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Hippocrates

2007-03-10T04:35:05Z

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Hippocrates, the “father of medicine,” lived 460-377 B.C. He issued the “Hippocratic Oath” that has been required of medical students around the world as a condition of graduation. It originally stated in part: “I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous. I will give no deadly medicine to any one if asked, nor suggest any such counsel; and in like manner I will not give to a woman a pessary to produce abortion.” With impeccable Greek logic, Hippocrates saw abortion as being in direct opposition to a doctor’s role of promoting life and health.

Andrew Carnegie

2007-03-10T04:34:02Z

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Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) was the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company (which later became U.S. Steel) and one of the wealthiest men in the world in the late 1800s. A Scottish-American, Carnegie is famous for amassing enormous wealth while paying low wages to his workers, and then giving away his fortune to libraries, universities, and the arts, and to projects such as world peace.

Carnegie was the author of "The Gospel of Wealth." Though a Christian for much of his life, he became an athiest in his elder years. He suppported the "League of Nations" <ref>http://www.carnegie.org/results/13/index.html</ref> and was
an advocate of the inheritance tax.

[[Image:Andrew carnegie.jpg]]

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Andrew Carnegie

2007-03-10T04:32:43Z

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Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) was the founder of the Carnegie Steel Company (which later became U.S. Steel) and one of the wealthiest men in the world in the late 1800s. A Scottish-American, Carnegie is famous for amassing enormous wealth while paying low wages to his workers, and then giving away his fortune to libraries, universities, and the arts, and to projects such as world peace.

Carnegie was the author of "The Gospel of Wealth." Though a Christian for much of his life, he had a crisis in faith in his elder years, becoming an atheist. He suppported the "League of Nations."<ref>http://www.carnegie.org/results/13/index.html</ref> and was
an advocate of the Inheritance Tax.

[[Image:Andrew carnegie.jpg]]

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Garry Kasparov

2007-03-10T04:29:11Z

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Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born in 1963) was the youngest person to ever become a World Chess Champion. He held the highest chess rating ever with 2851 in the [[Elo system]], the record for the most consecutive tournament victories, and a number one world rating almost continuously from 1986 to 2005, when he retired. He became the World Champion in 1985.

He had several famous competitions with computers programmed to defeat him, with Kasparov winning early matches but ultimately succumbed to advances in computer technology. In the final contest between Kasparov and the most advanced computer, they battled to a tie.<ref>http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lab/7378/comphis.htm</ref>

Kasparov later lost his championship title to [[Vladimir Kramnik]] in 2000. Kasparov has since retired and started the [[United Civil Front]], an organization devoted to preserving democracy in Russia.[http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/05/18/kasparovfront.shtml]

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Emma Goldman

2007-03-10T04:27:00Z

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Emma Goldman was born in 1869 in Lithuania. Goldman lectured throughout the United States advocating anarchy, birth control, and women’s rights. She was sent to jail several times and was eventually deported to Russia. She died in 1940.

A firebrand revolutionary, she nevertheless insisted on her femininity, and is famous for saying "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution."

Emma Goldman is one of the characters in E. L. Doctorow's novel, ''Ragtime''. The musical ''Ragtime'' was based on Doctorow's novel.

Emma Goldman

2007-03-10T04:25:36Z

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Emma Goldman was born in 1869 in Lithuania. Goldman lectured throughout the United States advocating anarchy, birth control, and women’s rights. She was sent to jail several times and was eventually deported to Russia. She died in 1940.

A firebrand revolutionary, she nevertheless insisted on her femininity, and is famous for saying "If I can't dance, I don't want to be in your revolution."

Emma Goldman is one of the characters in E. L. Doctorow's novel, ''Ragtime'. The musical "Ragtime" was based on Doctorow's novel.