Many writers are known for their amazing stories‚ but no one really knows the story behind the actual writer. Alice Walker was born on February 9‚ 1944‚ in Eatonton‚ Georgia. She is the youngest of the eight children of Willie Lee and Minnie Walker. Her parents were poor sharecroppers who instilled in her the value of hard work. When Walker was eight‚ she was shot in the eye with a BB gun causing her to become partially blind. Although her blindness was seen as a setback‚ it allowed her to attend
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Andy Warhol was born August 6‚ 1928 in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. In third grade‚ Andy had Sydenham’s chorea. He was often bedridden as a child he became an outcast at school and ended up bonding with his mother. At times when he was confined to his bed he drew‚ listened to the radio and collected pictures of movie stars.When Warhol was at age 13‚ his father died in a car accident. When Warhol graduated from Schenley High School in 1945 he had planned to study art education at the University of Pittsburgh
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Famed author Amy Tan was born on February 19‚ 1952 in Oakland California. Her father was an electrical engineer and a Baptist minister. Her mother believed in Chinese spirits and left behind three daughters when she immigrated to America. Tan was raised in Northern California‚ but when her older brother and father both died from brain tumors‚ her mother took her and her younger brother to Europe. By the time she graduated high school‚ she had been attended eleven schools. She also got arrested for
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Robert Arneson Robert Arneson was born in 1930 in the town of Benicia‚ California. Growing up‚ Robert’s father would encourage him to draw constantly. Robert would get most of his inspiration at this age from all the comics his father would read him. Robert would imagine himself in various hero-like roles in his drawings and even at this young age he was able to put together well thought out stories with his drawings. He continued to gain experience with drawing and was on the role to becoming
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born on April 25th 1917 in Newport News Virginia Ella Jane Fitzgerald also known as first lady of song lady Ella and queen of jazz was brought into the world . elevator market and US history as being the top female jazz singer for more than 50 years and in 1958 the first African American woman to win a Grammy. she went on to winning 13 Grammys and sell more than 40 million albums. Ella Fitzgerald was brought into the world by William Fitzgerald and Tim Prince William Fitzgerald also known as Tempe
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Marian Anderson was born on February 27‚ 1897 in Philadelphia. She was the daughter of John Berkley Anderson and Annie Delilah Rucker. Her father sold ice and coal at the reading terminal in down town Philadelphia and eventually had a small liquor business too. Her mother prior to her marriage was attending Virginia seminary and College in Lynchburg‚ and also worked as a school teacher in Virginia. Anderson was the eldest of three children‚ Alice (which later changed the spelling of her name to Alyse)
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The Committee on Admission is interested in getting to know each candidate as well as possible through the application process. The following essay question is designed to demonstrate your writing skills and facilitate our full appreciation of who you are. The quality of Rice’s academic life and the Residential College System is heavily influenced by the unique life experiences and cultural traditions each student brings. What perspective do you feel that you will contribute to life at Rice? (Most
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Anaerobic Digestion Evidence Availability and Gap Analysis A s t r a t e g i c r e v i e w o f r e s e a r c h a n d a v a i l a b l e e v i d e n c e o n a n a e r o b i c d i g e s t i o n ‚ w i t h a p r i o r i t i s e d a s s e s s m e n t o f g a p s a n d r e c o m m e n d a t i o n s f o r f u r t h e r w o r k Report to Defra Project Number WR1311 April 2011 Paul Frith‚ Frith Resource Management Ltd Dr Jane Gilbert‚ Eco Alternatives Ltd This research was commissioned
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Tiffany Lynn LeBeau September 3rd‚ 2013 Biographical Essay I do not want to be a statistic. Today less than 3 percent of foster care children go to college. I was determined to beat the odds since the day I was born. I Tiffany Lynn LeBeau was born on May 28‚ 1996. I was born to my mother Wanda and to my father Joseph. I had two older siblings named Eric and Brandy. Sounds like the dream family right? We were far from perfect and a lot closer to a nightmare. My parents were drug addicts
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I am pleased to submit my application for the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital internship. After thoroughly reviewing the description of your program‚ I believe it offers broad and evidence-based clinical training in pediatric and child clinical psychology‚ which is an excellent match for my training objectives and long-term career goals. Your program offers a unique training opportunity to be part of a multidisciplinary team working within one of our nation’s state-of-the-art pediatric care facilities
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