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Bruce Barton
Bruce Barton Bruce Barton (1886-1967), American business executive and Congressman, was the most famous advertising man of his day, thanks to his best-selling book The Man Nobody Knows. Bruce Barton was born on August 5, 1886, in Robbins, Tennessee. Most of his youth, however, was spent in... Read more |
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Damien Hirst
Hirst, Damien (1965– ). British sculptor, painter, and designer, a flamboyant personality whose flair for self-publicity has helped him become the most famous British artist of his generation. He was born in Bristol and after an undistinguished school career (he often played truant and merely... Read more |
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Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry Chuck Berry (born 1926), creator of the "duck walk" and known as the "father of rock and roll," has been a major influence on popular music. Even though his career and life reached great peaks and declined to low valleys, he still prevails in music while his contemporaries have vanished.... Read more |
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Merrimack
Merrimack river, c.110 mi (180 km) long, formed at Franklin, S central N.H., by the junction of the Pemigewasset (rising in the White Mts.) and Winnipesaukee rivers. It flows S past Concord and Manchester into NE Mass., where it flows NE past Lowell and Lawrence to the Atlantic Ocean at... Read more |
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Sam Cooke
Sam Cooke 1931—1964 Vocalist Chicago in the 1930s Joined Soul Stirrers Gospel Gave Way First Gold Record Segregated Times Signed with Major Label Rumors Foreshadowed Tragedy “Lady, You Shot Me.” Selected discography Sources Sam Cooke was one of the first African American... Read more |
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Juliana Hatfield
Juliana Hatfield Singer, songwriter, guitarist For the Record… Got Noticed with Hey Babe Formed Trio to Become a Star Left Atlantic for Freedom as Indie Artist Selected discography Sources Juliana Hatfield has a “gift for making lyrical venom sound like lullabies,” described an... Read more |
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Commencement
COMMENCEMENT The culmination of education for the high school student, the commencement ceremony, or graduation, is a major event and transition point for students, parents, and teachers. It is a time for students, parents, and teachers to celebrate their hard work and accomplishments. Students... Read more |
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Junior High School
Junior High School The first junior high school opened its doors in Berkeley, California in 1910, and by 1920 over 800 junior high schools, each containing grades 7 through 9, had opened across the country. Outspoken advocates for the establishment of junior high schools like Leonard Koos, Thomas... Read more |
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School violence
School Shootings and School Violence When Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold walked into Columbine High School in Colorado on April 20, 1999, and killed twelve students and one teacher, the United States reacted with horror and disbelief that such a thing could happen in American schools. The nature... Read more |
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