which then developed his interested in music. Years later after his family moved to Tijuana it was then he began to play with the guitar‚ the instrument that would lead to his greatness. He was fascinated and surpassed his guitar heroes; they were John Lee Hooker‚ T. Bone Walker‚ and B.B. King. In 1961 Santana moved from Mexico to San Francisco‚ United States. In 1965 he graduated from Mission High school to then supported his family by getting a job as a dishwasher. He loved the San Francisco
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Wole Soyinka was born on 13 July 1934 at Abeokuta‚ near Ibadan in western Nigeria. After preparatory university studies in 1954 at Government College in Ibadan‚ he continued at the University of Leeds‚ where‚ later‚ in 1973‚ he took his doctorate. During the six years spent in England‚ he was a dramaturgist at the Royal Court Theatre in London 1958-1959. In 1960‚ he was awarded a Rockefeller bursary and returned to Nigeria to study African drama. At the same time‚ he taught drama and literature at
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JOHN DOE320 Memorial Drive‚ Cambridge‚ MA 02139 Phone: 917-669-6459 Email: johndoe@mit.edu EDUCATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ Cambridge‚ MA Candidate for B.S. in Environmental Engineering‚ GPA 2010 (expected) Minor in Biology; Humanities concentration in Economics Relevant coursework: Structural Engineering‚ Ecology‚ Environmental Biology and Chemistry‚ Environmental Microbiology‚ Engineering Design‚ Genetics‚ Multivariable and Differential Calculus‚ Micro and Macroeconomics
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Julie Watson Biography Julie Watson is a native of Atlanta‚ Georgia born at Georgia Baptist Hospital in the Old Forth Ward on Boulevard in 1963. She grew up in Atlanta’s Midtown during the 60’s and 70’s surrounded by hippies‚ then spent the summers with her grandmother and cousins in rural Rome‚ Georgia steeped in Southern traditions. Both extremes have deeply influenced her work. Julie has spent her life creating all media of art works from functional art to watercolors and has work shown on
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COVER SHEET FOR ASSESSED Passage Submission 01_The Great Biography Students must complete this Cover Sheet to accompany the Assessed Passage submitted. Name: ____Anathapindika_______________________________________________________ Student Admin No.: F14AM0552___________________________________________________ Module Code: __VAF1041_______________________________________________________ Module Title: __Introduction to Visual Arts_________________________________________ Department: __Arts
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On August second‚ 1859‚ a great man departed from earth. Horace Mann‚ politician‚ teacher‚ unitarist‚ and above all‚ hero‚ died of natural causes at Antioch College. In the 63 years he was alive‚ he made a huge impact on society and changed the world for the better. Mann was born on May fourth‚ 1796‚ in Franklin‚ Massachusetts. His father was a poor farmer and consequently Mann only had six weeks of schooling a year between the time he was 10 years old and 20 years old. At age 23 he graduated from
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It went somewhat downhill after that because during my first year of middle school my grades were at a c average. That angered my parents and they decided that paige middle school was not good for me so they decided to transfer me to john glenn middle school. That change of schools really did hit me like a truck. The level of education and standards were so much higher than my other middle school. They had no time for screwing up‚ so i got myself together and decided to give it my all
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Few ever expected her to occupy this position. Canadian Tire had‚ perhaps not surprisingly‚ always been a man’s world. Martha’s father‚ Alfred Jackson Billes (always referred to as A.J.)‚ was the junior partner to his elder brother‚ John William (J.W.)‚ when they bought a service station at the corner of Gerrard and Hamilton Streets in Toronto in 1922‚ selling and repairing a new product known as "balloon" (pneumatic) tires. The empire had expanded to more than 100 stores‚ and the
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Constable‚ John - 1776–1837‚ English painter‚ b. Suffolk. Constable and Turner were the leading figures in English landscape painting of the 19th cent. Constable became famous for his landscapes of Suffolk‚ Hampstead‚ Salisbury‚ and Brighton. The son of a prosperous miller‚ he showed artistic talent while very young but did not devote himself to art until he was 23‚ when he went to London to study at the Royal Academy. Influenced by the 17th-century landscape painters Ruisdael and Claude Lorrain
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He began his run for the presidency in February 2007. After a close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primaries against Hillary Clinton‚ he won his party ’s nomination. In the 2008 general election‚ he defeated Republican nominee John McCain and was inaugurated as president on January 20‚ 2009. On October 9‚ 2009‚ Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. Contents [hide] 1 Early life and career 2 Political career: 1996–2008 2.1 State legislator: 1997–2004 2.2 2004
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