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649 Great Celebrity Conservationists
In addition to being one of Hollywood's top actors, Leonardo DiCaprio is also a dedicated conservationist. After the mega-blockbuster, Titanic, was released in the late 1990s, Leonardo and his family started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation -...
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69Mario Vargas Llosa and the Dominican Republic
Every year I see who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Sometimes I am intrigued. Sometimes I am happy, for an author I read and admire is honored. Often, I am mystified, as the politics of the prize distribution is far more...
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61Lave in Rubies, A Life of Light with Fire
Nails painted scarlet red To match a heart in flames Lave in rubies, drift away Into the golden sunset World issues don`t burden A life of light with fire Matters rest strong In the palm of her hands ...
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80William Faulkner, Nobel Prize For Literature, Champion Of Depicting Southern Depratavity.
The terrible Southern culture as portrayed in the novels of William Faulkner most certainly existed. It takes a tremendous deal of wilful denial to think that it didn't. What I find to be the very height of absurdity in what passes for education in...
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80John Steinbeck - American Master Of Literature.
John Steinbeck is easily one of the greatest writers from these not so United States of America that ever lived. His work captures absolutely timeless characters in the depravity of a world driven by human greed and the wealthy classes incapability...
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85Henry Kissinger - Architect Of The New World Order
For a huge variety of well justified reasons, Dr. Henry Kissinger is believed by millions to be one of the single most evil individuals still living, or to have ever lived. The problem with considering Dr. Kissenger as "evil" is that inside of each...
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72Active and Passive Approaches to Investing on the Share Market
There are two approaches one can take when investing in the share market. The ‘active’ way, where an investment company will actively manage our money to ‘beat the market’ and get better than average returns. The ‘passive' way, where a long-term (15-20 years or longer) approach is taken to achieve ‘average’ returns in a low tax and low fees environment, with very little active management.
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66Lost In Dreams By The Sea
We are happily ensconced in big, comfy chairs in Kelly’s Marine Bar (kids equally happily established in the hotel’s luxurious pool) hearing nothing but the soft hiss of mist brush the windows and the rustle of exotic palm fronds bowing...
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52Nobel History
Since 1901, The Nobel Price has been honoring men and woman from all corners of the globe for outstanding achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for world peace. Few names are more recognized throughout the world than Alfred...
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