Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (Listeni/ˌsətʃɪn tɛnˈduːlkər/; born 24 April 1973) is a former Indian Cricketer widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of the modern generation‚ popularly holds the title "God of Cricket" among his fans [2] He is also acknowledged as the greatest cricketer of all time.[6][7][8][9] He took up cricket at the age of eleven‚ made his Test debut against Pakistan at the age of sixteen‚ and went on to represent Mumbai domestically and India internationally for close to twenty-four
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A Biography of Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein was born in Lawrence‚ Massachusetts on August 25‚ 1918. He was born to first generation Jewish parents from Russia. At the age of ten‚ he began learning to play the piano‚ at one point in his studies at Hebrew Union he thought of becoming a rabbi. Latter he was awarded an honorary degree‚ for he became a rabbi of sorts (Gottlieb.) However‚ he went on the major in music at Harvard University. Although‚ his interest at college was in becoming
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Stephen B. Oates is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts‚ Amherst‚ and the author of eight other books‚ including The Fires of Jubilee and To Purge This Land with Blood. His task in this biography was to perpetuate Lincoln as he was in the days he lived. His purpose of this biography was to bring the past into the present for us and his students. The Life of Abraham Lincoln Although other states such as Indiana lay claim to his birth‚ most sources agree that Abraham Lincoln was
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Barack Obama I. Introduction Obama “Barack Hussein Obam” is the first African-American president of the United State. His biography has some very interesting which makes him so popular among American people; as a result‚ he is elected as the America president two terms. II. Background Obama was born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii on August 4‚ 1961. His father‚ Barack Obama Sr.‚ a Kenyan national of Lou Muslim ethnicity‚ and mother is Ann Dunham‚ a Christian American citizen of British descent. His parents
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Nancy Fraser talks about the second-wave feminism movement that has been going on within the past 40 years. She writes about the second-wave movement and the recent historic movements of capitalism in feminism. She talks about three parts that have taken a part in post history of capitalism. First one is the state organized capitalism. Here‚ she charts out the becoming second-wave out of the new left‚ anti-imperialist‚ and the convincing androcentrism and the sexist ways of the state organized capitalism
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Fritz Perls Biography Frederick Salomon Perls (July 8 1893‚ Berlin – March 14‚ 1970‚ Chicago)‚ better known as Fritz Perls‚ co-founded the Gestalt school of psychotherapy with his wife and long-time collaborator‚ Laura. Frederick Perls started his path of life in 1893 in Berlin. All thought that he would follow the steps of his uncle who was a lawyer‚ but he chose medicine. He served in the German Army for some time during the WWI. Perls began to study psychiatry‚ works of Willhelm Reich and
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trilogy focusing on Egyptian mythology‚ The Kane Chronicles‚ and has published three out of five planned books of The Heroes of Olympus series‚ the sequel to the Percy Jackson series that focuses onRoman and Greek mythology. Contents [hide] 1 Biography 2 Published books 2.1 Camp Half-Blood series
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Susan Hill Biography Novelist‚ children ’s writer and playwright Susan (Elizabeth) Hill was born in Scarborough‚ England‚ on 5 February 1942. She was educated at Scarborough Convent School and at grammar school in Coventry‚ before reading English at King ’s College‚ London‚ graduating in 1963 and becoming a Fellow in 1978. Her first novel‚ The Enclosure‚ was published in 1961 when she was still a student. She worked as a freelance journalist between 1963 and 1968‚ publishing her third novel‚
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Christine Jorgensen Biography Christine Jorgensen (May 30‚ 1926 – May 3‚ 1989) was the first widely known person to have sex reassignment surgery - in this case‚ male to female. She was born George William Jorgensen‚ Jr.‚ the second child of George William Jorgensen Sr.‚ a carpenter and contractor‚ and his wife‚ the former Florence Davis Hansen. She grew up in the Bronx and later described herself as having been a "frail‚ tow-headed‚ introverted little boy who ran from fistfights and rough-and-tumble
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Mendoza‚ Alianne Gayle L. BSA 1-13 BIOGRAPHY OF THE PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTS Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy (Term: January 23‚1899-April 1‚ 1901) Emilio Aguinaldo was born on March 23‚ 1869 in Cavite Viejo (Kawit) to Carlos Aguinaldo and Trinidad Famy‚ a Chinese mestizo couple who had eight children‚ the seventh of whom was Emilio. The Aguinaldo family was quite well-to-do‚ as Carlos Aguinaldo was the communities appointed gobernadorcillo. Emilio became the Cabeza de Barangay of Binakayan‚ a
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