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    Michael Phelps

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    “I deliberately set very high goals for myself…why not? No limits” (Phelps 14). Michael Phelps is a name that will always be associated with the word swimming. He made the sport well-known by his eight medal wins at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games‚ and is the most decorated Olympian in the world. He had been swimming since he was seven years old‚ and competed at only fifteen years old in his first Olympic Games. Michael Phelps has affected the world for good by bringing honor to the United States‚

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    thousand pictures. This is what poet Marianne Moore accomplishes with chosen words in her poem. Words that create specific pictures that provide the reader with an insight into her thoughts. However‚ her pictures are not pleasant and encouraging images. On the contrary‚ in the poem “What Are Years?” Moore utilizes negative and demoralizing imagery to reveal her pessimism and belief of mankind’s declining morality. In the first stanza of the poem‚ Moore immediately creates in the first few lines a

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    The Machine That Is Michael Phelps In Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers he expresses that‚ “It makes a difference where and when we grew up. The culture we belong to and the legacies passed down by our forebears shape the patterns of our achievement in ways we cannot begin to imagine” (Gladwell 19). He believes that there are other factors besides hard work and ambition that contribute to a person’s success. There are the rare cases‚ like Oprah Winfrey‚ who rose from nothing and worked hard her whole

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    Michael Collins

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    Michael Collins and the Decline of Imperialism “Imperialism‚ as defined by the Dictionary of Human Geography‚ is the creation and/or maintenance of an unequal economic‚ cultural‚ and territorial relationship‚ usually between states and often in the form of an empire‚ based on domination and subordination.” (Wikipedia) In the movie Michael Collins‚ the director Neil Jordan‚ presents a historical biopic of the Irish patriot and revolutionary Michael Collins. Michael Collins was an Irish revolutionary

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    Michael Kors

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    Michael Kors: The Last Word in Luxury Michael Kors handbags always reflect style and substance. And that’s exactly why everyone wants to own one of them. It helps you to make a style statement. It enables you to stand out among a crowd. To sum it up‚ it makes you feel special. The brand Michael Kors always evoked feelings of pride and luxury among its innumerable owners. It has class and it projects the indomitable spirit of the modern women. It has a unique charisma and a lazy elegance‚

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    Marianne Craig Moore was born on November 15‚ 1887 in Kirkwood‚ Missouri. She was the second child of Mary Warner and her father John Milton Moore‚ a construction worker and inventor. After a failed inventions attempt her father had a nervous mental breakdown and was sent to the hospital. She never met her father because he left before she was born. She was raised in her grandfather’s household. Her grandfather was a Presbyterian pastor and after his death her family had to move to Carlisle‚ Pennsylvania

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    Akaash Nayak MBC-08 UPenn 7-8-12 Character Analysis for The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game: MICHAEL OHER African-American Michael Oher’s story started when he ran away from home‚ escaping his drug-crazy mother who was fighting her own battle of maintaining a husband-less family and retaining money for drugs‚ food‚ and other “necessities.” Although he kept poor grades up until the year he graduated from high school‚ Oher showed an aptitude in sports from an early age. This would play a major

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    Michael Kors

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    Michael Kors Michael Kors was born on August 9‚ 1959‚ and raised on Long Island. He moved to New York City to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology‚ but dropped out after two semesters. Kors launched his women’s collection in 1981 and became a judge on Project Runway in 2004. First Lady Michelle Obama posed in a Michael Kors dress for her first official portrait. Kors lives in New York City. Designer. Born August 9‚ 1959‚ Karl Anderson‚ Jr. was raised on New York’s Long Island. As a toddler

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    while others fold. This is evident in the novel The Other Wes Moore with the contrast of the two Wes’s. The author Wes deals with adversity far better than the other Wes. Factors like the people around the person and a person’s support system can be the largest factor of how a person deals with adversity. The author Wes Moore clearly has far more success dealing with the adversity of growing up in the inner city than the other Wes Moore. This is largely due to the impact that his mother has on his

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    Michael Collins

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    Michael Collins 1. On the16th October 1890 Michael Collins was born in West Cork near Sam’s Cross‚ named after Sam Wallace‚ a local highwayman. Michael was born to father Michael Senior and mother Marianne O’Brien. Even though there was a 52-year age difference it did not stop them from making Michael the youngest of 8 children. Collins’ father‚ Michael Senior‚ said on his deathbed "Mind that child"‚ pointing to his six-year-old son. "He’ll be a great man yet‚ he’ll do great things for Ireland."

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