years old. He spent extreme amounts of hours on the ice and scored 378 goals in his final year of peewee hockey. When he was a teenager he was chosen third in the 1977 Ontario Major Junior Hockey League Midget draft‚ and played for the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds where he was able to show his skills. He played for his home country in 1978‚ and led the entire tournament in scoring at the World Junior Championships that were hosted in Quebec City. In the fall of 1978‚ he signed with the Indianapolis
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Biography of Brian Mulroney Martin Brian Mulroney was born on March 20th‚ 1939 in the small town of Baie Comeau‚ Quebec. Mulroney was the 18th Prime Minister of Canada. He was in office from September 17th‚ 1984‚ to June 25th‚ 1993 and was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. Before going into politics Brian Mulroney attended university and received a Bachelor of Arts at St. Francis Xavier University and a Bachelor of Civil Law at Laval University. After
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entire memoir. In a criticism written by Myra K. McMurry‚ she notes that Caged Bird was “an affirmation‚ . . . Maya Angelou’s answer to the question of how a Black girl can grow up in a repressive system without being maimed by it.” (Maya Angelou Biography). Throughout the memoir‚ one can see her change from a young girl‚ oppressed‚ nervous and scared‚ to progressing into a strong‚ confident
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Was Marie-Antionette The Perfect Scapegoat? Marie Antoinette was the perfect target to blame for all the problems France was having at this time. In many ways‚ she somehow tries to help the French people. The marriage was supposed to bring in peace and friendship to both of the countrys‚ but instead‚ it just puts this into a more difficult position than before‚ married into a royal court that hated anything Austrian at this time. Since Austria and France had been fought
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Biography: Carmelo Anthony Carmelo Kyan Anthony was born in May 29‚ 1984; his father was Puerto Rican and his mother was African American. Carmelo was named after his dad who had died due to cancer when he was only two years old. Carmelo and his family lived in Friona‚ Texas for two years before they moved to Baltimore in 1992. The family lived in the Druid Hill section of West Baltimore‚ which is where he began playing the game of basketball. During the summer of 2000‚ he grew five inches
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the charts in 1971 with "Got to Be There" from the album of the same name. His 1972 album‚ Ben‚ featured the eponymous ballad about a rat. The song became Jackson’s first solo No. 1 single. In August 1994‚ Jackson announced that he had married Lisa Marie Presley‚ daughter of rock icon Elvis Presley. The couple gave a joint
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north end residential area of Tacoma‚ WA where he was a Boy Scout. He had a difficult relationship with his stepfather; and his shyness made him a target of bullying. Bundy’s killer instincts may have started when he was a 14-year-old paperboy. Ann Marie Burr‚ an 8-year-old girl‚ mysteriously disappeared
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Louis Armstrong is a very talented musician‚ actor‚ and singer. He has lived a prosperous life with a lot of success and an equal amount of downfalls. Louis Armstrong’s story goes back to over one hundred years ago. Nicknamed Satch‚ Satchmo‚ Satchelmouth‚ Dipper‚ and Dippermouth Louis Armstrong took over and changed the jazz industry to what we know it as today. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4‚ 1901 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. His father‚ William Armstrong‚ abandoned the family during Louis’
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Charles Dickens Biography Charles Dickens was one of the most popular writers of all time. Dickens was very observant of life‚ and had a great understanding of humanity. Charles John Huffam Dickens was born in Portsmouth‚ England‚ on February 7‚ 1812. When he was two years old he and his family moved to London. Dickens father‚ John Dickens‚ was a poor clerk who worked for the navy‚ and he also spent time in prison for debt. When John was not in prison he lacked the money to adequately support
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Siddhartha Gautama Biography Siddhartha Gautama‚ Gautama Buddha‚ Shakyamuni or formally known as Buddha is a famous for his teachings of Buddhism from 563- 483 BCE. It is believed that Buddha was born in present day Nepal. He was born into a royal family‚ his father being Suddhodana‚ an elected chief of the shakya clan‚ and his mother being Queen Maha Maya‚ and‚ was a Koliyan princess. There is a rumor that goes along with Siddhartha’s conceiving. On the said night his mother dreamt that a white
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