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    the most successful people of all time. Walt Disney changed our world into a much more beautiful place‚ solely with his imagination. He is an inspiration for millions‚ now so many more people are pursuing their dreams because they know they can become real. Walt also has an ultimate underdog story‚ he went from rags to riches by following his dream and bringing joy into other’s lives. He made one of the largest companies in the world‚ many movies‚ served the global community with his dream‚ and most

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    John Adams was born on October 30‚1735 in Massachusetts and died July 4‚1826 (1).Doing his lifetime as a president‚ he change the world a lot. His father‚ John Adams Sr.‚ was a councilman(1). However John’s mother‚Susanna Adams was a Boylston of Brookline of descendant(1). John is the oldest child. His father hired someone to help John with his school work (3). In high school‚he study religion and math. He went to Harvard College at age fifteen. After he was done with college‚ John became a teacher

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    Chávez as president of Venezuela since 1999‚ he defied the world by insulting Bush and other high rank political leaders. He has influenced governments of other countries by the power gained by oil such as Bolivia‚ Peru and Iran that has also defied the U.S. by selling military supplies to Iraqis. Chavez and his ideology have changed the world that we see‚ and was named by Time magazine‚ one of the 100 most influential people in the world. As the spokesman of imperialism‚ he came to share his nostrums

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    Muhammad Ali changed the world today by standing up to the United States military. He was special because he refused to be in the army when it was time for him to be drafted. Back then‚ one only had to serve in the military if they were Christians. If he didn’t convert to Islam‚ he would have been arrested or killed for not accepting to be drafted. He would have most likely died anyways fighting in a war. Muhammad Ali sparked up a lot of drama in the news. Muhammad Ali was born in January 17‚

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    Andy Warhol was born in 1928‚ Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. Warhol’s started painting at the age of eight but became known to the world in the late 1950s. He graduated high school when he was sixteen years old and enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Andy Warhol became a commercial illustrator‚ in 1949‚ the same year he moved to New York. He worked for well-known magazines like The New Yorker‚ Vogue‚ etc. He won awards like the American Institute of Graphics Art with his out of the ordinary

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    Many people have had a great influence upon our world. Some have changed it in a generally good way‚ such as Abraham Lincoln. Others have affected the world negatively‚ such as Adolph Hitler. Still others have changed the world thoroughly‚ their changes resounding through time‚ such as Christopher Columbus. One other has changed the world thoroughly‚ and though all know his name‚ few know who this actually is. This man is Amerigo Vespucci or‚ as known to the Spanish‚ Americo Vespucio. Vespucci

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    that. She was involved with tons of civil rights work before and after that day. Not nearly as many people are aware of the people and events that influenced her as she grew up‚ or all of the work she did for the NAACP‚ but none of that changed the world as much as all of the work that she did on integrating buses. As important as her one famous event was‚ Rosa Parks did so much more than fight for a bus seat. Rosa Parks would never have done the work she has done in her later life if she did not

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    Do you know who Abraham Lincoln is‚ and what he did to change the world for the people? If you don’t‚ then let me start all from the beginning. A boy named Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12‚ 1809‚ in Hodgenville‚ Kentucky. At the age of seven‚ his family moved to Indiana‚ and he grew up on the edge of a frontier. He had very little education‚ but he read a great deal and self-taught himself when he wasn’t working on his father’s farm. Let me introduce his family‚ Nancy and Thomas were Abraham

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    Why do you think Charles Darwin went on a five year voyage to collect samples of rock and fossils? Darwin was rich in his early life‚ he made a new theory‚ and he also changed the world by changing people’s perspective on how things were made. The voyage was not even meant for Darwin. Charles Darwin had a very irregular life. Charles Robert Darwin was born in Shrewsbury‚ England on February 12 1809 (Perrottet). As a child Darwin and his younger sister were raised by their

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    people crammed onto the shores of Cape Canaveral to see a glimpse of the first spaceship heading to the moon launch into space (Reynolds 134). A monumental event would soon take place‚ but that would only be the beginning. The world and it’s technology was about to change forever. As Neil Armstrong once said‚ “It’s a beginning of a new age‚” (Loff). Although many people only remember the actual take off and landing‚ the idea of performing a lunar landing was announced by President John F. Kennedy

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