and the faint footprints scattered on its beaches turn without exception to the sea. As if all you can do here is leave and plunge‚ never to return‚ into the depths. Into unfathomable life. by Wislawa Szymborska Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature (1996) From "A large number"‚ 1976 Translated from Polish by S. Baranczak & C. Cavanagh The Unknown Citizen | | by W. H. Auden | | (To JS/07 M 378 This Marble Monument Is Erected by the State)He was found by
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The issue of gender inequality is one which has been visibly echoing through society for decades. The problem is inequality in employment being one of the most pressing issues today. In order to examine this situation one must try to get to the root of the problem and must understand the sociological factors that cause women to have a much more difficult time getting the same benefits‚ wages‚ and job opportunities as their male counterparts. The world still conforms to the conventional notion that
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country’s survival‚ and that the new technology of the Green Revolution could be the solution. This document is taken from the point of view of Dr. Norman Borlaug‚ a United States scientist involved in Green Revolution research‚ who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner at a Nobel Lecture in 1970. Dr. Norman is a very creditable source with his first hand knowledge of the Green Revolution. In document five Chidambaram‚ India’s minister for food and agriculture from 1964-1967‚ describes in his interview the farmers
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR African-American leader Fought against the legal segregation of AfricanAmerican citizens creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 PERSONALITY TRAITS NATURE precocious student young Martin questioned religion He had always been the questioning and precocious type. At the age of thirteen‚ he shocked his Sunday school class by denying the bodily resurrection of Jesus NURTURE grew
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decided he wanted to be a civil rights leader‚ which began his journey as a well known leader. His way of protesting was subtle yet effective. Martin’s long speeches often caught wandering people‚ and drew them into the crowd. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964‚ and is the youngest person ever to receive it. He was assassinated on April 4th‚ 1968‚ in Memphis‚ Tennessee; which led to many riots by the African American community. Malcolm X was‚ well‚ a lot different. As Martin was remembered
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A-Change in life Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian Peace Activist‚ who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011. She went through a remarkable change from Part One to Part Two of her memoir‚ Mighty Be our Powers. In part one‚ Leymahwas a young lady who was not going to school‚ had three children. She lacked money‚ self-confidenceand was not able to take care of her children. However‚ in Part Two‚ Leymah’s life changed significantly‚ and shewere able to live a reasonable life. Several people such as: Tunde
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Mother Teresa‚ (birth name Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) was a Nobel Peace Prize winner of 1979. She also received other awards‚ for example the Pope John XXlll Peace prize in 1971‚ and the Nehru Prize in 1972‚ and the Balzan Prize in 1979. She was Albanian by blood‚ but born in Macedonia. Mother Teresa wanted to spread the love of Jesus. She felt great connection to God at a young age‚ and wanted to spend her life devoting herself to being as Jesus was.After she had gone to Ireland to train in a community
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Malala is an activist for female education and Kesha is an activist for animal rights. Both women have been rewarded for what they have done for the issues. Malala has won a Nobel Peace Prize and Kesha has been rewarded the Wyler Award from the Humane Society of the United States. Malala fight for female education when the Taliban attacked the girls at her school for having an education. Kesha started fighting for animal rights because
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What I find most admirable about Albert Einstein is the way he thought up his theories and had the ability to conduct experiments on them. By doing this‚ he answered many questions of the scientific realm of the world. Some of the traits I admire are: 1. A trait I admire is his curiosity because he always wanted to find out how things worked. When he was five years old his father gave him a compass. It was a mystery to him. He wanted to know why the arrow always pointed north. His father
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wrote a book called "Living in Britain." Parts of this book were transferred into printed booklets and they were translated into several languages‚ discussing mechanisms though which racial harmony could be achieved. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. Madge Saunders died in 2009 at the age of 96 in Jamaica. Madge Saunders made a huge contribution to childhood education in Jamaica. She was instrumental in facilitating the training of basic schoolteachers‚ having
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