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Relationships evident, but missing words:

The way football and basketball are played is as interesting as the players. Football is a game of precision. Each play is diagrammed to accomplish a certain goal. Basketball is a game of endurance. A basketball game looks like a track meet. The team that drops of exhaustion first loses.

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The way football and basketball are played is as interesting as the players. Because football is a game of precision, each play is diagrammed to accomplish a certain goal. Basketball, however, is a game of endurance. In fact, a basketball game looks like a track meet; the team that drops of exhaustion first loses.

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The controversy didn’t stop with just the building of the mall, though. Throughout its existence there have been many article written about the mall. The mall didn’t originally have a lot of stores like they do today. The main anchor stores at the time were Sears, Shillito’s, and Steward Dry Goods. Highpoint Mall over the years has taken many remodeling eras and owners.

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The controversy didn’t stop when the mall was finally built, though. On the contrary, throughout its existence, Highpoint Mall has been the subject of many newspaper articles detailing local conflicts and criticisms. One such debate centered on the number and type of stores the mall would contain. Originally, the anchor stores were Sears, Shillito’s, and Steward Dry Goods, but within a year the mall contained more than seventy stores, and their products covered the full range of goods from cookware to stationary to sports equipment. This consolidation of merchandise was good for the consumer, but bad for the family-owned businesses throughout town, and the editorials in the Enquirer were quick to criticize this negative impact.