Lance Armstrong is not just a party animal and father with incredible cycling ability. As you read in part one of this article there's more fun facts to know about him. Now you can learn the remaining facts in part two! Number Eight: His Friend Testified Against Him Former friend of Lance and cyclist Frankie Andreu testified against Armstrong out of retaliation. Apparently Lance called Frankie's wife fat, so Andreu couple testified against him in 1996, telling doctors he doped with growth hormone
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all his might, showing the pulsing veins throughout his body. Then in a flashing second he storms passed the finish line. Lance Armstrong inspires me to keep fighting in life, even when you get knocked down because he was thrown so many obstacles including a devastating case of cancer. But in the end he fought back, got cured, and won multiple Tour de Frances. Lance Armstrong is arguably one of the greatest athletes of all time, he has won the Tour de France seven consecutive times. He was Born on September
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This documentary narrates the story of American jazz trumpeter also known as singer Louis Armstrong, Louis Armstrong's is known as the Satchmo or the pops have a basic declaration to his initial life which is more fun with incredible readings. Composed of extraordinary realism, first Louis conveyed a rousing story starting from his origination, his existence with his grandmother, his initial cherish (which is extremely disagreeable), his initial separation (which is believed to be beneficial for
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Trumpeters Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis became two of the most inspiring American jazz musicians of all time by accessing very differently to their art. In the analysis an album from each artist, I choose “What A Wonderful World” of Louis Armstrong and “Kind of Blue” of Miles Davis. Louis Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971) was the most influential performer to affect a lot of Jazz musicians. He influenced the whole jazz population with his amazing voice and energetic trumpet. And he played
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Louis Armstrong was the one of the most important influential person in jazz history. He was a singer, composer and trumpeter. He is renowned by most people for his voice and his trumpet playing on the stage. By the time Louis Armstrong was renowned, America was very racially divided. But Louis Armstrong’s talent was really accepted into white society, his voice and performance was largely acknowledged by the most people in American back then. Even my father also says he was the one of the most famous
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At the turn of the 20th century, Jazz music began to take shape. Intrigued, Louis Armstrong took interest to the new genre and wanted to be a part of the movement. He received opportunity and encouragement by his peers to begin playing music. Loyal to his instrument, Armstrong was depicted as independent when it came to his music, as he had turned down opportunities and people to prioritize his music. Yet, the people that had the greatest impact on his life played a major role in inspiring him to
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An amazing athlete loses his seven Tour De France titles due to the use of drugs.The Tour De France is a hard and brutal race, which is why Lance Armstrong decided to use drugs to help alleviate the pain, but it hurt him in long run. I am going to tell you about the use of drugs in the Tour De France, the case against Lance Armstrong, and how he was publicly shamed. Since the very first race of the Tour De France in 1903, doping was actually allowed. The reason they allowed it was because the race
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Neil Alden Armstrong was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio on August 5, 1930 and was the first astronaut that has ever walked on the moon and was apart of the mission of apollo 11. Armstrong was a great influence to america and has redirected the world to the way it is.Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio,on August 5, 1930. He began his NASA career in Ohio.After serving as a naval aviator from 1949 to 1952, Armstrong joined the National Advisory Committee for
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the 50s Armstrong began losing his audience despite breaking down so many barriers for his race and being a hero to the African-American community for so many years. Bebop, a new form of jazz, had blossomed in the 1940s. Featuring young geniuses such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker and Miles Davis, the younger generation of musicians saw themselves as artists, not as entertainers; they saw Armstrong's stage persona and music as old-fashioned and criticized him in the press. Armstrong fought back
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Donna Battista Accounting 1 (section#3501) Professor Chawareewong August 4, 2014 (1A) Since I consider myself a “Fashionista”, my company of choice is a company named “BeBe”. Bebe Stores, Inc, is a women's retail clothier established in 1976. Manny Mashouf founded the company and as of September 8, 2006, Manny Mashouf, the Chairman of the Board, and Neda Mashouf, Vice Chairman of the Board beneficially owned approximately 73% of the outstanding shares of BeBe’s common stock. The company
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