The first Hispanic rock star‚ Richard Steven Valenzuela aka Ritchie Valens was born May 13‚ 1941 near Los Angeles California. At an early age Valens developed a love for music; being able to play several instruments. While exposed to the rhythm and blues music though his father‚ Valens vowed to devoted most of his time to the guitar and would slowly strive to aspire his dreams of being an artist. By the age of 16 Valens joined his first band The Silhouette‚ an integrated group who played local high-school
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Richard Capitan is a husband‚ father‚ grandfather and brother. He is now a retired state trooper and gets called into “work” for some statements and help on cases that happened when he was active. Richard worked as a polygraph examiner for about 30 years and had the privilege to meet some infamous and interesting people. But‚ for this specific topic Richard had the opportunity to interview people for the Richard Kuklinski (The Iceman) case. He had interviewed witnesses‚ people from the
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realities f power politics: what individual and social life is like under a despotic and brutal king ruling a deeply corrupt state. Exploiting the divisions cause by feuding political factions‚ and manipulating individuals and the system the cakculating Richard seizes the opportunity to make himself king. He is a Machiavellian figure who will stop at nothing to gain and maintain power. Richard’s extraordinary facility with words enable him to manipulate‚ confuse‚control and corrupt those around him → Woows
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Accomplishments of Richard III Richard III was a strong and effective leader who improved England’s government and enforced fair laws. Although Richard III is most known as an cruel leader who was accused of several murders‚ he was a benevolent leader and did the best he could to help his subjects. Richard was also very charitable; he founded several important councils‚ did his best to enhance the cultural level of his people‚ especially the poor and strived to create an equal and fair land by
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Remembering the Vibrant Soul of Ann Richards Ann Richards once said‚ “I have very strong feelings about how you lead your life. You always look ahead‚ you never look back” (Lewis). The world was born free. As beings‚ we are given the right to choose freedom or simply live by the rules. What good is freedom in the world without the relentless spirit of courage? There comes a time in every man and woman’s life where they must choose how to live and what makes them different from the rest of the world
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Richard Reed Richard‚ 38 is the co founder of Innocent Drinks‚ the brand of smoothies and vegetable pots that has grown its turnover from £400‚000 to £165m in 12 years – a phenomenal achievement that Reed says has been made possible from “good decisions‚ hard work and a huge dose of serendipity”. After studying Geography at Cambridge University‚ Reed went on to work for an advertising agency as an account manager. The three founders of Innocent Drinks - Adam Balon‚ Jon Wright and of course
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Robinson Crusoe Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe (1719) is one of the most important novels of the eighteenth century‚ and of the English literature. It is certainly the first novel in the sense that it is the first fictional narrative in which the ordinary person’s activities are the centre of continuous literary attention. Before that‚ in the early eighteenth century‚ authors like Pope‚ Swift‚ Addison and Steele looked back to the Rome of Caesar Augustus (27 BC – 14 AD) as a golden age. That period
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Johann D. Wyss was a brilliant writer who wrote The Swiss Family Robinson. He told a story to his kids and it later became the book The Swiss Family Robinson. The reason why was because his kids was so entertained and learned so much from it. The family discussed these stories and then took turns making up their own tales of adventure. Each boy took turns telling their tale and their father would write the stories down. One of the sons‚ Johann Emmanuel Wyss illustrated the adventures with drawings
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In Richard Rodriguez’s "Aria: A Memoir of Bilingual Childhood" he discusses his views on bilingual education by sharing his own childhood experience. Simply put‚ the story is about how out of place Richard Rodriguez felt in school‚ not knowing the language of his peers. To make this transition easier on children some believe teaching in the native language of the child is the solution. Richard Rodriguez strongly disagrees with this method of education; he has seen first hand how much easier it is
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Richard II‚ known as Richard of Bordeaux from his birthplace‚ was born on Jan. 6‚ 1367‚ the younger son of Edward‚ Prince of Wales (the Black Prince)‚ and Joan‚ daughter of Edmund‚ Earl of Kent. After his father’s death‚ Richard became the heir apparent‚ was created Prince of Wales in the later part of 1376‚ and on June 22‚ 1377‚ succeeded Edward III‚ his grandfather‚ as king of England. While he was underage‚ the control of the government had been left to a government that came increasingly under
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