The first accomplishment she made was to be the first ever Hispanic citizen to be surgeon general of the U.S. She also was the first women to become surgeon general of the U.S. She was nominated this honor by president George Bush. Some of her most important initiatives
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Her struggle to get recognized and respected as a musician was not an easy path for Akiyoshi. Seen as an accomplished jazz composer‚ starting with her Granz-recording‚ Toshiko began to realize that people saw her as an outsider to American jazz because she was both Japanese and a woman. These two categories were considered second class no matter what nationality or race. In 1959‚ after she left Berklee‚ she made her own way as a musician‚ composer‚ and arranger and thought that audiences were seeing
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biggest accomplishment they are proud of. Some of them are relieved that they were able to get it over with. Except Alan‚ he was pretty neutral about the entire situation‚ he is not overjoyed about completing a task he knew he would accomplish. No‚ he is best pleased over the weaknesses he was able to overcome during his high school career. Throughout the story you can see‚ feel‚ hear‚ taste‚ and smell many stimulating factors that led to what Alan believes are his greatest accomplishments so far
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The Vitruvian Man is a very well known accomplishment of Da Vinci. Along with many anatomical illustrations made Leonardo Da Vinci used the recently dead to achieve such accuracy with in his drawings. (Crothers) Leonardo also examined the fetus in the womb creating two colored and annotated sketches
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Gloria Steinem was a woman of many accomplishments. She was born in Toledo‚ Ohio in 1934.In 1946‚ her parents got divorced‚ she lived with her mom in a rat-infested basement apartment. Gloria commonly struggled in school on a regular basis. Gloria enrolled at Smith college‚ and became an outstanding student. In 1956‚ Gloria got an undergraduate degree in government. Gloria Steinem was a writer and activist for social reform and women’s rights as well as a political organizer. In 1960‚ Gloria became
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naturalist‚ geologist‚ and biologist who is best known for his discovery in the theory of evolution. Charles got to the place of infamy in his life with the help family and childhood‚ education and training‚ career discoveries‚ and his major accomplishments. Through these things‚ our modern generation now knows Charles Darwin as a major impactor to the scientific world as well as a contributor to people’s thoughts and discussions on how us humans came to be. Charles Darwin was born in February 12
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answers. The title says it all outliers means those persons of exceptional accomplishments. A summary of Chapter 1 is a review of similar towns in Italy with much unlike life expectations and no obvious reason. Though the towns were only miles apart‚ the life expectancy in Roseto was surprisingly longer‚ than any neighboring town in the region‚ which makes Roseto an outlier‚ which is having exceptional accomplishments. The next chapter speaks about why the better athletes on Canadian teams where
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three when her parents had divorced then moved to Santiago from where she was born ‚ in Lima Poru‚ Isabel had a tough life when she was younger but she went through her life like she was in heaven. Secondly‚ Isabel Allende had a good amount of accomplishments‚ she was also known for her fantastic novels she made‚ one of her prizes was a all time Los Angeles book nomination. Isabel Allende was very grateful for accomplishing her reading life and she is very proud to be where she is right now.
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In spite of his successes‚ Arnold was passed over for many promotions by the Continental Congress while other general officers took credit for his many accomplishments. As his personal debts mounted‚ Congress investigated his accounts‚ and charges of corruption were brought by political adversaries. Frustrated‚ bitter‚ upset by the questioning of his honor‚ and strongly opposed to the new American alliance with
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years ago‚ and Johannes is definitely at the top of that list. Modern day scientists still use the discoveries of Kepler to not only map out the layout of space‚ but also to send spacecrafts into orbit and to other planets. Some of the biggest accomplishments in human history‚ like The Mars Rover mission headed by JPL‚ might have been a long lost dream if not for Johannes
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