The Spingarn Medal was awarded annually by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored people for doing an amazing achievement for African Americans. The next year Parks was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Award‚ and three years later she was enlisted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame. On September 9‚ 1996 Bill Clinton presented Rosa Parks with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest honor that can be presented
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and Felix Resureccion Hidalgo who became the first International Artists when they won the gold an silver medals in the 1884 Madrid Exposition. Luna’s Academic Painting “SPOLIARIUM” won gold medal. It showed the dead and dying Roman Gladiators being dragged into the basement of allusion to Imperial Spain’s oppression of the natives. Though Winning the gold medal‚ Luna was not awarded the Medal of Excellence‚ the top award for the competition‚ because he was a Filipino. The King of Spain‚ commissioned
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Usain had. The reason Usain started doing track and field was because his cricket coach advised him to. In 2001‚ he was 14 and he competed in his very first international competition in Hungary. Usain was only 15 years old when he received a gold medal in the 200 meters at the 2002 World Junior Championships. He competed in the Olympics in the year of 2004. In 2008‚ Bolt became known as the fastest man on earth. In the same year‚ he ran the 100 meters race in 9.69 seconds. He was 6’5 tall when he
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Nobody has worn four gold medals at once the way he did. Many people have obstacles to overcome to get where they want to be. He struggled in life to overcome the obstacles he did not think he would reach. Just wearing gold medals does not make someone a hero. Jesse Owens is a hero because he overcame obstacles as a child and made an impact on America by being the first African American in the Olympics. Jesse Owens has twelve siblings but three died. His mom called him the gifted child because she
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story that the bachelor told was well behaved‚ and usually the characters that show a positive behaviour in childrens’ stories don’t end up being eaten by wolves. The way that the wolf learns of her hiding place in the bushes was ironic because the medals that she received for being well behaved clinked together‚ alerting the wolf to her location. Point of view in the storyteller since the storyteller has a story within a story there are two points of view. In the main story is omniscient point
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Kerri Allyson Strug is a retired American gymnast who competed in the 1996 Olympics held in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ United States. She says that she had been known as a normal gymnast‚ but after her vault which earned United States a gold medal‚ her whole life changed. She gained confidence and became mentally tough. Kerri was born on the 19th of November in 1977 in Toscana‚ Arizona. (She is turning 39 this year)Her father‚ Burt Strug is a heart surgeon and her mother Melanie Brown. She is the little sister
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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS 2 NAVY ANNEX WASHINGTON‚ DC 20380-1775 MCO P1020.34G MCUB 31 Mar 03 MARINE CORPS ORDER P1020.34G W/CH 1-4 From: To: Commandant of the Marine Corps Distribution List Subj: MARINE CORPS UNIFORM REGULATIONS Ref: (a) MARCORMAN‚ par. 2806 Encl: (1) LOCATOR SHEET 1. Purpose. To promulgate current policies and regulations regarding the wear of Marine Corps uniforms per the reference. 2. Cancellation. MCO P1020.34F; White Letter 08-95;
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breakthroughs in imaging NMR‚ but in non-imaging NMR spectroscopy proving a method for the investigation of matter. Paul received many more awards during his life including the Gold Medal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine‚ US National Medal of Technology‚ US National Medal of Science‚ and Roentgen Medal. Sources http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2003/lauterbur-cv.html http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2003/lauterbur.html
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as bravery‚ heroism‚ patriotism‚ camaraderie‚ etc. and a tool used to convey contrasting or unconventional views is irony. For example‚ irony lies in the fact that the soldiers have wounds in the very parts of the body that make what they are‚ the medals may be meaningless and do not have true value‚ and the Cova girls are considered the most patriotic people of all. Those ironies seem to reveal the author’s anti-war attitude. First‚ the characters ironically receive wounds in the parts of the
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world. In the process he selfishly ruined multiple live. A man who would ruin lives and lie just to ride a bike is truly selfish. Because the drugs that Lance Armstrong used and lied about can enhance his performance‚ and are banned‚ he should get his medals taken away. Lance Armstrong has been racing since he was 19 years old and has gone to win 7 tour de France titles. He founded the Livestrong charity which helps out cancer patients. Lance Armstrong was accused of doping during all of his races
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