Nikki Giovanni Biography Nikki Giovanni is one of the best known mixed poets who has reached prominence in the late 1960’s and 1970’s. Nikki has wrote many poems and books 1970-early 2004‚ most of what she writes is with passion‚inspiration and with lots of feeling. Giovanni’s poetry express strong racial pride and respect for family‚ giovanni has written Creation‚ Love Poems‚ The Collected Poems Of Nikki Giovanni and The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection. She was born in Knoxville‚Tennessee in
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In Michael Jordan’s biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website‚ they state that‚”By acclamation‚ Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time.”. He was one of the best‚ winning countless awards‚ breaking many records‚ and making product endorsements. He is also the majority owner and head of the basketball operations for the NBA Charlotte Bobcats. Michael Jordan is famous because he is one of the best basketball players of the 20th century. Michael Jordan was
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Georgia O’Keeffe Biography Praised by many people around the world‚ Georgia O’Keeffe is considered to be one of the greatest American artists of the twentieth century‚ a time in which American Modernism became prominent. Finding splendor in nature‚ O’Keeffe painted things the way she saw them and did not let others’ opinions change her perspective. O’Keefe was passionate about art at a young age and successfully pursued her dream as an abstraction naturalist artist for over seven decades. Her incredible
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Guy Benjamin Former Name of School: Benjamin Franklin BP: St. John Books: Me and My Beloved Virgin and More Tales for Me and My Beloved Virgin Bertha C. Boschulte Teaching: 1924-1949 Statistician‚ Legislator for One Term Junior High School in Bovoni‚ St. Thomas Addelita Cancryn 53 years of service in DOE Former Name: Wayne Aspinall Junior High School Book: Man of Vision Musician‚ Organist and Choir Director for All Saints Cathedral Elena Leonie Elizabeth Davis Christian Former
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According to the biography (Gioia‚ N.D.)‚ Ted Gioia - a man of many hats - grew up in Hawthorne‚ California and graduated from Hawthorne High School. Gioia focused his studies at Stanford and Oxford University‚ with degrees in English‚ philosophy‚ politics‚ and economics. Dabbling in the business world as a consultant‚ Gioia proved himself the jack-of-all-trades as he also made himself prominent in the music realm as an author and musician. Gioia has written many books‚ including History of Jazz
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Over his childhood life he developed a dislike for the farm life and more of a fascination for machinery. He had little interest in school and was a poor student. He never learned to spell or to read well. Ford would write using simple sentences (Biography online.com). He instead preferred to work with mechanical objects‚ particularly watches. He repaired his first watch when he was thirteen years old‚ and would continue to repair watches for enjoyment throughout his life. Although he did not like
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Johnny Hearon Biography of Alan Moore Alan Moore‚ often described as the best graphic writer in history‚ was born in Northampton‚ England on November 18‚ 1953 and still lives there today. It is a city between London and Birmingham. His father was a brewery worker and his mom was a printer. He had one younger brother named Mike. He grew up in a very poor family and neighborhood. His grandmother on his mother’s side lived with his family when he was a little boy. She was very religious
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him and they went into partnership. On May 20‚ 1873‚ Strauss and Davis received United States patent #139121 for using copper rivets to strengthen the pockets of denim work pants. Levi Strauss & Co. began manufacturing the famous Levi’s brand of jeans‚ using fabric from the Amoskeag Manufacturing Company in Manchester‚ New Hampshire. Strauss died in 1902 at the age of 73. He was buried in Colma. Strauss had never married and left his thriving business to his nephews Jacob‚ Louis‚ Abraham and
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No | Content | Page | 1. | Biography of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim 1.1 Biography of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim 1.2 Early years 1.3 Financial crisis 1.4 Allegations 1.5 Trial and conviction 1.6 Release from prison 1.7 Political future 1.8 Current developments | 1 | 2. | References | 16 | 1. Biography of Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim Dato ’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim (born August 10‚ 1947) is a former deputy prime minister and finance minister of Malaysia. Early in
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REPORT: INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BIOGRAPHY Let’s go back in time to July 30th‚ 1863. This marks the day that the man who may have changed life as we know it was born. Son of William and Mary‚ Henry Ford was born in Greenfield‚ Michigan. During his teen years he was quite fond of dismantling and reassembling watches. By age 16‚ he left home for the big city of Detroit to be an apprentice mechanist. Despite his feelings towards farm life‚ he returns to his hometown of Dearborn‚ Michigan. In the course
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