermittently in the United States, and when the war broke during one of these trips he remained in the country, taking up a position at Yale University, where he remained until his death.
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 Bronislaw Kaminski - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Bronislaw Kaminski   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bronislaw Kaminski (Russian: Бронислав Каминский in Russian) was the commander of the RONA (Russkaya Ovsoboditelnaya Narodnaya Armiya) unit, a Russian armed force that fought against the Soviet forces in alliance with Nazi Germany and was later incorporated into the Waffen SS.
Engineer Bronislaw (also spelled Bronislav) Kaminski was born in 1899 to a Polish father and German mother in Tsarist Russia.
When Constantine Voskoboinik was killed in action against the partisans, Bronislaw Kaminski was named as the head leader or "burgomeister" of the Bryansk region as well as commander of the RONA.
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 Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Malinowski was born in 1951 to a Polish Monte...
What happens to an athlete is that if he wore a particular sock, or pair...
Melville Herskovits at Northwestern University, Bronislaw Malinowski at the University of London, and Isaac Shapira at...
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 Bronislaw Malinowski   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Alternate use: see Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete) for the Olympic champion athlete.
Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (April 7, 1884 – May 16, 1942) was a Polish-born anthropologist.
He originated the school of social anthropology known as functionalism, holding the belief that all components of society interlock to form a well-balanced system.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski lived among and studied the people who had long lived on islands in the south Pacific Ocean.
Malinowski concluded that humans are more likely to turn to magical or occult powers when they face situations where the outcome is important and uncertain, beyond their control (as with sharks).
One athlete was careful never to step on the chalk foul lines or the chalk lines of the batter's box.
www.sociology101.net /sys-tmpl/baseballmagic   (3082 words)

  
 Running Movies: Film Listings "D"
Athletes in football, basketball, soccer, track and field, and tennis will likely see direct performance results in working this program.
She is the only athlete to hold world records at each the 100, 200, and 400 meter distances.
The last running event is the 1980 Moscow steeplechase victory of Bronislaw Malinowski where it shows the last 200 meters as he pulls away for the win in 8:09.7.
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 IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations - IAAF.org - News
The 21-year-old athlete who came from Ethiopia had a spectacular debut in the Polish National Team during the European Indoor Cup in Lipsk, beating the oldest of Polish records (30 years), which belonged to the Olympic Champion from 1980 — Bronislaw Malinowski.
Four athletes cleared 2.22 in High Jump, but their attempts on bigger heights were not as good.
All 10 athletes from the Olympic relay squad team, among them are Robert Mackowiak, Marek Plawgo, Pawel Januszewski, Piotr Rysiukiewicz, Rafal Wieruszewski, never had any plans to compete indoors this winter.
www.iaaf.org /news/newsId=24138,printer.html   (955 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Mariners: The Art of Baseball: A tradition of superstition
What happens to an athlete is that if he wore a particular sock, or pair of shirts, or did some ritual, and had success, he'll continue to do that.
Malinowski found that the fishermen had rituals they performed to provide magic when they went out in dangerous, shark-infested waters, but none when they ventured into safe, calm lagoons.
Gmelch applied this to baseball by postulating that most superstitions involve hitting and pitching, which are the most capricious activities in the game, and few involve fielding, in which players have more control over the outcome.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/mariners/2002518797_artx25.html   (2259 words)

  
 ATHLETICS: Track & Road   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It is to be fervently hoped that they will come without steroids or other performance-enhancing substances in their bodies, but such is the competitive jungle of international track and field that this is probably the naive wish of the detached.
Today athletes train during the day and a lot of them are sponsored and don't have to work.
While other athletes collapsed because of the affect of poisonous fumes from a nearby power plant, Nurmi surged on relentlessly, beating his arch rival, fellow Finn Ville Ritola, by 1 min 25 secs.
www.abc.net.au /olympics_1996/athlettr.htm   (4717 words)

  
 West Waterford Athletics Club Ireland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In the end the great Polish athlete Bronislaw Malinowski came through with a sprint to relegate Alexander Antipov of Russia to bronze medal position.
The striking postman from Letterkenny who struck a blow for those athletes who might feel their athletic careers were over the hill-at 37 years.
Irelands third scorer was another great Waterford athlete, Gerry Deegan, from the city who finished in 43rd place with Limerick man Mick O Shea next in 46th place.
www.westwaterfordathletics.org /news220304.shtml   (2288 words)

  
 December 2003 Quiz
Name a British athlete who was an Olympic medal winner both before and after World War II Dorothy Tyler
Who is this athlete and how many Olympic medals did she win?
Name the athlete and the Olympics she competed in
www.noeaa-athletics.org.uk /quiz/feb2004.htm   (538 words)

  
 Athletics- IAAF Press Releases
A lot of athletes could be very good and they often do well for a year or two, then their focus drops off when they have made some money.
Congress agreed on a proposal from Council that athletes will only be able to change their national allegiance when they have received full citizenship of their "new" country and then underdone a period of residence which is normally 3 years but can be reduced to 1 year if both federations agree.
Twelve athletes took their first step on the trek towards the 1 million dollar IAAF Golden League Jackpot in Oslo a week ago, but the path is long and uncertain.
www.athletix.org /IAAFpr1999.html   (16224 words)

  
 Dictionary of Australian Biography Ma-Mo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Maitland was an athlete in his youth and played first grade Rugby football.
A daughter, Flora Marjorie, now Mrs W. Bassett, published in 1940, The Governor's Lady, and another daughter, Elsie Rosaline, who married the distinguished anthropologist, Bronislaw Malinowski, and died in 1935, was also a writer; she published An Untamed Territory in 1915.
Miller was in the United States in 1889 and though 42 years of age, issued a challenge to meet any two athletes at boxing, Graeco-Roman wrestling, heavy dumbbell lifting, foil and singlestick fencing, the winner of the most exercises to be declared the winner of the match.
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 Bronislaw Malinowski (athlete)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 bronislaw malinowski - OneLook Dictionary Search
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Malinowski, Bronislaw : Columbia Encyclopedia, Six Edition [home, info]
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 Bronislaw Malinowski biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bronisław Kasper Malinowski (April 7, 1884 – May 16, 1942) was a Polish anthropologist.
Coral Gardens and Their Magic: A Study of the Methods of Tilling the Soil and of Agricultural Rites in the Trobriand Islands (1935)
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 Biographies
From ESPN, biographies of their choices for the best 100 athletes of the 20th century.
An overview of the career of one of track and field's greatest athletes.
Golf, basketball, track and many other sports were the domains of one of the best-known athletes in U.S. history.
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 Untitled Document
1859-Birthday of Walter Camp, college athlete, coach and administrator, born at New Britain, CT. Camp played football and several other sports at Yale, but he gained prominence for helping to reshape the rules of rugby football into American football.
Among his innovations were reducing the number of players on a side from 15 to 11, introducing the scrimmage, giving one team definite possession of the ball and proposing the downs system.
1884- Bronislaw Malinowski birthday, leading British anthropologist, author and teacher, born at Krakow, Poland.
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 "M" Famous People
Malinowski, Bronislaw (Kasper) (1884-1942) Anthropologist, born in Kraków, S Poland.
Mimoun, Alain (1921-) French athlete, born in Telagh, Algeria.
Morceli, Noureddine (1970-) Athlete, born in Tenes, N Algeria.
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 Ralph Bunche Centenary: Remembering Ralph Bunche   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Now, I'm not saying I followed in his footsteps or he was a role model for me, but he showed what the possibilities might be, and he was an inspiration to us all.
You didn't have to be an athlete; you could be somebody who could walk with giants on the face of the earth and represent your country, and the color of your skin made no difference.
Bunche had studied under some of the leading anthropologists of his day, Melville Herskovits at Northwest and Bronislaw Malinowski at the London School of Economics.
www.ralphbunchecentenary.org /textremembering.html   (17089 words)

  
 Run The Planet - Who's Who in Running   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Carius helped produce 71 All-Americans and four individual national champions in cross country and an additional 245 All-Americans and 23 national champions in track and field.
In addition, Cardinal athletes hold six national records.
Led into finishing straight in 1992 Olympic 3000 but just missed medal; at 1993 World Champs was beaten in 1500 and 3000 only by Chinese athletes.
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You might as well try to build an athlete by keeping him in a hammock with cream puffs and beer.
Because he did not have time to read every new book in his field, the great Polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski used a simple and efficient method of deciding which ones were worth his attention: Upon receiving a new book, he immediately checked the index to see if his name was cited, and how often.
No "Malinowski," and he doubted the subject of the book was anthropology at all.
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 John Granrose PhD: The Archetype of the Magician
Perhaps the primary use of magic words, however, is in the type of ritual known as "casting a spell.
According to Malinowski, "the most important element in magic is the spell."132 He analyses the words or sounds involved in terms of their phonetic effect (as for example when the wailing of the wind or the sea is onomatopoeically invoked), their stating or commanding the desired aim (cf.
Because of the complexity of all this, Malinowski argues, "The slightest alteration from the original pattern would be fatal."133
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 Библиотека Luksian key | Calendar: World's famous dates.
Died Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer, 1642; Eli Whitney, US inventor of the cotton gin, 1825; Paul Verlaine, French poet, 1895; Zhou Enlai, Chinese leader, 1976; Gregori Maximilianovich Malenkov, Soviet leader, 1988; Terry- Thomas, English film comedy actor, 1990.
1971 PLO terrorist Abu Davoud, leader of the Black September group responsible for the killing of 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics, was rele- ased from prison in France.
Died King Francis I of France, 1547; King Philip III of Spain, 1621; John Donne, English poet, 1631; John Constable, English painter, 1837; Charlotte Brontы, English novelist, 1855; Jesse Owens, US athlete, 1980; Enid Bagnold, English no- velist, 1981.
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 Guide to Gay and Lesbian Resources in the University of Chicago Library
Much of the most important literature on homosexuality is included in works that are part of this more general literature of sexuality, which this Guide does not seek to describe.
Hence the reader will not find herein foundation works of sexology by Sigmund Freud, Havelock Ellis, Iwan Bloch, August Forel or Bronislaw Malinkowski, nor major works of the history of sex and sexuality by authors such as Foucault, Gay, or Jacquart and Thomasset.
For guidance to this extensive and important literature, readers are referred to Studies in Human Sexuality: A Selected Guide, ed.
www.lib.uchicago.edu /e/su/gaylesb/glguide3.html   (7879 words)

  
 Olympic Games Medallists - Athletics (Men)
The Olympic Games were first held in 1896.
Nationalities given are those of the countries the athletes were representing at the time of the event, with their nationality under today's political boundaries given in brackets where otherwise unclear.
Automatic times (or unofficial times based on photo-finish evidence) are given in preference to official hand times.
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 Ralph Bunche Centenary : Selected Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
At school in Los Angeles, where he excelled both academically and athletically, he was shunted into "practical" courses for Negro Children until his grandmother insisted on his college preparation, but he was denied citywide academic recognition because of his race.
Augmenting a scholarship with jobs to work his way through UCLA, he was both valedictorian and star athlete.
With the aid of a Los Angeles sorority, he was able to go on to graduate work at Harvard studying political science, completing his dissertation on decolonization of African countries.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
of army 1993-- _1942-- Westermarck, Edward Alexander Finnish cultural anthropologist; teacher of Bronislaw Malinowski _1862-1939 Westheimer, Irvin Ferdinand US founder of Big Brothers 1902 _1879-1980 Westheimer, [Karola] Ruth (nee Siegel; Dr. Ruth) US (Ger.-born) sexual therapist _1928-- Westinghouse, George Jr.
US electrical industrialist & inventor; invented air brake & automatic railroad signals; founder, eponym, & 1st pres.
track athlete; won silver medal in Olympic decathlon 1912; received but refused gold medal when medal stripped from Jim Thorpe _1889-- Wiesner, Jerome Bert US educator; presidential science advisor 1961-1964; pres.
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Each culture will have its own set of spells, naturally.
He was an athlete, representing the U.S. in the 1920 Olympic Games, and eventually became a professional swimming teacher.
Another interesting discussion of this practice is in Henri F. Ellenberger, The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry (New York: Basic Books, 1970), pp.
www.trance.edu /granrose.htm   (18602 words)

  
 The Quotable Runner   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Len Miller, who once coached miler Steve Scott, probably said it best: "Beer isn't going to help a runner but, in moderation, it won't hurt him either.
If an athlete runs 75 to 120 miles a week, an occasional beer doesn't do a thing.
BAYI, Filbert—Tanzanian runner, Bayi set world records for the 1500 (3:32.2) and the mile (3:51.0), plus won the silver medal in the 1980 Olympic steeplechase behind Poland's Bronislaw Malinowski.
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