| Booker T. Washington |
| When one takes a broad survey of the country, he will find that the most useful and influential people in it are those who take the deepest interest in institutions that exist for the purpose of making the world better. |
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| Charlotte Bronte |
| A ruffled mind makes a restless pillow. |
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| Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Every one lives by selling something, whatever be his right to it. |
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| Gamers prove their metal as rock stars |
| Jess Hu is a child care provider from Brooklyn, New York, but for 20 hours a week, she's a rock star. That's how much she estimates she plays the video game "Rock Band." |
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| Comedian is living in an Ikea store |
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| Texas town hopes to become UFO landing spot |
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| Governor's son sells 'Don't Drop the Soap' |
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| Cops snag lotto ticket from accused drug dealer |
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| Politician cuts the fat with photo fakery |
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| Puppy vs. polar cub for cuteness title |
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| Pope Gregory XIII (1502) |
| The Gregorian calendar is named after Pope Gregory XIII, whose 1582 decree established the reformed calendar. He figured prominently at the Council of Trent, and his service as pope, from 1572 to 1585, was marked by a commitment to the reforms recommended at that council. Pope Gregory's relationship with the nobility soured as he confiscated properties to fund various projects. Which of the Pope's many building projects now serves as the official residence of the president of Italy? |
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| Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (1946) |
| Barrett, an English singer, songwriter, guitarist, and artist, is best remembered for his role as one of the founding members of Pink Floyd. He joined the band in 1965, and it soon became the most popular group in the "London Underground" psychedelic music scene. As the group's popularity grew, the mentally unstable Barrett began behaving increasingly erratically, and the band elected to replace him. After a short-lived solo career, Barrett retreated from public life and returned to doing what? |
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| Julio Garavito Armero (1865) |
| Armero, a Colombian astronomer, was a child prodigy in the fields of science and mathematics. As an adult, his studies of celestial mechanics eventually led him to investigate how lunar fluctuations affect weather, floods, polar ice, and the Earth's orbital acceleration. He contributed widely to research on comets and solar eclipses and later lectured on economics and population growth. How did Armero secure his membership in the secret scientific society El Círculo de los Nueve Puntos? |
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