Art Buchwald is a Pulitzer Prize winning columnist/humorist‚ and is born on October 25‚ 1925 in Mt. Vernon‚ New York‚ to a Jewish family. His father‚ Joseph Buchwald‚ was a curtain manufacturer and his mother‚ Helen Buchwald‚ has a mental illness and spent 35 years of her life in a mental institution‚ rarely seeing her son. Art and his three sisters‚ Alice‚ Edith‚ and Doris‚ all grew up in foster homes. At the age of seventeen‚ he dropped out of high school (Forest Hills High School‚ Queens‚ NY)
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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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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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MARIA MONTESSORI BIOGRAPHY Maria Montessori was born on August 31‚ 1870‚ in Chiaravalle‚ Italy. In 1907 she was placed in charge of the Casa dei Bambini school. By 1925‚ more than 1‚000 Montessori schools had opened in the United States. By 1940 the Montessori movement had faded‚ but it was revived in the 1960s. During World War II‚ Montessori developed Education for Peace in India‚ and earned two Nobel Peace Prize nominations. She died May 6‚ 1952‚ in Noordwijk aan Zee‚ Netherlands. Early Life
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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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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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Annual Report 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 2 4 5 8 12 15 18 21 30 32 33 Vision & Mission Group Financial Highlights Significant Events Geographical Presence Message from Executive Chairman & Group CEO Board of Directors Key Management Financial Review Operating Review Corporate Social Responsibility Investor Relations Financial Statements HYFLUX LTD ANNUAL REPORT 2011 OUR VISION To be the leading company the world seeks for innovative and effective environmental solutions. OUR MISSION
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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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Sam Walton: A Biography America ’s richest man‚ Sam Walton‚ was not always rich. Growing up during the depression‚ he struggled to help his family then‚ not knowing he would one day own a multi-billion dollar business‚ and then struggle to help the poorest of America becoming one of the top philanthropists in the United States. Also seen as a great leader‚ not everyone agrees on the "greatness" of the man who laid the foundation of some of the most significant management concepts used today in
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