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Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm 1972- Soccer player An Early Star Mariel Margaret "Mia" Hamm was born in Selma, Alabama, on 17 March 1972, one of six siblings. Although most people had not heard of her until the end of the 1990s, when Women's World Cup Soccer finally received media attention in the United States, she... Read more |
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John George Diefenbaker
John George Diefenbaker , 1895-1979, Canadian political leader. Elected to Parliament (1940), he succeeded George Drew as leader of the Progressive Conservative party (1956), and (1957) succeeded Liberal Louis St. Laurent as prime minister, although his party failed to win a clear-cut majority. In... Read more |
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Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi , 1945-, Burmese political leader; grad. Oxford Univ. The daughter of assassinated (1947) nationalist general U Aung San, who is regarded as the founder of modern Myanmar, she lived outside the country after 1960. Returning in 1988 to care for her dying mother, she joined the... Read more |
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Ella Reeve Bloor
Ella Reeve Bloor Ella Reeve "Mother" Bloor (1862-1951) was an American leader in fighting for the rights of those she characterized as "the world's unfortunates," and worked tirelessly as a labor organizer, Communist leader, and social activist. Mother Bloor is one of the most tireless and... Read more |
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Leader
Leaders THEORIES OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP BIBLIOGRAPHY Leadership is influencing the performance of group members toward the achievement of organizational goals through persuasion, example, direction, control, or oversight. There are two inherent conflicts in the very idea of leadership in a... Read more |
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Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr
Urban League, National. A growing awareness of problems facing African American migrants to urban centers in the North at the turn of the twentieth century led to the founding of three organizations in New York City: the National League for the Protection of Colored Women (1905), the Committee for... Read more |
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Future Business Leaders of America
FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA Future Business Leaders of American (FBLA) is one of ten nationally recognized vocational student organizations in the United States (Gordon, 2003). The organization is a nonprofit educational association for students who are preparing for careers in business and... Read more |
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Joan Quigley
QUIGLEY, JOAN 1927- W HIT E HOUSE ASTROLOGER Stranger Than Fiction In Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 science-fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Landthe president of the world secretly receives advice from an astrologer. In 1988 it was learned that the wife of the... Read more |
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Encounter Group
Encounter group Group of individuals who engage in intensive and psychotherapeutic verbal and nonverbal interaction, with the general intention of increasing awareness of self and sensitivity to others, and improving interpersonal skills. Encounter groups are formed, usually under the guidance... Read more |
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Rickey Henderson
Rickey Henderson 1958- American baseball player One of baseball history's most prolific and long-careered players, Rickey Henderson is the sport's all-time leader in stolen bases, runs, and walks. With his powerful batting and speed, he has been deemed one of baseball's greatest leadoff... Read more |
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