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Benson Venegas Robinson founded the Talamanca Initiative in Costa Rica to help poverty-stricken farmers. |
Aileen Riggin won a gold medal for diving at the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, at the age of 14. |
Mexico's Manuel Alvarez Bravo has been called a "photo-poet." |
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Three women reporters were honored by the International Women's Media Foundation. |
Margaret Smith delivers healthy food to the elderly on
Minnesota's White Earth Indian Reservation. |
Egypt's new Bibliotheca Alexandrina is a modern version of the famous ancient library known for freedom of thought and expression. |
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Mukdar Shah braved a landmine near Bagram, Afghanistan to save a wounded friend. |
Holocaust survivor Imre Kertesz
won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature. |
Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Prize for his years in the quest for world peace. |
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The Great Bug Fair, hosted annually by Penn State University, is a great favorite. |
Novelist Harper Lee
won the 2002 Alabama Humanities Award. |
Presbyterian College freshmen proved their social conscience in a unique test. |
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Humanitarian, businessman and athlete Magic Johnson was recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. |
The late Hawaii Representative Patsy Mink
was an inspiration to women all around the U.S.. |
Cellist and Conductor Mstislav Rostropovich opened a music festival to peace in Peenemuende, Germany. |
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