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Christopher Reeve
Actor, director and activist are just some of the words
used to describe Christopher Reeve. From his first appearance
at the Williamstown Theatre Festival at the age of 15,
Reeve established a reputation as one of the country's
leading actors. However, since he was paralyzed in an
equestrian competition in 1995, Reeve has not only put
a human face on spinal cord injury but he has motivated
neuroscientists around the world to conquer the most
complex diseases of the brain and central nervous system.
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2. Superman
Superman is a motion picture about a newspaper reporter
with supernatural powers, based on the comic strip created
by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Released in 1978, this
box-office hit stars Christopher Reeve as Superman and
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor, the criminal mastermind.
Superman is a native of the planet Krypton, but he grows
up on a farm in rural America. He moves to the big city
and gets a job as a reporter. At the newspaper, he is
known as mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent, but when
he puts on his cape and fights crime, he becomes Superman.
Superman rescues a kitten from a tree and California
from falling into the ocean. He begins to fall in love
with the reporter Lois Lane (played by Margot Kidder),
and she begins to suspect that Superman and Clark Kent
are one and the same. The film earned a special Academy
Award for its visual effects and inspired three sequels,
including Superman II.
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State of Virginia
Virginia (state), in full Commonwealth of Virginia is
a state in the eastern United States and one of the
original 13 colonies. Named for the Virgin Queen, Elizabeth
I of England, Virginia was England’s first successful
overseas colony and the site of the first permanent
English settlement in America. At one time it held territory
from which several other states were later formed. West
Virginia was part of Virginia until 1863. Virginia’s
rich political heritage helped shape the democratic
principles on which the United States was founded. Virginia
played an important role in the American Revolution
(1775-1783), and it entered the Union as the tenth of
the original 13 states on June 25, 1788. During the
American Civil War (1861-1865) the state’s capital,
Richmond, was also capital of the Confederacy. The state
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Toronto
Omelet is a savory dish made by mixing together the yellow
and transparent parts of an egg and frying it, usually
with small pieces of other food.
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Boston University
Boston University is a private, coeducational institution
in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1839 in Newbury,
Vermont, the school was the first Methodist (see Methodism)
seminary in the United States. In 1847 the school moved
to Concord, New Hampshire, and in 1867 it moved to Boston,
where it was chartered as the Boston Theological Seminary.
In 1869 the school was chartered by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and renamed Boston University. |
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