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  2. Wikipedia:Notability (people) - Wikipedia

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    On Wikipedia, notability is a test used by editors to decide whether a given topic warrants its own article. For people, the person who is the topic of a biographical article should be "worthy of notice" [1] or "note" [2] —that is, "remarkable" [2] or "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded" [1] within Wikipedia as a written account of that person ...

  3. Personification - Wikipedia

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    The iconography of several personifications "maintained a remarkable degree of continuity from late antiquity until the 18th century". [9] Female personifications tend to outnumber male ones, [ 10 ] at least until modern national personifications , many of which are male.

  4. Self-made man - Wikipedia

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    F. W. Pine wrote in his introduction of the 1916 publication of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, that Franklin's biography provided the "most remarkable of all the remarkable histories of our self-made men" with Franklin as the greatest exemplar of the "self-made man". [1] "Franklin is a good type of our American manhood.

  5. 'The most remarkable person': Women leaders laud queen ... - AOL

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    Queen Elizabeth II encouraged high-profile women in public service, according to a few who crossed her path.

  6. Genius - Wikipedia

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    Genius is a characteristic of original and exceptional insight in the performance of some art or endeavor that surpasses expectations, sets new standards for the future, establishes better methods of operation, or remains outside the capabilities of competitors. [1]

  7. 'Peerless' Jim Driscoll - remarkable story of an 'unofficial ...

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    When Jim Driscoll died 100 years ago, crowds of 100,000 people came on to the streets to pay respects to a 'Peerless' boxer. ... remarkable story of an 'unofficial' world champion. January 30 ...

  8. Grit (personality trait) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, grit is a positive, non-cognitive trait based on a person's perseverance of effort combined with their passion for a particular long-term goal or end state (a powerful motivation to achieve an objective). This perseverance of effort helps people overcome obstacles or challenges to accomplishment and drives people to achieve.

  9. Hallelujah! The remarkable story behind this joyful word - AOL

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    The remarkable story behind this joyful word. ... “hallel” meaning “to praise” and “jah” meaning Yahweh, or God. ... “I imagine an older Russian person in front of an icon, just ...