February 20‚ 1962‚ gave him the title of being the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space. John became a national hero. John is the last living astronaut of the Mercury 7 and I sat down with him to discuss all of his accomplishments over the past years of his remarkable life including his life after NASA as a U.S. Senator. John‚ you were born on July 18‚ 1921 in Cambridge‚ Ohio and raised in New Concord‚ Ohio. Tell me about your childhood
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Robert E. Lee Introduction Few episodes in history are more painful to Americans than the Civil War‚ fought between the North and the South. This biography‚ Great American Generals - Robert E. Lee‚ by Ian Hogg‚ takes the reader through the life of one of the greatest heroes of that war‚ Robert E. Lee. It is a thorough‚ in depth record of the life of Lee and begins with a detailed account of his family history and his birth‚ through his college years‚ military experience and his work in later
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My Major Accomplishment The thing that comes to mind that I would say makes me the proudest is working so hard all those years in high school to get good grades just so I could get into the best college in Florida. The day I got accepted into University of Florida was the day I felt proudest of all my accomplishments in high school. I would not say it was easy though‚ I managed to maintain my high GPA while holding a job‚ participating in sports‚ and even doing a lot of chores most kids would
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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lee (李). Lee Chong Wei | | Personal information | Birth name | 李宗伟 | Born | October 21‚ 1982 (age 28) George Town‚ Penang‚Malaysia | Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Weight | 60 kg (130 lb; 9.4 st) | Country | Malaysia | Handedness | Right | Coach | Tey Seu Bock | Men’s singles | Highest Ranking | 1 (29 June 2006 –20 July 2006‚ 24 August 2006 –21 September 2006‚ 21 August 2008 –) | Current Ranking | 1 (July 14‚ 2011[1]) | Medal
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St Augustine has made himself known for three reasons. His teenage‚ Catholic life and his accomplishments are the three reasons. First is his teenage life. Augustine was born on November 13‚ 354 in tagaste‚ numida‚ Africa. His parents were Patricus and Monica. In his teen years‚ Augustine went to Carthage‚ but wasn’t focused at school. He went to parties that darkened his pride and mind. Then took mistress when he was eighteen and in 383 he went to Rome and made a school. By hearing St Ambrose preach
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My qualities are that I like to draw. one of my accomplishment is that I have gotten all my credits to graduate and have passed all my class. One of the accomplishment that i am proud of is my G.P.A and my grades from last semester. I am proud of my last semester grades because I know that I worked so hard to get those grades. My ninth grade year wasn’t one of my greatest year because I was going through a lot of things at that time. The one thing that I was going through and was the most painful
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Pasteur had many career accomplishments such as creating a vaccine for anthrax and rabies. He also created stereochemistry and pasteurization‚ which is why we have sanitary milk. Lastly‚ he created the Germ Theory of Fermentation. Pasteur married Marie Pasture on may 29‚ 1849. Together
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In 1980‚ Tim Berners-Lee saw the potential for a communication phenomenon. What began as a tool to communicate‚ facilitate‚ and update information among researches within a single organization has now become the quintessential means of communication throughout the world. Tim Berners-Lee has garnered many achievements in his career due to his invention of the World Wide Web. Some of these notable achievements include: The founding of the World Wide Web Consortium‚ to allow the utilization of the World
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Dorothy Lee This paper seeks to address the social issue: respect for individual integrity‚ as is appreciated in various communities. A noble way to express respect for one’s integrity is through embracing the principle of personal autonomy (Lee‚ 1956). This principle grants each individual the right to make personal decisions without any undue influence. Such personal decisions ought to be respected at all costs as an indication of respect for the individual’s integrity. Dorothy Lee studied this
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the others. His name was Janos Kadar. Janos Kadar was the General Secretary of Hungary‚ which is one of the 51 countries in Europe. He was born in 1912 at Fiume‚ Hungary and grew up with foster parents up till he was 6. Janos Kadar had many Accomplishments as well as failures and to this day people still see him for the great and dreadful man that he was. Machiavelli was an expert in his writings and was able to tell different things that some people still follow to this day. Janos Kadar was a great
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