Tony Stewart, Race-car driver
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Race-car driver Tony Stewart is one of the few drivers to succeed in both Indy-car and National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) competitions, winning the Indy Racing League (IRL) championship in 1997 and twice becoming the Nextel Cup points champion, in 2002 and 2005. Stewart's having bridged two worlds of auto racing might suggest that he is a conciliator of sorts, but his behavior during competition, including some violent clashes with racing officials, journalists, and other drivers, proves otherwise.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Florence King, Writer
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Essayist, novelist and former columnist Florence King is a professed bisexual and the author of dozens of books of erotica, published under a number of pseudonyms. A trailblazer for female writers, she has often turned her satirical powers on the feminist movement and is best known for the comic energy and intelligence displayed in her partially embellished memoir 'Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady (1985).
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Pierre-Richard Prosper
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Pierre-Richard Prosper, the US ambassador-at-large for war-crime issues is the lead prosecutor for the United Nations in the case against Akayesu, a provincial mayor. Prosper is responsible for overseeing the treatment and adjudication of war criminals at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and is also responsible for forming policy for the prosecution of Iraqi war crimes.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2005
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