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George Washington Carver: An Innovator Beyond His Era

George Washington Carver earned great fame as an inventor and director of the Agriculture Department of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama. Bettman/Getty Images Few famous Americans enjoy a status as mythic as that of George Washington Carver, a man whose life as a botanist, agronomist, chemist and inventor earned him a lasting place in the
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Zach George: From Wall Street to investing in African startups thumbnail

Zach George: From Wall Street to investing in African startups

2010 was a watershed moment in football. For the first time, the World Cup was hosted by an African country. 3.2 billion people watched the matches from their homes while 3.18 million fans attended the matches live in South Africa—Zach George was one of them.  George, who was born in Oman, had spent the past…
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George Spiro Dibie, Emmy-Winning Sitcom Cinematographer, Dies at 90 thumbnail

George Spiro Dibie, Emmy-Winning Sitcom Cinematographer, Dies at 90

George Spiro Dibie, the Jerusalem-born cinematographer who collected five Emmy Awards as he shot such sitcoms as Barney Miller, Night Court, Growing Pains and Sister, Sister, has died. He was 90. Dibie died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, a spokesman for the International Cinematographers Guild said. From 1984-2004, he served as president of…
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George Freeman School hosts student market, raises money for charities

By John Watson, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterStrathmore TimesThu., Jan. 27, 2022timer2 min. readAfter having not been able to host an event for the students to show off their work along with raising money for the community for two years, the George Freeman School student market has made its return. On Jan. 21, grade eight and…
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Cops Who Watched George Floyd Die Never Said He Wasn’t Breathing, Paramedic Testifies thumbnail

Cops Who Watched George Floyd Die Never Said He Wasn’t Breathing, Paramedic Testifies

SCREEN SHOT FROM SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE INTRODUCED IN THE TRIAL OF FORMER MINNEAPOLICE POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN. None of three officers who watched as former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd told paramedic Derek Smith that the 46-year-old Black man wasn’t breathing and had no pulse, Smith testified Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. Smith’s…
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