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Antonio Tarver, Boxer

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Boxer Antonio Deon Tarver surmounted difficulties ranging from a fatherless childhood to the desperation of drug addition to becoming an Olympic medallist in 1996 and a light heavyweight champion seven years later. In 1996, he became the only amateur boxer to win not only the US National Championships but also the Pam-Am Games and the world championship in a single year.

Author: Mari, Christopher
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
Boxers (Sports), Tarver, Antonio Deon

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Swanee Hunt, Organization official, educator, philanthropist and former U.S. ambassador to Austria

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Former US President Bill Clinton nominated Swanee Hunt in September 1993 for the post of U.S. ambassador to Austria. She earned a doctorate in theology, with a specialty in ethics and pastoral care and counseling and has also played the roles of an organizational official and philanthropist.

Author: Mari, Christopher
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2006
Works, Women philanthropists, Hunt, Swanee

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Tyler Perry

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The life and work of Perry Tyler, a playwright, screenwriter, director, actor, and producer is described. In March 1998, 2003, Perry mounted another production of I Know I've Been Changed, at the House of Blues in Atlanta after securing new financial backing.

Author: Mari, Christopher
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Publication Name: Current Biography
Subject: History
ISSN: 0011-3344
Year: 2005
Dramatists, Playwrights, Personality profile, Tyler, Perry

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Subjects list: United States, Biography
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