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  Encyclopedia article: Athletics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Women generally run the same distances as men although hurdles and steeplechase barriers are lower and the weights of the shot, discus, javelin and hammer are less.
Hurdling (A footrace in which contestant must negotiate a series of hurdles) : 110 m high hurdles (100 m for women) and 400 m intermediate hurdles (300 m in high school).
Relays (A race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance) : 4 x 100 m, 4 x 400 m, 4 x 200 m, 4 x 800 m, etc. Some events, such as medley relays, are rarely run except at large relay carnivals.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/at/athletics.htm   (5958 words)

  
 The History of Jim Crow
In spite of significant opposition from hostile corners, the university managed to survive numerous legal hurdles to its existence thanks to the financial contributions of its fl population.
By 1917, it was a State-supported two-year school called the Georgia Normal and Agricultural College; in 1943, it grew into a four-year institution and was renamed Albany State College.
Armstrong is considered by some to be a proponent of pragmatic accommodationism, the educating of freed slaves in "practical education" so that they could resume a subservient and non-threatening role in society.
www.jimcrowhistory.org /scripts/jimcrow/glossary.cgi   (3714 words)

  
 MBR: Internet Bookwatch, December 2003
The structures featured in David Stark Wilson's fl and white photos in Structures Of Unity (1890771627 $45.00) may be functional pieces, but they're visually exciting and provide forms rooted in local history.
How To Succeed In An Ensemble: Reflections On A Life In Chamber Music by Abram Loft (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester), is a combination personal memoir and practical advice sourcebook written by an impressively accomplished musician and educator who spent a quarter century in ensemble life with the Fine Arts.
Individual chapters wonderfully illustrate such issues as overcoming hurdles to join quartets or ensembles; dealing with reviews; rehearsal difficulties; settling in to a new life of teaching chamber music; and a great deal more.
www.midwestbookreview.com /ibw/dec_03.htm   (14486 words)

  
 Backgrounder
While Midcal dealt with pricing practices, later cases have measured the constitutionality of a state statute with other provisions of federal law.
Issues in California and on the federal level that challenge government-compelled payments to agricultural commissions and marketing orders are currently faced with their own First Amendment issues, and I have no doubt attorneys and the courts will be looking for guidance on what to do with the 'Got Milk' organizations now in operation.
Even if you can cross the political hurdles of Federal legislation, you must still test its constitutionality next to the authority of the 21st.
www.wineinstitute.org /shipwine/backgrounder/backgrounder.htm   (3385 words)

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