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    Jim Henson

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    JIM HENSON Jim Henson was born on September 24‚ 1936‚ in Greenville‚ Mississippi. He moved to Maryland in fifth grade and throughout his childhood had a strong interest in both art and television. His grandmother was very supportive of his interests and constantly encouraged him to use his imagination. In 1954 Jim started in television performing puppets on a local channel ’s Saturday morning program. The next year‚ while studying at the University of Maryland‚ he was given a five-minute show called

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    Lucky Jim

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    of the picaresque rogue in Jim Dixon. Jim perpetrates a succession of practical jokes‚ tricks‚ and deceptions on other characters in the novel‚ especially those who offend his democratic sensibility. He has a talent for "pulling faces" and projecting voices gestures Amis uses to enhance Jim’s social commentary. He is sometimes aided and abetted in his roguery by his fellow boarder‚ the salesman Bill Atkinson. On campus‚ in addition to Welch‚ Johns‚ and Margaret‚ Jim is seen interacting with

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    Jim Carry

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    The youngest of four children born to Percy (an accountant and aspiring jazz saxophonist) and Kathleen‚ Jim Carrey was an incurable extrovert from day one. As a child he performed constantly‚ for anyone who would watch‚ and even mailed his résumé to "The Carol Burnett Show" (1967) at age 10. In junior high he was granted a few precious minutes at the end of each school day to do stand-up routines for his classmates (provided‚ of course‚ that he kept a lid on it the rest of the day). Carrey ’s early

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    Lord Jim

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    ” In his literary masterpiece‚ Lord Jim‚ Joseph Conrad’s theme development is complex but mirrors Fay Weldon’s statement. Dealing with the paradox of whether a human being is capable of both good and evil the moral focus of the novel is the degree of the central characters guilt‚ his related attempts at self-justification‚ and in the end‚ whether or not good works can make up for one bad act. As will be supported in the following paragraphs‚ Lord Jim is a story of guilt‚ punishment‚ obsession

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    Jim Thorpe

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    early life. When Jim started primary school‚ he hated it because of the discipline. "The government believed that the only way to break in Indians to white culture was through a strict regime" (Richards 21). The discipline was used if Indians used Indian language‚ were caught roughhousing‚ came late to meals or had a sloppy appearance (Richards 24). Those years were not fun for him. He only enjoyed the game of baseball. Jim and his twin brother Charlie‚ who died of pneumonia when Jim was nine years

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    Jim Jonestown

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    that‚ although it was sold as a Christian religious group‚ Jim Jones was leading a political‚ more specifically socialist-based‚ movement.”(Peschman). Jim Jones was a man who took advantage of those who were poverty- stricken and spiritually lost by creating this idea of a utopian society of “total equality a society where all people own all things in common where there is no rich or poor‚ where there are no races” where everyone was equal

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    Jim Morrison

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    Case Study on Jim Morrison Abnormal Psychology Mount Vernon Nazarene University By: Michael Moyer Tuesday‚ December 6‚ 2011 In the following pages‚ I chose Jim Morrison a rock singer from the 1960 and 1970’s band called the Doors; I am going use him as a case study example. Jim had abnormality and I will explain this in detail in the case study. I will also give you a comprehensive clinical background on Jim Morrison. In addition to the background‚ I am give you a look at his symptoms at the

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    Jim Jone

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    Reverend and cult leader Jim Jones Ishtar N. Muhammad Reid Ross Classical School Abstract The Reverend Jim Jones was a popular figure during his time in the 1970s for his establishment of the Peoples Temple and the wanting of social equality in the states. He is also famous for the mass suicide of over 900 temple members on November 18‚ 1978 in Jonestown‚ Guyana. This paper will focus on the psychopath of the notorious group leader of Jim Jones and understand

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    Jim Elliot

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    was working as a traveling preacher with the Plymouth Brethren church.[2] After two years of correspondence‚ they were married in 1918. Robert‚ their first child‚ was born in 1921 while they were living in Seattle‚ and he was followed by Herbert‚ Jim‚ and Jane‚ all three of whom were born after the family moved to Portland.[3] Elliot’s parents had firm Christian beliefs‚ and they raised their children accordingly‚ taking them to church and reading the Bible regularly. Elliot professed faith in Jesus

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    Jim Corbett

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    (We do not support killing of any animals. All the carnivores killed by Corbett were man-eaters‚ meaning they had to be killed.) Edward James "Jim" Corbett (25 July 1875 in Nainital‚ India – 19 April 1955 in Nyeri‚ Kenya) was a British hunter-turned-conservationist‚ author and naturalist‚ famous for hunting a large number of man-eaters in India. [pic] Corbett held the rank of colonel in the British Indian Army and was frequently called upon by the government of the United Provinces‚ now

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