Print 2. Berne‚ Emma Carlson. Christopher Columbus: The Voyage that Changed the World. New York: Sterling Publishing‚ 2008. Print 3. Bergreen‚ Laurence. Columbus: The Four Voyages. New York: Viking Press‚ 2011. Print 4. Christopher‚ Peter and Dyson‚ John. Columbus: For Gold God and Glory. New York: Simon and Schuster/Madison Press‚ 1991. Print 5. Granzotto‚ Gianni. Christopher Columbus: The Dream and the Obsession. New York: Doubleday and Company‚ 1985. Print
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John Forbes Nash Jr. Introduction John Forbes Nash Jr. was born on June 13th of 1928. He has greatly impacted today’s society with his works in game theory‚ differential geometry‚ and partial differential equations. His theories are used in many aspects of our lives today such as in economics‚ computing‚ evolutionary biology‚ artificial intelligence‚ accounting‚ politics and in military theory. Within his lifetime Nash has received several prestigious awards. In 1
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John Green’s novel Looking for Alaska tells the story of Miles Halter‚ a shy teenager who transfers to Culver Creek Boarding School for his junior year of high school‚ in search of the “Great Perhaps”. His roommate‚ Chip “the Colonel” Martin‚ takes Miles under his wing‚ nicknames him Pudge‚ and introduces him to smoking‚ drinking‚ pranks‚ and Alaska Young. Alaska is a beautiful moody‚ self-destructive girl who catches Pudge’s attention. One night‚ after getting drunk with the Colonel and briefly
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Beloved Alberta Banner Turner Liberty University Abstract Alberta Banner Turner was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree from Ohio State University. She was also the first in her family to complete high school and college. Dr. Turner had a significant love for the equal rights of African Americans. From a very young age‚ Dr. Turner advocated equal rights for all until the time that she died. She was also apart of many Civil Rights groups. She was the head of various considerable home economic
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Awards and Logie Awards. Winton has written a number of children’s books; his award-winning ’Lockie Leonard’ series (published between 1990 and 1997) was adapted for television in 2007 asLockie Leonard. Other adaptations of Winton’s works include John Ruane’s film of That Eye‚ the Sky in 1994 and James Bogle’s film of In the Winter Dark in 1998. Winton has continued to draw international readerships and awards. His novels have been published in England and the United States of America‚ translated
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recognised in the whole of Canada and the United States for her great effort. Hannah has been around Canada and the United States to speak in lots of different places. She has been to Vancouver‚ Edminton‚ Thompsan‚ Calgary‚ Victoria‚ Toronto and St Johns. She has also travelled to Massachusetts‚ the District of Columbia‚ Tennessee‚ Los Angeles and San Francisco. During the time that Hannah has travelled to the places she went to go and talk to people about the Ladybug Foundation. Hannah has been in
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1st‚ 1953‚ before running and becoming elected as President. President Richard Nixon served as the 36th Vice President under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. President Nixon lost his first race to become president in 1960‚ losing to John F Kennedy who served his time as President from 1961 to 1963‚ becoming the youngest man to be elected into the office. Nixon lost to Kennedy in the closest election in
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We’re Alive‚ Thanks to… A Dog?!?! In January of 1922‚ Dr. John Macleod walked into a small high-ceilinged room surrounded by crisp white walls and a small blue cot. On that cot lay a gaunt-faced young boy named Leonard Thompson. He was barely 14 years old ‚ in a coma‚ and slowly dying from a previously incurable disease. Macleod had been testing a hormone that could cure this boy and people just like him from their life threatening illness‚ but had been unsuccessful in finding something that would
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Harper Lee John Iverson 3rd hour Harper Lee was born on April 28th‚ 1926. She grew up in Monroeville‚ Alabama. As a child Harper was a frequent reader. Harper graduated from Monroe County High School in Monroeville‚ and enrolled at the all female Huntingdon College in Montgomery for one year. She then pursued a law degree at the University of Alabama from 1945 to 1949. Harper wrote several student books and spent one year as an editor for the campus humor magazine‚ “Rammer Jammer”. She did
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It is rare for an artist to become a celebrity‚ but Andy Warhol experienced much more than his "fifteen minutes of fame"‚ and became an icon of his generation. Andrew Warhola was born August Sixth‚ 1928‚ in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of Julie and Andrej Warhola‚ both immigrants from Czechoslovakia. In Fifth grade Andrew started attending the free Saturday classes that the Carnegie Institute taught. It is noted that even then young Andrew excelled at his art. Due to the bullying
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