Biographies
Study the biographies of people who have significantly influenced global change. Such people have appeared at all times throughout human history to give the world something new and unexplored.
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Boa’s Biography
SM’s idea three years ago was to begin to make a huge star who would represent Asia. Their plan was to make a star who would use the Korean music industry as a stepping stone into Asia, and then into the world, in order to spread Korea’s prestige abroad. At that time, the mainstream of the entertainment world was taken over by 13~16 year old female idol stars. The Japanese representative of an idol group,
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Bob Marley
Reggae's most transcendent and iconic figure, Bob Marley was the first Jamaican artist to achieve international superstardom, in the process introducing the music of his native island nation to the far-flung corners of the globe. Marley's music gave voice to the day-to-day struggles of the Jamaican experience, vividly capturing not only the plight of the country's impoverished and oppressed but also the devout spirituality that remains their source of strength. His songs of faith, devotion,
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Bob Marley
Occupation : Reggae musician, songwriter and composer Birth Name : Robert Nesta Marley Birth Place : Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica Birth Date : February 6, 1945 Death Date : May 11, 1981 Cause of Death : Cancer. It started in July 1977 when Marley found a wound on his right big toe. Doctor diagnosis a form of skin cancer, malignant melanoma, which grew under his toenail and advised him to get his toe amputated.
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Bob Marley
Bob Marley Bob Marley is the greatest musician that a third world country has ever produced. His songs touched the lives of millions and his constant message of peace helped to shape Jamaica’s future. His breakthroughs in Reggae also helped in the formation of Rap and Rhythm and Blues. In the year 1944, Captain Norvol Marley married young Jamaican girl named Cedella Booker. On February 6, 1945 at two thirty in the morning their son,
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Bob Marley Biography
Bob Marley is without a doubt the greatest musician a third world country ever produced. Through Rastafarian ideas, he influenced many others with songs that touched the lives of millions with his constant message of unity. His wisdom through experience helped him achieve a grand distinction over other artists. Marley was a great ambassador to the world preaching unity and justice for all. He wanted everyone to get along without violence. Not many people can
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Bob Marley: His Music, His Words, His Legacy
“Bob Marley: His Music, His Words, His Legacy.” The 70's - musically, culturally, and politically - was a transitional phase, and a emotional link between two very infamous periods. This decade was also the recess from reality, in which people used music to escape from the real world leaving behind all their worries. People were consumed by appetites, addicted to their guilty pleasures, and soon there would be a price to pay. During the late
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Bob Saget
Bob Saget is best known as the star of ABC's "Full House" for eight seasons and as the host of "America's Funniest Home Videos." Unfortunately, these shows were not able to show Lord Saget for who he really is: the dirtiest and, by far, funniest man alive (as anyone who has ever seen his stand-up routine can surely vouch). It was only because of Lord Saget's Godly powers that the Olsen Twins were able to
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Bob Smith
IMPORTANT-READ CAREFULLY: This compact disc (“CD”) product contains standard so-called “Red Book”-compliant audio files that can be played on any standard CD player, including those contained in many personal home computer systems. As an added feature, this compact disc (“CD”) product also enables you to convert these audio files into digital music files and/or may also contain other already existing digital content (such files and content, collectively, the “DIGITAL CONTENT”), any of which may be
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Bob Wills and Roy Acuff
Bob wills was born on March 6, 1905. His parents were John and Emma and he was the first born of ten. At the ripe age of 10 bob performed at a ranch dace with the fiddle. Seven years later bob hopped on a freight train and rode it to God. He had a religious experience and it led to his first radio appearance and marriage. He married Edna and his songs were broadcasted out
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Bobby Knight
Robert Montgomery "Bobby" Knight (born October 25, 1940 in Massillon, Ohio) is the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech University. He previously held the same position at Indiana University and the United States Military Academy. Knight is one of NCAA Division I college basketball's most controversial coaches but is the third all-time winningest coach in the men's division, behind Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp. With only 10 wins separating him and all-time leader Dean
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Bofa
Industry Analysis: The U.S. commercial banking industry was healthy in the mid-2000s, surviving the sluggish economy of the early 2000s and the 9/11-terrorist attacks. The consolidation frenzy of the commercial banking in the 1990s had slowed down drastically by the early 2000s. The total number of mergers and acquisitions that took place in 2004 fell to 226, compared to 475 in 2000. At the same time, the number of new banks established in 2004 dropped
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Book Banning
The freedom to read means we shouldn't allow censorship or book banning due to the subject matter, language usage or violent situations. To prevent children from knowing about the world and human nature is unrealistic. Shielding children from the reality of the world does not help out with the experience of life. Instead of shielding children, parents can offer a perspective from personal experiences and help children, its realities and flaws. Children, with guidance from
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Book Review: First Man, the Life of Neil Armstrong
First Man The Life of Neil Armstrong by James Hansen James Hansen is a history professor at Auburn University who has spent 25 years studying and writing the history of space. In the book the “First Man”, he provided the most comprehensive analysis of Neil Armstrong. There are 648 fact-filled pages, which are supplemented by another 121 pages of acknowledgements, notes, bibliography, index, and photo credits. And well “First Man” is, as Hansen himself notes,
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Book Review: Kaffir Boy
Book Review: Kaffir Boy Kaffir Boy is an autobiographical work written by Mark Mathbane. It was the first South African autobiography to be written in English by a black native. Mathabne’s aspiration for writing this book was to inform the world that apartheid had to end because it could not be reformed. Eventually, the book would achieve its goal of opening the eyes of many people worldwide about this subject matter. Kaffir Boy contains several
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Booker T Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington was born on April 5, 1856 in Franklin County , Virginia . Washington gained an early admiration for the values of family and education. Booker had been blessed with an intact family, with one exception of having a white father who never contributed to his life and whose identity Washington never acknowledged. Washington father was a master that’s why his identity was never revealed. From the lifelong inspiration of his mother, Booker
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Boring
1. Ideal Kids The kids in commercials are often a little older and a little more perfect than the target audience of the ad. They are, in other words, role models for what the advertiser wants children in the target audience to think they want to be like. A commercial that is targeting eight year-olds, for instance, will show 11 or 12 year-old models playing with an eight year old's toy. 2. Heart Strings Commercials
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Born a Genuis - Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein was one of the greatest geniuses of all time. In 1886 he began his school career in Munich. He studied mathematics, in particular calculus, beginning around 1891. In 1894 Einstein’s family moved to Milan but Albert stayed behind in Munich. In 1895 Albert failed an examination that would have allowed him to study for a diploma as an electrical engineer at the Eidgenossiche Technische Hochschule in Zurich. After some time he graduated in
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Bowling for Soup Biography
Musical heavyweights, yes. But what do these acts actually have in common? They've all been nominated for Grammys. Yep, Bowling For Soup, the drunk-rockers from Wichita Falls, Texas, scored a nomination in 2003 in the Best Performance Pop By a Duo or Group category for their power-pop Sing-a-long "Girl All the Bad Guys Want." "It opened a lot of doors for us," admits BFS's frontman Jaret Reddick, who wore an unforgettable pale-blue tux to the
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Boy
One of my most memorable characters in "Boy" is the Math's teacher who did not know anything about Maths, but spent most of the time telling exciting stories that never had anything to do about Maths. In order that none of the other teachers discovered this, the teacher used to write up long equations on the board but never explained them to the class. I would very much like it if my Maths teacher did
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Boy Genius by Carl M, Cannon
Boy Genius by Carl M, Cannon, Lou Dubose and Juan Reid is a good read about Karl Rove. Karl Rove is a republican political constant. He is most famously known for being the force behind George Bush and George Bush Jr campaigns. Bush Sr. actually gave him the nickname Boy Genius because he is a genius at getting his candidates elected, but sometimes bush would call him blossom. It depended on the mood he was
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Bradbury
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION SECTION 1. Ray Douglas Bradbury – life and work. 1.1. Biography and literary career. 1.2. Ray Bradbury as a science fiction writer 1.1. Biography and literary career Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22, 1920) is an American literary, fantasy, horror, science fiction, and mystery writer best known for The Martian Chronicles, a 1950 book which has been described both as a short story collection and a novel, and his 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit
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Breathless - Chapter 1 to 23
Chapter 1 Only three more hours until my curfew. Three long hours of biting my tongue and pretending I wanted to be on the boat when, real y, I wanted to be anywhere but here. Marty Sherwood, my horrible mistake of a date, ran his hands along the edge of my swimsuit, pul ing me from my thoughts and making my body grow rigid. Before he could shove his fingers underneath the elastic, I
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Brett Farve
Good evening Ladies and Gentlemen. Meeting this evening as a group Green Bay Packer and NFL fans we recall many unforgettable moments in Packer history. From big hits to miraculous passes, we will have in the back of our minds forever. Every Sunday we are glued to the television watching the Packers. Win or lose our fans have always been there to support the team. It is a privilege to have with us a man
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Britton Bath Osler
Britton Bath Osler was born on the 19th of June in 1839 near Bond Head, Upper Canada of Reverend Featherstone Lake Osler and Ellen Free Pickton. He married Caroline Smith in 1863, and Elizabeth May in 1897 after Smith passed away in 1895. He attended the Barrie and Bond Head grammar schools as well as Reverend Arthur Hill’s private school in Bradford. He worked as a bookkeeper for a short time and attended the University
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Brooks Rattigan
JASLYN MISA ABM11-10 MAIN CHARACTERS BROOKS RATTIGAN- is a high school senior with dreams of getting into Yale. He works at a sub shop with his best friend but financing his college dreams proves troubling. He seizes the opportunity to some extra money by posing as the boyfriend of Celia Lieberman. He and his friend lunch an app, selling him as the plus-one for all occasions. His characteristics are gumptious, hardworking, opportunist and selfish because
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Bruce Lee
The greatest icon of martial arts cinema, and a key figure of modern popular culture. Had it not been for the amazing Bruce Lee and his incredible movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream western cinema & audiences the way it has over the past three decades. The influence of Asian martial arts cinema can be seen today in so
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Bruce Lee
Just imagine having teenage bullies wandering around the streets waiting to beat a young boy up. Well, that’s what actor and martial artist Bruce Lee’s life was like. He was an everyday victim of abuse. It was hectic and brutal for him to wander around the streets after school. However, without these bullies, he would not have become who he was. Bruce Lee was very famous for what he has achieved in America and China
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Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee Bruce Jun Fan Lee (November 27, 1940 in San Francisco - July 20, 1973 in Hong Kong) was a Chinese American martial artist and actor widely regarded as the most influential, famous and celebrated martial artist of the 20th century. Lee's films, especially his performance in the Hollywood-produced Enter the Dragon, elevated the traditional Hong Kong martial arts film to a new level. His pioneering efforts paved the way for future martial artists
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Bsb
“music washes away the dust of everyday life” sometimes we need to take a step and evaluate what is truly important to us. For some music helps accomplish this task. And for me it is the backstreet boys that help me cope with the trials and tribulations that life presents to me. In 1994 the group got together in Orlando florida, where they took their name from a street market called “backstreet”. They did local
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Bud Palmateer
Bud Palmateer “It’s never over to it’s over”. This is Bud Palmateers favorite quote. That is his favorite quote because it is a powerful inspiration to him. Finish things to the best of his ability. It also gives him the motivation and confidence to achieve his goals. Bud Palmateer was born on January 1, 1943 in Yale Michigan. His parents Glen Ford and Phyllis Palmateer raised him. He grew up on a large family dairy
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