Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born in Stavropol, Stavropol Krai, USSR (Russia). He was born on March 2, 1931. He was born into a present family of a mixed Russian and Ukrainian family. His father was World War II veteran. He attended Moscow State University and graduated with a law degree in 1955. He would meet his future wife Raisa Titarenko whom he married in 1953. They had one daughter born in 1957. He joined the Communist party in 1950. Mikhail Gorbachev is still alive and is currently 83
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Al Sharpton “The Reverend” Full Name: Alfred Charles Sharpton, Jr. Born: October 3, 1954 Brooklyn, NY Occupation: Baptist Minister Civil Rights/Social Justice Activist Radio/Television talk show host Education: Graduated from Samuel J. Tilden High School in Brooklyn, NY Dropped out of Brooklyn College after 2 years Chronology: • • • • • • • Born in Brooklyn, NY to father Alfred Sharpton Sr. and Ada Richards, then raised in Queens, NY. [1954] Preached first sermon, “Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled”
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Pro-Life Aggies Pregnant & Parenting Student Scholarship Instructions Requirements * Full-time (minimum 12 hours) undergraduate student at Texas A&M University or Blinn College * Child must be living with applicant * Please include a copy of your unofficial transcript with this application. Please complete and submit this application in one of the following forms: * Email as an attachment to prolifeaggies@gmail.com * Drop off at or Mail to: Student Organization
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bushes or long grasses. While they are still hidden, they gradually sneak forward toward their prey. Once they are 20 to 30 feet away, they lunge and pounce on their prey. Nighttime or evening is when the tigers usually prefer to hunt. Soon they could run out of room to hunt, because of habitat loss. The Bengal Tigers have had their habitat invaded. Only about 2,500 Bengal Tigers are left in the world so this makes them an endangered species. They are endangered due to the loss of their habitat.
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Suffering into Success The time and place of where you are born can give you an advantage towards success. In Christopher Dillon Quinn’s documentary God Grew Tired of Us, three Lost Boys of Sudan who have been through hell and back and suffered a lot, but one day they got a chance to go to America became successful. One of the men Quinn interviews in his documentary is John Bul Dau; he ran away from home with the rest of the camp refugees when he was incredibly young since there was a war, losing
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taste better by letting a couple of dogs attack the bull (they thought it tenderized the meat). That soon became a form of entertainment, after Bull baiting was banned, thats when dog fighting began... These people would attach weights, make them over run on treadmills, swim across small ponds for hours trying to build muscle, they would give them steroids, they fed their dog gun powder, sharpen their teeth. cut their ears off... Some pit-bulls can be very aggressive and dangerous but it's not their
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Born and raised in Austrian Empire, Nikola Tesla born the 10th of July in 1856, and passed his lifelong legacy Jan. 1st 1943. I wrote about this amazing Serbian American inventor because of his potential influence in electrical engineering,mechanical engineering,physicist, and futurist who was well known for his contributions to the design of modern alternating current (AC) electrical supply system. NIkola tesla is often a symbolic unifying force of inspiration for all nations in the name of peace
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Dorothea Lange was a photographer during The Great Depression. She was born May 26th, 1895 in Hoboken, New Jersey. She died October 11th, 1965 at the age of 70 in San Francisco, California. Dorothea’s real name was Dorothea Magaretta Nutzhorn. She dropped her middle name and took her mother’s maiden name because her dad left her and her family when she was only 12. That was one of her two traumatic events that occurred in her life. The other one was a contraction of polio when she was only 7 years
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Martin Van Buren. The author of this book was Ted Widmer. Ted Widmer, or Edward L. Widmer, was born in 1963 and he was a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton who was the President of the United States from 1993-2001. Also, he wrote this book about this man, Martin Van buren, who was the first President born after the signing of the Declaration of Independence Also, Van Buren was the first president who was born without trace of Anglo-Saxon blood. He did not speak English, but rather Dutch. Throughout
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Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst. Doodle had a lot of things going against him since the day he was born. He was thought to be dead at a very young age when he was born but Doodle made it through. Doodle had an amazing will power and he was able to crawl with his crippled body but he was never strong enough to walk, at least by himself. Doodle had a really good brother who tried his best to help Doodle run,walk and swim even though he did that for the pride he felt, he still cared about Doodle and tried
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