Helium.com | View B. B. James's articles http://www.helium.com/users/51868.xml View B. B. James's articles en-us Copyright Helium.com Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:44:01 GMT Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:44:01 GMT It seems hard to argue that for an activity to qualify as being a "sport," it must contain a few elements: 1. a competitive aspect; 2. standardize... http://www.helium.com/items/1684201-is-poker-a-sport Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:44:01 When Barack Obama was announced as the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, a cacophony of complaints immediately arose from people who oppose various... http://www.helium.com/items/1682819-nobel-peace-prize-winners Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:02:09 In the Middle Ages, children were apprenticed by age 8 into the trades that they would be expected to pursue for the rest of their lives.  Wh... http://www.helium.com/items/1679718-working-age-recommendations Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:25:15 Being left at the altar is a humiliation and a deeply emotional blow from which it's hard to recover.  Even in our current society in which m... http://www.helium.com/items/1679698-getting-dumped-at-a-wedding Sat, 12 Dec 2009 00:30:59 Did you have toy cars as a kid?  Surely almost every boy had a dozen or more brightly colored miniature Hot Wheels vehicles - the muscle cars... http://www.helium.com/items/1678197-hot-wheels Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:14:53 Charles Dickens was one of the world's most prolific and inventive authors, and so it's fitting that his novels have inspired so many movies. Acco... http://www.helium.com/items/1675610-movie-versions-of-charles-dickens-david-copperfield-bleak-house Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:30:19