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    talk about Harry Houdini‚ The great escape artist in the world and a great magician. I think Harry Houdini would never become famous if he wouldn’t become an escape artist. Because he is a great hallucinator and his famous Hindoo Needle trick shocked the audience. That’s why it would be interesting to see him. I am going to convince you that magic is what made him famous. Let’s start with the first reason‚ hallucinator. While he was a magician‚ he did a lot of hallucinating. For example Houdini

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    multidisciplinary consultancy). The hotel was built by South African construction contractor Murray & Roberts. The hotel cost $650 million to build. Famous Encounter Due to the exclusiveness of Burj Al Arab‚ many celebrities and well-known name have come and visited this hotel. Some of these famous persons are: 1. Tiger Woods – This famous pro golfer practice his tee shot at the Sheikh’s Helicopter Pad‚ on top of the building. 2. Andre Agassi and Roger Federer – In the preparation

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    WILLIE O’REE BLACK ICE William Eldon O’Ree was born October 15‚ 1935 in Fredericton‚ New Brunswick. He is the son of a civil engineer and a member of one of the two black families in his hometown. Willie is one of thirteen children. His brother Richard played and this is what lead Willie to his hockey career and legacy. Willie started playing hockey at age 3 and joined his first league at age 5. He currently married with two children and lives in California. On January 18‚ 1958 he made

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    Donald Eugene Gates‚ 30 year old African American‚ on July 20‚ 1981‚ was arrested for failing to appear in court on an unrelated case‚ giving up a hair sample as part of a processing procedure. On June 22‚ 1981‚ Catherine Schilling‚ a 21-year-old Georgetown University student‚ found raped and murdered in Rock Creek Park in Washington‚ D.C. Found nude and had been shot five times in the head. After a police informant‚ Gates was charged with the rape and murder. Gerald Mack Smith‚ Donald’s longtime

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    10 Famous Brands That May Disappear Soon By SiliconIndia  |   Wednesday‚ 25 September 2013‚ 18:23 IST Bangalore: Every New Year awaits the beginning of something new and happy. And with the commencement of the year‚ 24/7 Wall St releases the name of 10 brands that they predict may disappear in the near future. The predictions so far have been discerning.  The brands that were predicted to see the end in 2010 did have to face their gloomy fate‚ such as Blockbuster‚ Dollar Thrifty and so on. However

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    Quarg English 102 CUA 1 November 2012 Revision The Man Who was Almost a Man Manhood is defined as a time in life when the body has transitioned from boyhood into puberty and has taken on male secondary sexual characteristics. But on the other hand‚ to be considered a man also involves certain gender roles such as leadership‚ responsibility for actions‚ and careful decision making. In Richard Wright’s “The Man Who was Almost a Man” ‚ a plethora of representations assist in disclosing the primary

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    Jobs of Authors Before They Became Famous While names like Stephen King‚ Anne Rice and John Grisham are household names these days and associated with their bestselling books this was not always the case. Even the best writers had to do something to put food on the table while working on their books in their spare time. Here are just a few writers who eventually made it big‚ but not before they had to settle for jobs that were a little less glamorous than being a full time writer. Stephen King The

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    instead were considered lucky. What many people didn’t know and still don’t know is how the concentration camps were a mire figure of hell on earth. Only a small fraction of the people sent to concentration camps came out surviving. One of the most famous survivors of the holocaust is Elie Wiesel. It has been said he “survived the most

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    artist to become famous for pop art. Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who came to become the world’s icon of the twenty first century. From there he became painter and filmmaker. I think people are drawn to andy because he is a very odd individual‚ even as a small child.He made the simplest things pop ‚ i think that’s why it’s called pop art.The way he thought that everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes made him famous. Warhol did have struggles becoming famous. The pop art movement

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    When I Almost Became a Midwife Everytime I see those blinding blue eyes that my 4 year old niece has‚ my mind goes straight to the day before she was born. On October 30th around 4pm‚ my sister‚ who was 9 months pregnant at the time‚ and I are sitting on our comfy brown suede couch. The cliche screams coming from the scary movie that’s playing in the front of the room. Little did I know that in just a few minutes my heart rate would go up‚ but not from the movie‚ from the horrors of childbirth.

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