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    BIOGRAPHY OF KIRK FRANKLIN Since his debut 1993’s Kirk Franklin & the family‚ Kirk Franklin has been one of the brightest stars in contemporary gospel music. The album spent 100weeks on the gospel charts [some of those on the top]‚ crossed over to the R&B charts and became the first gospel debut album to go platinum. His second album‚ Kirk Franklin and the family Christmas‚ became the genre’s first Christmas album to make it to the number one‚ and his 1996 album Whatcha lookin’ 4 went gold

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    Biography of Allan Pinkerton CJS 250 Axia College UOP Allan Pinkerton is without a doubt one of the most famous figures in the Detective history. In his long and varied career he was called a traitor and a patriot‚ an outlaw and a police officer‚ a thug and an idealist‚ a left-leaning political activist fighting for the plight of the workers and a hired goon for bosses‚ a defender of liberty and a tramper of rights‚ an immigrant and a drunkard‚ a rogue‚ an adventurer and a barrel maker

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    Biography of John Donne

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    Biography of John Donne John Donne was an English poet‚ satirist‚ lawyer and priest. He is considered the pre-eminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His works are noted for their strong‚ sensual style and include sonnets‚ love poetry‚ religious poems‚ Latin translations‚ epigrams‚ elegies‚ songs‚ satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor‚ especially compared to that of his contemporaries. Donne’s style is characterised by abrupt

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    Calvin Klein Biography

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    Madison Shertzer MJShertz@stu.aii.edu Fashion History II Maher Calvin Klein Biography 3/7/2013 Calvin Klein Today we are in the presences of many fabulous designers who have made their name and shown off their class. Calvin Klein has been personably one of my favorite designers. He has started from the bottom of nothing to creating his way to one of todays’ greatest designers. Calvin Klein was born in Bronx‚ New York on November 19‚ 1942. He was the middle child born to Flo and Leo Stern

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    Clarence Darrow Biography

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    School. He became a member of the Ohio bar in 1887(Clarence Darrow Biography).

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    James Madison: Biography

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    Bibliography: www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jm4.html http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/jm4/about/madison.htm http://bioguide.congress.gov/scriptsbiodisplay.p?index=M000043 http://print.infoplease.com/ipa/A0760589.html www.americanpresident.org/history/jamesmadison/biography/printable.html www.leftjustified.com/leftjust/lib/sc/ht/fed/mbio.html

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    Dec 24‚ 2012 Philo 300A Postmodernism Michel Foucault (1926– 1984)‚ A Biography & Examination of His Theories “Anyway‚ my personal life is not at all interesting. If somebody thinks that my work cannot be understood without reference to such and such a part of my life‚ I accept to consider the question. I am ready to answer if I agree. As far as my personal life is uninteresting‚ it is not worthwhile making a secret of it. By the same token‚ it may not be worthwhile publicizing

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    CS Lewis Biography

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    library. Because of this‚ Lewis adapted an incredible writing skill‚ as well. However‚ after his tenth birthday in 1908‚ Lewis’ world was turned upside down by the death of his mother. This is especially important because‚ as Dorsett says in his biography‚ “The death of Mrs. Lewis convinced young Jack that the God he encountered in church and in the Bible his mother gave him was‚ if not cruel‚ at least a vague abstraction.” (C.S. Lewis: A Profile of His Life). About four years later‚ he pronounced

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    Richard Peck Biography

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    Biography Richard Peck is a 78 years old American novelist. He was born April 10‚ 1934 in Decatur in the US-State Illinois. He attended elementary and high schools in Decatur. He writes stories for young adults and won several awards. Peck began to work as a high school teacher before he was transferred to a junior high school to teach English. After a while‚ he decided to cut his career short and write. However‚ these observations about junior high school students proved excellent material

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    Edward Snowden Biography

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    Security Administration (NSA) as a security guard and‚ in time‚ through technical consulting companies‚ he secured a high paying IT position with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and eventually a classified program back at the NSA (Edward Snowden Biography‚ n.d.). Incidentally‚ to work on a classified program it is requisite to apply for a government security clearance first. Once the interim or final clearance eligibility is granted‚ the individual is required to sign a Classified Information Non-disclosure

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