The Supreme Court is the highest judicial court in the United States of America. Sonia Sotomayor is the Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Sotomayor is the 1st Hispanic justice‚ 3rd female justice‚ and the courts 111th justice. She has been a loyal member of the liberal side. Sonia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx‚ New York‚ on June 25‚ 1954. Her parents‚ who were of Puerto Rican decent had a diminutive income. When Sotomayor was 9 years old‚ her father died. Her
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In the book‚ My Beloved World‚ Sonia Sotomayor discusses the long list of struggles that she faced throughout her early childhood all the way to the point that she reached college. She explains experiences ranging from things as difficult as losing her father suddenly and unexpectedly to simply struggling to keep her grades up or decide between what college she wanted to attend. Though Sonia faced these struggles‚ she still managed to find things that shaped her into the Associate Justice of the
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Sonia Delaunay-Terk was an innovator‚ inventor‚ fabricator and an artificer; well known for her signature style of geometrization of forms and vibrant melody of colors. Born in Ukraine‚ she moved to Paris in 1905 at the age of 20 after reading a book by an art critic‚ Julius Meier-Graefe‚ who had promoted the creative city as a centre of true art. Her early influences were Van Gogh and Gauguin. Delaunay took up art courses in Paris but left after feeling confused and discouraged by her teachers’
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Sonia Sotomayor is a Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She is known for being the first Hispanic justice‚ the first Latina‚ the third female justice‚ and the twelfth Roman Catholic justice. Sonia was born in the Bronx to her two Puerto-Rican born parents. Her mother’s occupation was a practical nurse while her father had a low education and was unable to speak English. During her early ages of life‚ she was mostly raised by her mother because her father died when she was
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Shah Jahan A’la Azad Abul Muzaffar Shahab ud-Din Mohammad Khurram (January 5‚ 1592 – February 01‚ 1666) better known by his imperial name Shah Jahan‚ was the fifth Mughal Emperor who reigned from 1628 until 1658. While young‚ Khurram was the favourite of his legendary grandfather‚ the third Mughal emperor Akbar the Great. At a young age‚ he was chosen as successor to the Mughal throne after the death of his father‚ Emperor Jahangir‚ in 1627. He is considered one of the greatest Mughals. His reign
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The first thing that me and Shah Jahan have in common is that‚ we both can not tolerate competition. When I know that I have competition it makes me try even harder to prove everyone wrong‚ as with him. He went as far as getting the people that competed with him killed. Even though I would never go as far killing anyone‚ I do get very angry when people try to make me feel bad about myself by trying to compete with me to show that they are better. Shah Jahan did not tolerate competition when it came
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largest democratic country in the world. It has given some great leaders to the world like Mahatma Gandhi‚ J.L.Nehru‚ and Indira Gandhi. But can you imagine a foreign woman can be the main leader of that country. It was not possible before but when Sonia Gandhi took over as the president of the India’s Congress Party in 1999 the whole scenario of the Indian politics changed. At that time‚ the Indian Congress Party was in deep water; its performance was going downward‚ the whole morale of the party
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Federal judge Sonia Sotomayor was born as the eldest of two children in the South Bronx area of New York City‚ on June 25‚ 1954. Parents Juan and Celina (Baez) Sotomayor‚ who were of Puerto Rican descent‚ moved to New York City to raise the family. Sotomayor’s family functioned on a very modest income; her mother was a nurse at a methadone clinic‚ and her father was a tool-and-die worker who died when Sotomayor was only nine years old. Sotomayor’s first leanings toward the justice system began
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Prince Khurram (Shah Jahan) with His Son Dara Shikoh: Leaf from the Shah Jahan Album‚ Mughal‚ period of Jahangir (1605–27)‚ ca. 1620 By Nanha India Ink‚ opaque watercolor‚ and gold on paper This superbly painted image framed by a splendid border shows the future emperor admiring jewels with his favorite son. Holding a tray of emeralds and rubies‚ the father contemplates a ruby in his right hand‚ while the child grasps a peacock fan and a turban ornament. They are seated on a raised dais that
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Outstanding Universal Value of Delhi’s Ancient and Sultanate Period th 10 November‚ 2011‚ India International Centre‚ New Delhi Contribution of the Firuzian Era to development of Indo-Islamic building typologies Dr. Aruna Ramani Grover Firuz Shah Tughlaq was nominated as the Sultan in 1351 on the death of his cousin to rule for the next 37 years. According to historians he was the choice of the Ullema. Disappointed by the idealistic and secular notions of Muhamad bin Tughlaq‚ they hoped that
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