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    Minnie Fisher Cunningham was born on March 18‚1882 to Horatio and Sallie Fisher in New Waverly‚TX. To be an educated‚politically minded young women she received her state teaching certificate when she was 16‚but instead of pursuing her teaching career she followed the path of medicine and studied at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.After she graduated‚ her pharmacy career started‚but during her work period she realized that her pay was less than half of what her male coworkers

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    Are you the brother or sister of a criminal mind? That’s life for Paul Fisher‚ and even though his brother‚ Erik‚ is technically a criminal‚ he gets all the attention for their parents. Paul is legally blind‚ but doesn’t remember the incident of how it happened. He just believes what his brother says: He stared right at a solar eclipse for too long. The story opens in the now empty Paul’s old home‚ where Paul and his mom pack up their last things to head to their new home in Lake Windsor Downs‚ Florida

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    August 19‚ 1992‚ in Salt Lake City‚ Mary Fisher a woman infected with the deadly disease known as HIV‚ asked the Republican party‚ to lift their silence on the epidemic that has struck the US. HIV is an epidemic that strikes all races‚ genders‚ and people. She tells that “two hundred thousand Americans are dead or dying” due to this disease. The Republicans like to think that this disease is strictly affecting a certain group of people‚ they believe the disease only strikes certain people. Specifically

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    The Fishers are a family of four who have a very unique relationship with one another. I think the family’s relationship with Erik is one with mixed feelings. Erik is a senior high school football player at Lake Windsor. First of all‚ Mr. Fisher absolutely adores and loves his son’s football talents. He treats him like a god and like he is the best football player he has ever known. He makes it a point to tell people that his son is great and theirs isn’t. Notice before how I said that Mr. Fisher

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    During the Republican National Convention on August 19‚ 1992‚ Mary Fisher‚ a woman with AIDS‚ delivered the speech “A Whisper of AIDS” to shed light on the spread of HIV and AIDS‚ an issue that was seemingly ignored at the time. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ “the number of perinatally acquired AIDS cases peaked in 1992‚” reaching 901 cases. Before delivering the speech‚ Fisher’s main recognitions were for being a movie producer and an assistant to President Gerald R

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    Vaccinations According to Barbara Loe Fisher‚ since 1990‚ around fourteen thousand reports of hospitalizations‚ injuries‚ and deaths following vaccination are made to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting Systems (VAERS)‚ but‚ it is estimated that the actual number of vaccine-related health problems occurring in the U.S. every year can be more than one million. (“Parents Should Be Allowed to Opt Out of Vaccinating Their Children”‚ 536.) Barbara Loe Fisher and Steven P. Shelov both wrote articles

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    WATER PORTRAYED AS A FRENEMY IN SAROJINI NAIDU’S COROMANDEL FISHERS Sarojini Naidu (13 February‚ 1879 - March 2‚ 1949) also known as “The Nightingale of India” was a child prodigy‚ Indian Independence activist and poet. Naidu was a source of inspiration for all the freedom fighters and was one of the framers of the Constitution. She was the first woman to become The President of Indian National Congress and it is her birthday that is celebrated as Women’s Day all over India. She began writing

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    Antowne Fisher The film‚ “Antowne Fisher” is inspired by a true story. Antwone is a volatile sailor in the Navy that’s continuously getting into fights for his trouble. He is sent to counseling because of his anger-management problem. The Navy chose him to see a psychiatrist named Dr. Jerome Davenport. After seeing him‚ Fisher began to reveal his emotional problems behind his rage. Throughout the process‚ Antwone Fisher was able to confront secrets from his past. Dr. Davenport was able to help discover

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    Searching for Bobby Fisher is based on the true life story of Josh Waitzkin‚ a seven year old boy‚ who fell in love with the game of chess. Although this film isn’t just about Josh’s life‚ he’s always being compared to the chess genius Bobby Fisher. For many chess players Bobby Fischer is as much a rule model to the game of chess as Roberto Clemente is to the game of baseball. Josh Waitzkin is faced with multiple challenges that he must over come to become one of the best chess players of all time

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    understanding of this virus on a national as well as a global scale. Fisher highlights the conspiracy theories on this virus as well‚ and urges her audience to take into account that this disease can affect anyone; there is no preference as to who can contract HIV/AIDS. On this note‚ being that HIV/AIDS has no specific type of individual on whom to attack‚ the issue surrounding this speech is the fact that a lot of individuals

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