old-fashioned southerner named Andrew Johnson. Although an honest and honorable man‚ Andrew Johnson was one of the most unfortunate Presidents. Over time there has been a controversial debate as to whether Johnson deserved to be impeached‚ or if it was an unconstitutional attempt by Congress to infringe upon the president’s authority. The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was politically motivated. The spirit of the Jacksonian democracy inspired Andrew Johnson. In 1857‚ Johnson was then elected to represent
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Magic Johnson is a former NBA player and a succesful business owner. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers for 12 years‚ until he retired in 1991 due to his HIV diagnosis. Johnson spent the rest of his adult life to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and continues to do so today. Here are 10 little known facts about the professional basketball legend! Number Ten: He’s in a Red Hot Chili Peppers Song The iconic funk rock California band are long-time Lakers fans and dedicated a song to Johnson. The song
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As Mrs. Johnson sauntered in her doctors office and took a seat. As she remained patiently for Dr. Proctor‚ he slowly entered the room. Hesitant I. His words he spoke cautiously. "Hi Mrs. Johnson‚" "Hello Dr. Proctor." "How are you feeling today." "I’m (pause) feeling okay." " Well not to hold you here long‚ but the office received the final results from your test. Sadly they came back positive for cancer." "Cancer Doctor? What kind of cancer?" "Breast cancer Mrs. Johnson stage 5 breast cancer!"
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Lyndon Baines Johnson moved quickly to establish himself in the office of the Presidency. Despite his conservative voting record in the Senate‚ Johnson soon reacquainted himself with his liberal roots. LBJ sponsored the largest reform agenda since Roosevelt’s New Deal. The aftershock of Kennedy’s assassination provided a climate for Johnson to complete the unfinished work of JFK’s New Frontier. He had eleven months before the election of 1964 to prove to American voters that he deserved a chance
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James A. Garfield was born in 1831 in a small place called Cuyahoga County‚ Ohio. He was born and raised fatherless‚ so he grew up strong-willed as the man of his house. When he became of age to start going of to college‚ Garfield chose the prestigious Williams College in Massachusetts in 1856. Garfield studied to become a politician and his hopes and dreams came true as he was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1859 as a Northern Republican. Garfield was well known as a loyal Unionist and kept his ways
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James Dewey Watson For my biography‚ I decided to write about the biologist James Dewey Watson. He was born during the 1920’s. Along the side of Francis Crick‚ he was famous for the discovery of the DNA double helix. The way we look at the composition of the human body is different because of them and their research. James Watson was born on April 5‚ 1928 to the parents of James D. Watson and Jean Mitchell. His father back round was of English descent and his mother’s
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in the population. According to the definition provided by the United Nations‚ megacities are cities with populations of over 10 million (UNFPA‚ 12). Based on this definition‚ it is expected that the number of megacities in the world will be mostly located in the developing world. However‚ the definition of megacities based on the population size is arbitrary given that the population in any given city changes with context and time. In the ancient times‚ for example‚ Rome‚ which has a population
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James Lawson and Nonviolent Direct Action Despite efforts to garner legislative equality for African Americans after the Civil War‚ the actual implementation of change did not occur for some time later. The 13th and 14th Amendments‚ which ended slavery and granted the rights of citizenship to black Americans‚ were often ineffectual in promoting racial justice. Throughout the following decades‚ race relations struggled against the remnants of Jim Crow to the forefront of American social issues‚ but
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Brilliant‚ hidden‚ and mathematician are three words that describe Katherine Johnson. Many people believe that Katherine Johnson was just a smart woman at NASA‚ but she was so much more. As a well known mathematician for NASA‚ Katherine Johnson showed Americans that African American women are just as useful as white women. She left a lasting legacy as an extremely intelligent hidden figure. Katherine Johnson’s childhood was one of many contributing factors that helped her get to where she is
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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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