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    Charles Drew: An Inspiration Charles Richard Drew was born on June 3‚ 1904 in Washington D. C. He was born to a middle- class family. His father‚ Richard Drew was a carpet layer‚ and his mother Nora Burrell was a grade school teacher. Drew’s family lived in Foggy Bottom‚ a neighborhood in D. C.‚ after relocating from Pompano Beach‚ Florida‚ where he attended elementary and junior high. As a child Drew was showed to be quite athletic. He won a variety of medals for swimming‚ and later even more

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    Book Title: A Woman’s Inspiration “One day at a time” 21 Day Inspirational Quotes and Poetry By: Patricia D. Brown Scripture quotations marked KJV are from the Holy Bible‚ King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible‚ Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.   To The Reader A sister’s inspiration is a book based on the power of word through personal quotes and the poetic words from the heart‚ soul and mind

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    Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln‚ by Doris Kearns Goodwin HEATHER COX RICHARDSON Skip other details (including permanent urls‚ DOI‚ citation information) Volume 27‚ Issue 2‚ Summer 2006 Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.2629860.0027.207   Permissions Doris Kearns Goodwin. Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. New York: Simon & Schuster‚ 2005. This is a terrific book. Goodwin has stepped with confidence into the well-mined‚ weary field of Lincoln

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    Your Global Investment Authority PIMCO Funds Credit Bond Funds This brochure contains the following documents: Ⅲ Supplement dated March 15‚ 2013 to the Bond Funds Prospectuses regarding disclosure related to the PIMCO Income Fund. Ⅲ The Annual Report dated March 31‚ 2013. PIMCO Funds Supplement Dated March 15‚ 2013 to the Bond Funds Class A‚ Class B‚ Class C and Class R Prospectus and Bond Funds Institutional Class‚ Class M‚ Class P‚ Administrative Class and Class D Prospectus‚

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    As we saw in “Ape Genius”‚ the apes could observe others and learn how to use tools‚ for example‚ as we saw them with sticks used to retrieve insects; but they couldn’t teach others this new skill they had acquired. The apes could merely learn from observation‚ this meant

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    The Artwork and Inspiration of Dale Chihuly Anyone at all familiar with Dale Chihuly’s work knows that the individual glass objects he creates represent only isolated moments inside a complex and vastly creative mind. Any of his Baskets‚ Chandeliers‚ Cylinders‚ or Floats is as much an image as it is an object. They reference to all the forms that precede and follow it‚ to the action and process that go into its making and to the intuitive form idea‚ which is of its origin. Chihuly’s assertiveness

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    A genius is defined as someone possessing an "extraordinary power of intellect‚ imagination or invention." Few people in history can complete this definition and be given the title of ’genius’. Among this cadre of intellectuals‚ visionaries and innovators‚ we discover a figure most unexpectedly. A small man‚ wearing an awkward moustache‚ by no means imposing an air of intelligence upon observers as many would expect a genius to do. ’Genius’ is not the first title which comes to mind when the name

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    I would like to present the 20th Century Genius Award to Dr. Maya Angelou. She is a remarkable Renaissance woman who is hailed as one of the great voices of contemporary literature. As a poet‚ educator‚ historian‚ best-selling author‚ actress‚ playwright‚ civil-rights activist‚ producer and director‚ she continues to travel the world‚ spreading her legendary wisdom. Within the rhythm of her poetry and elegance of her prose lies Angelou’s unique power to help readers of every orientation span the

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    Austin Inspiration I will be the first to admit that in all of my years of swimming at Barton Springs‚ I never took a good look at Philosopher’s Rock until recently. I’ve absentmindedly passed by the statue more times than I can count on my fingers and toes‚ not once stopping to read the inscription on the stones around it. The sculpture has always been at the entrance of the pool‚ a constant during visits with my family when I was younger‚ with hometown friends during college visits years

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    people considered Alexander Hamilton to be single person to be responsible for the superior economic procedures we hold today. This brings us to our first question: Was Alexander Hamilton an economic genius? Historian John Steele Gordon said yes‚ Alexander Hamilton was indeed an economic genius. He claimed that Hamilton’s policies for funding and assuming the debts of the confederation and state governments and for establishing a privately controlled Bank of the United States laid the foundation

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