William H. Thomas
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William H. Thomas, a geriatrician and writer, has become one of the most innovative nursing-home doctors in the world, writing several books to explain and promote his philosophy and strategies, including 'The Eden Alternative: Nature, Hope, and Nursing Homes'. With the two related programs that he ahs set up, the Eden Alternative and the Greenhouse Project, he has established an approach to nursing-home care that concerns itself with the emotional well being of residents.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Trenton Doyle Hancock, Artist
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Trenton Doyle Hancock, one of the best-known artists of his generation, has built his reputation by combining images and narratives to form fine-art comic books. In 2003 he was featured on the PBS series Art: 21, which introduces viewers to representative contemporary artists and since then he continued to maintain the cartoony quality of his art, integrating his characters into a mythological-style narrative.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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Elizabeth Vargas, Broadcast journalist
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Elizabeth Vargas became the first Hispanic individual and only the third woman to anchor a nationally broadcast nightly news program when she became a permanent co-anchor of ABC's World News Tonight in January 2006. A 20-year veteran of television broadcasting, Vargas exudes a smart, thoughtful and authoritative air, the kind of reassuring steadiness viewers crave in an increasingly chaotic world.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
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