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Czapanskiy fencing in the 128 round.
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Ella Fitzgerald
By Zahra Gordon | Feb. 19, 2005, midnight | In Print »
The list of Ella Fitzgerald's achievements is more than a mile long. The woman, who has been called the "first lady of song," has received 13 Grammy Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award, recorded more than 2,000 songs, sold more than 40 million albums and earned four honorary degrees from Yale, Talladego, Howard and Darthmouth. Fitzgerald has also been attributed with being the innovator of the singing style known as "scat."
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Ella Fitzgerald, singer, innovator of "scat" and recipient of 13 Grammy Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Czapanskiy fencing in the 128 round.
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Czapanskiy fencing in the 128 round.
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Coach Jake Scott loosens up Andrew Wallis before his first match at Counties
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Czapanskiy fencing in the 64 round.
Alice Walker
By Adedeji Ogunfolu | Feb. 19, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Alice Walker was born, on Feb. 9, 1944 in Eatonton, Georgia. When she was eight years old, Walker was shot with a BB gun, an accident that left her blind in the right eye and that traumatized her to the point where she dreamt about suicide. However, Walker stayed sane by constantly writing poetry and short stories.
Blair struggles at County Championships
By Anthony Glynn | Feb. 19, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Last year, the Blazers had a third place, a second place and three first place finishers at the County Championships. This year they had one wrestler place eighth.
Blair swimming places sixth at County Championship Meet
By Kristina Yang | Feb. 19, 2005, midnight | In Print »
FEB. 19, MARTIN LUTHER KING SWIM CENTER-- Blair's boys scored 240 points, placing third in the county after Walter Johnson and Whitman, while the girls scored 29 points for an 18th-place finish. Blair's 269 combined points allowed it to place sixth overall, just behind Division-II champion Churchill, which will be taking Blair's place in Division I next season.
Blair barely passes school recycling inspection
By Stephanie Nguyen | Feb. 19, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Blair's recycling program received a below-average grade, a one letter grade decline from last year, from a surprise inspection by Montgomery County's Division of Solid Waste Services on Dec. 16, 2004.
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Asa Philip Randolph
By Feza Kikaya | Feb. 19, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Immediately following the labor movement of the early twentieth century, Asa Philip Randolph became a prominent figure in the fight for civil rights. He was raised in Crescent City, Florida, but moved to New York City in 1911 and studied at City College while working during the day. He was extremely interested in the works of economic and political writers such as Marx and through such works, believed that the black working class was the hope for black progress.
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Coach Jake Scott loosens up Andrew Wallis before his first match at Counties.
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Captain Andrew Wallis concentrates before his first match at Counties.
2004-2005 PTSA mini grants awarded
By Zahra Gordon | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »
The Blair PTSA Mini Grant Committee received 23 requests for funding and was able to meet the needs of all applications, according to the PTSA newsletter. The committee awarded nearly $7,000 in grants in the areas of arts, communications, counseling and mentoring, tutoring, academic support and enrichment.
"Hitch" has all the right moves
By Sayoh Mansaray | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Remember back in the day when Will Smith used to make us bust a gut laughing at the jokes he made on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?” Well, he's still got it.
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Toni Morrison
By Adedeji Ogunfolu | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on Feb. 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. She was a precocious, young child, and in the first grade, she was the only student that could read. Her love for literature grew, and she also developed a taste for Tolstoy, Dostoyevski, Gustave Flaubert and Jane Austen.
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