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    James Watt

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    James Watt James Watt was born January 19th‚1736 at Greenock and at this time no one would even begin to imagine his effect on the Industrial Revolution. When James was fifteen years old he had read books about and become accustomed to Philosophy (kind of like modern physics). He had also completed many of his own chemical experiments and even started to produce and construct his own products such as a small electronic device that really surprised his friends. In 1755 he set out on

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    james dean

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    James Dean was born on February 8‚ 1931‚ at the Seven Gables apartment house located at the corner of 4th Street and McClure Street in Marion‚ Indiana‚ to Winton Dean and Mildred Wilson. Six years after his father had left farming to become a dental technician‚ James and his family moved to Santa Monica‚ California. He was enrolled at Brentwood Public School in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles‚ but transferred soon afterward to the McKinley Elemetary school.[5] The family spent several years

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    Lebron James

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    Research Report LeBron James Computer Science Class Xavier Henry November 2‚ 2009 Period 3 Lebron James is one of the greatest professional basketball players ever. He plays for the Cleveland Cavilers. He has won many awards‚ accomplished many things‚ and much more. Here are some things about Lebron James. Lebron James was born December 30‚ 1984 in Akron‚ Ohio. He was a natural athlete and played football and basketball. He attended St. Vincent-St. Mary High School. He was a starter

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    Etta James

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    Etta James Famous singer originally named as Jamesetta Hawkins. Jamesetta was born in Los Angeles‚ California‚ on January 25‚ 1938. She was a very dynamic song writer of the blues‚ jazz‚ and a gospel prodigy. Jamesetta mother Dorothy Hawkins had her at the age of fourteen years old. Despite the struggles as a child‚ raising a child was hell. But Dorothy knew her daughter had a spontaneous voice. In the church choir‚ receiving fame and praise from the neighborhoods’ radio station. Jamesetta took

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    James Buchanan

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    merchant farmer‚ James Buchanan Sr. and an educated mother‚ Elizabeth Speer‚ President Buchanan was born to be a dedicated democrat. After graduating as a Lawyer in Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania‚ President Buchanan has become a successful attorney. He has taken his role as a member in both Houses of Congress‚ ambassadorships‚ and a Cabinet Post. He has run for President in 1844‚ 1848‚ and 1852‚ before he actually gained presidency in 1857. “I like the noise of Democracy” (President James Buchanan 1857)

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    James Watt

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    On January 19th 1736‚ James Watt was born to James Watt Sr.‚ a ship owner and contractor‚ and Agnes Muirhead. He was born in Greenock‚ Scotland and his mother was the one to educate him through most of his childhood. Towards the end of his teenage years‚ at the age of 18‚ his mother passed away and his father’s health was failing. After this tragic event‚ Watt attended the Greenock Grammar School where he specialized in manual dexterity‚ engineering skills‚ and Mathematics. After Watt’s time

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    James Bond

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    adventure began in the early fifties when Ian Lancaster Fleming created the story Casino Royale on his Jamaican property called Goldeneye.1 Fleming transformed popular detective and spy/espionage from the dark‚ through the eye of secret agent 007. James Bond films are about a lady’s man/spy that has dedicated his life to a British intelligence agency called MI6. By utilizing the most technologically advanced spy equipment and specially designed vehicles that can withstand the most torturous conditions

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    Etta James

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    Famous blues singer‚ Etta James‚ known from songs such as At Last and Something’s Got A Hold On Me died in southern California. According to Lupe De Leon‚ James died early Friday‚ at Riverside Community Hospital in Los Angeles. The cause of her death was complications of leukemia. She had been undergoing treatment for leukemia and dementia. She would have turned 74 Wednesday. Etta James‚ born Jamesetta Hawkins‚ started singing in her church choir and on the radio at the age of 5 in Los Angeles

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    James Dyson

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    The famous designer that I have chosen to focus my study on is James Dyson. His Dual Core Hoover range includes many innovative products that have revolutionalise the field of vacuuming. James Dyson created the DC (dual cyclone) range which is what I would like to focus on. His DC01 contains many useful features to enhance the users experience whilst using the product and also when they’re not‚ the idea of making products easily storable has played a huge part in the designing and manufacture in

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    William James

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    Paper-William James William James‚ an American psychologist and philosopher was born on January 11‚ 1842 at the Astor House in New York City. His father James Sr. is described as an independently wealthy and notoriously eccentric Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day. (wikipedia‚ 2011‚ p.1) The James family were remarkable epistolary of talents. His brother became a prominent novelist and his sister publicly published a diary. James was a very

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