and was the 39th president of the United States from the years of 1977 through out 1981‚ Jimmy Carter was born on October 1‚ 1924‚ in Plains Georgia. His father‚ James Earl Carter‚ was a peanut farmer and businessman who owned his own area of land as well as a warehouse and store; and his mother Lillian Gordy‚ was a registered nurse‚ where back in 1920s Ms. Gordy counsel black women on health care issues. Jimmy Carter in his early life studied Engineering at Georgia Southwestern Junior College before
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he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize a little while later in 2002 for his judicious and advocacy when he made the now successful foundation called the Carter Center which helps and reliefs human suffering and human rights as well. (Hochman‚ 2012) Jimmy Carter’s father‚ James Earl Carter Sr.‚ was a straight-forward peanut farmer who owned his own land as well as a warehouse and store. His mother‚ Bessie Lillian Gordy‚ was a RN who in the 1920s had broke the racial barriers when she tended to African-American
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Sir Jimmy Savile: Icon in life‚ sexual predator in death Child abuse and pedophilia is absolutely rife‚ not just in Britain but all over the world and most people have no idea the kind of scale we are looking at. Perhaps equally as shocking‚ the people being exposed as ring-leaders in the abuse cases are often high profile celebrities and well known public figures. The information that becomes public over the coming weeks and months could shatter not just the BBC‚ but the whole country from top
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of Ronald Reagan. Some did not like that Reagan was an actor before he became president of the United States. Attempted assassination In 1981 President Ronald Reagan survived an assassination attempt. The time was estimated around 2:25 p.m. The day was March 30‚ 1981. The shooter was a 25 year old male by the name of John Hinckley Jr. Ronald Reagan was shot the round punctured his lung; three others were also injured during the shooting. Ronald Reagan had just finished giving a “speech to a group
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Carter began to run for presidency after the democratic national convention in 1972. His chief motto was to tell the people the truth and give them the best. He believed that why hide it from the public‚ who gives you their faith. His decision about running presidency was influenced when he stared meeting the president like Truman and Nixon. During the convention in 1972 he began to assess his strength and weakness‚ which was first serious step towards running for presidency. He laid out some
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Each and every day around us‚ there are those who need a hero‚ but who is the hero and what is the right definition of heroism? Through weeks of discussing the concept of heroism‚ i discovered that the definition of heroism is relative: someone can be a villain from another perspective‚ but a hero in another person’s perspective. however ‚ all of the definitions agree on general principles of a hero so i can define the hero as a person who has courage and self-sacrifice and is willing to risk his
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1. a. Although the stock split increases the number of shares outstanding and the par value stays the same‚ it will not change the value of stockholder’s equity. The number of shares authorized and issued would remain the same. Class A: 22‚910‚728 shares * 1.5 = 34‚366‚092 shares outstanding post-split Class B: 2‚794‚982 shares * 1.5 = 4‚192‚473 shares outstanding post-split b. This would reduce the number of shares outstanding by 112‚199 shares and increase the Treasury
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Human Rights Inspired by Jimmy Carter In the twenty-first century there are no other issues that have been more influential and significant than issues regarding human rights. Jimmy Carter‚ throughout his whole life‚ has voiced his opinions on many cultural issues that were not only significant back in time‚ but are also important today. Jimmy Carter has addressed issues from women’s rights‚ to the discrimination of African Americans‚ and to the treatment of the poor. Everything Carter has said about
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Comp. 1302 10 March 2004 Jimmy Cross: Life Story There is something special about human beings. Human beings have the capacity to sacrifice themselves for others. Not all do it and many do just the opposite. In the story "The Things They Carried" by Tim O’BRIEN‚ demonstrates that statement. Jimmy Cross‚ who is 1st lieutenant of his platoon‚ is a man of integrity and grace which unfortunately starts to diminish throughout his journey. Jimmy begins to fantasize of‚ "love" which starts
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the honour largely for his belief that every Canadian deserved the right to have quality health care‚ regardless of their economic or social situation… This conviction likely stemmed from his social gospel roots in Manitoba‚ and continued during his days as Premier of Saskatchewan and later as leader of the federal
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