Women were strong competitors.
Some people thought that it was "disgusting and degrading" for women cyclists to compete.
Women worked to break each other's records in cycling.
He should say that he deserves a raise because he is hard working and diligent in his work, never slacking off, nice to customers, goes the extra mile in doing things for his boss, etc.
I'm not sure what youre asking if you provide more info i could answer
This poem is an example of an extended metaphor.
A metaphor is a comparison between two things that are not alike. In this case, a road and life are being compared. In this extended metaphor, the speaker never actually makes a direct comparison between life and the road. In other words, he does not say life is a road. Yet the entire poem implies it.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took...
Http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/section5.rhtml
