Willa dorsey biography of barack obama
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Should I attend Trump’s second inauguration?
“Tell us one interesting thing about yourself.”
I’ve always disliked that “icebreaker” question, whether it occurs in a business gathering, conference breakout, Sunday school class, retreat setting or anywhere else. inom always have considered my life to have been a deeply rewarding one so far, but also hopelessly ordinary. Plus, inom find it difficult to formulate answers that quickly.
On one such occasion, a truly sincere and nonembellished answer, one that some have considered to be mildly interesting, did pop into my head and therefore out of my mouth: “For almost fifty years, I’ve seen every United States president in person since Gerald Ford.”
To my pleasant surprise, some in the group considered that anomaly mildly interesting, so it’s been my go-to icebreaker response ever since.
Mark Ray
There never was a program on my part to launch such a goal, but over the years it
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Nathan Gardels is the editor-in-chief of Noema Magazine.
America was once regarded as a welcoming immigrant nation where races and religions mingle freely, a geo-cultural therapy for history’s wounded masses who could leave their woes behind once they arrived on its shores. It is thus a jarring twist to witness the nativist rants of Donald Trump boosting his political fortunes at the same moment when Germany, where the ideology of racial purity reached its apogee, extends a tolerant embrace to refugees and redefines its identity as a multicultural state. The scope of this shift will surely generate its own backlash in the times to come.
Writing from Berlin, Alex Gorlach sees “a reversal of history” as Germany becomes “nation of immigrants” and suggests America should “dedicate a new Statue of Liberty to the [European] continent.” From Stockholm, Göran Rosenberg explains why Sweden takes in more asylum seekers per capita than any other European country. Embedded in his
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Naya Rivera
American actress and singer (1987–2020)
Naya Marie Rivera (NY-ə riv-AIR-ə;[5][6] January 12, 1987 – July 8, 2020) was an American actress, singer, and model. Recognized for her work on the popular musical comedy-drama series Glee, in which she starred from 2009 to 2015, she received various awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award and nominations for two Grammy Awards.
She began her career as a child actress and model, first appearing in national television commercials. At the age of four, she landed the role of Hillary Winston on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Royal Family (1991–1992), earning a nomination for a Young Artist Award at age five. After a series of recurring television roles and then guest spots as a teenager, she got her breakthrough role in 2009 as Santana Lopez on the Fox television series Glee. For the role, she received critical acclaim and various awards, including a SAG Award and ALMA Award, as