Contributed by Ian Biss on Oct 16, 2001
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Maxcy Filer of Compton, California began taking the California Bar Exam in the mid 1960s. He didn’t pass it the first time or the second time. In fact, he didn’t pass the exam until his forty-eighth try. Before earning a passing grade, he failed forty-seven times over a span of twenty-five years.
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Together, nine physically handicapped persons conquered Mount Rainier. One of the mountain climbers had an artificial leg. Another was an epileptic. Two were deaf, and five were blind. Despite these handicaps, the nine successfully negotiated the 14,000 foot climb and got back down again. Asked how
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Baptist
Contributed by Richard White on Jan 4, 2002
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There is a story of the Battle of Marathon around 490 B.C. King Darius of the Persians,
The Athenians were outnumbered by the Persians. The city-states that surrounded the
Athenians in Marathon offered no help. But they caught the Persians by surprise by
running the full length of the plain
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Contributed by Rick Stacy on Mar 10, 2002
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Giant steps
Marathon the latest goal in a life of challenges.
Katie Lynch, 26, practicing for Monday’s Boston Marathon with a special Walker. (Globe Staff Photo / JohnTlumacki)
By John Vellante, Globe Staff, 4/14/01
WAYLAND
Her life -- all 26-plus years of it -- has been one challenge after
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Christian/Church Of Christ
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WHEN YOUR BACK IS AGAINST THE WALL, PAT RILEY, NBA COACH
The Los Angeles Lakers were dominating the Boston Celtics in the final round of the 1984 National Basketball Association championship. The Lakers beat Boston on their home floor in Game 1. They beat them by 33 points in Game 3. They were
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Pentecostal
Video Clip: From Backstage – Ginny Owens in this interview talks about the obstacles she has had to overcome in life to get to were she is at today. Ginny’s biggest obstacle and mountain in her life is her blindness and she talks about how she is overcoming it.
The reality of life is there are
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Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Jun 18, 2005
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Sir Edmund Hillary failed a few times in scaling Mount Everest but he looked up at the mountain and said, “I will defeat you because you are as big as you’re going to get –
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Like a stonecutter hammering away at a rock a hundred times without so much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow it splits in two.
Someone may just see the last blow - wow, one blow at it splits!
You know that is not true. It was not the
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Independent/Bible
Contributed by Ed Sasnett on Oct 17, 2005
The Rolling Stones are one of the most prolific and enduring rock-and-roll bands in history. To date, their career has spanned four and a half decades. Mick Jagger and his three friends are nearing the age to draw Social Security and still perform to sold-out stadiums around the world. Like or
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Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Nov 21, 2005
In her book Mystery on the Desert, Maria Reiche describes a series of strange lines made by the ancient Nazea people in the plains of Peru, perhaps as early as 200 years before the time of Christ. The area where the lines are covers over 37 miles. It is impossible to make out what these line
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