Jeremy Lin: A Hero Personified My hero’s name is Jeremy Lin. He is a Taiwanese born NBA player. When he was growing up nobody ever expected him to become a successful basketball player. After Jeremy Lin graduated high school he went to Harvard. Harvard is a very academic-based school and to see a Harvard graduate choose a path of basketball is astonishing. Jeremy Lin rose to stardom on February 4th‚ 2012. He had a career night‚ finishing with 25 points‚ 7 assists‚ and 5 rebounds. Jeremy Lin showed
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or‚ successful performance or achievement. On February 4th 2012 Jeremy Lin made his NBA debut against the New Jersey Nets. Twelve minutes into the game‚ the non-starter Guard entered the game to make his debut as a New York Knick. To everyone’s surprise Lin came off the bench cold to put up big numbers against the Nets that would both change the pace of the game and give birth a new sensation in the NBA. In his debut game‚ Lin put up twenty-five points‚ seven assists‚ and two steals which was a team
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According to Jeremy Lin and Yao Ming‚ also they are same an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets. But‚ they are two different generation and life. Yao Ming was pressured to enter the NBA Draft in 1999‚ and then Yao with the first pick of the draft‚ he became the first international player ever to be selected first overall without having previously played U.S. college basketball. And Jeremy Lin‚ he has no athletes received scholarships provided by the talent out of high
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Maya Lin was born on October 5‚ 1959 in Athens‚ Ohio. Her parents fled from China in 1948 when the Communist took over. She is the daughter of Henry Huan Lin and Julia Chang Lin. Her father was a ceramicist and the Dean of the School of Fine Art. Her mother was a poet and a literature professor at Ohio University. Lin says that she was in her father’s studio “making art as long as she can remember.” (Falconer “Maya Lin Biography‚ Art‚ and Analysis of Works”). When Lin started Yale her major was zoology
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INTRODUCTION * WHAT IS MAXIS "To bring the future to our customers’ lives and business‚ in a manner that is simple‚ personalized and enriching‚ by efficiently and creativity harnessing leading-edge technology and delivering a brand of service experience that is reliable and enchanting" – vision of Maxis (Maxis Bhd‚ 2012). Maxis Mobile Sdn Bhd‚ a reputable telecommunications company which started its operations in 1995‚ is the leading telecommunications service provider in Malaysia. With
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COMPARISON BETWEEN PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND ADOLF HITLER There are not many similarities between Adolf Hitler and President Lincoln But they both ran a country through a war‚ and were both hated by most members Of the apposing side. Of course‚ Lincoln was a great man who fought to end slavery‚ while Hitler tried to commit genocide. They both don’t have many similarities ‚but some of the things they did kind of linked to one another. Lincoln very much
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Shirley Shirley is set in Yorkshire during the wars and all the trade was down. A lot of the businessmen were going bankrupt and didn’t have any money for their families. Robert Moore owned a mill and was forced to do anything and everything in order to keep the mill running. He was so into his business that he didn’t pay attention to Caroline Helstone‚ his cousin that is in love with him. Caroline is not allowed to visit him because her uncle had arguments with Robert in the past. A smart
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Essay: Dreams From My Father Barack Obama’s Dreams From My Father is exactly what it claims to be by title‚ a story of race and identity. Barack Obama comes from a diverse background‚ which he explores throughout the book. Having a white American mother and black Kenyan father‚ he has a different experience than the majority of people in society when it comes to race and identity‚ however still it seems similar to the experience of many blacks as described in William E. Cross’s Black Psychological
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Summary and Personal Response of Dreams from My Father February 4‚ 2013 Word Count: 674 Summary In the memoir‚ Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance‚ by Barack Obama‚ Obama writes his memoir in an autobiographical narrative form which discusses about his family and the lessons he has learned throughout his life from his childhood to his adulthood. He describes about how his father’s death affects him and being as a myth to him since his first visit to Hawaii to see Obama when
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black. This theory relates perfectly the theme of racial identity in Barack Obama’s book‚ Dreams from my Father. In this book‚ Obama discusses racial identity as a means to find yourself in the United States. He does this by allowing the reader to follow his journey through life‚ and discussing the experiences that caused him to question his identity because of the
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