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Erik Prince, 37, Blackwater's ambitious founder and sole owner, could have taken over his father's billion-dollar auto-parts empire. But he was attracted to the battlefield from a young age. He enrolled in the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., and although he finished college at a school...
Madison argued that he had been driven to fight by British "outrages" against American shipping. The British navy was stopping American vessels on the high seas, seizing goods it defined as contraband and sailors it defined as British deserters. But America had its own imperial dreams: the war's supporters...
City Year, founded in 1988, is best known for its program for 17-to-24-year-olds who volunteer for a full year of service in schools in underserved communities. The Young Heroes component was started in 1995 when Liana Gonzalez, a precocious 13-year-old, asked why she couldn...
As an advisor to several U.S. presidents, Rockefeller dealt with issues concerning ecology and environmental preservation. He founded the American Conservation Association, and funded the expansion of Grand Teton National Park. In 1991, Rockefeller was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his effots. In 1992 he and his wife donated...
Recruited by subcontracted agencies in their home countries, 290 workers arrived on 10-month H-2B visas (for non-professional, non-agricultural labor) from Bolivia, the Dominican Republic and Peru to work at the front desk, in maintenance, and as cleaning staff for Decatur's 15 luxury hotels throughout the...