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Engineers on the 'Titanic' Lay Down Their Lives for Others
When the Titanic crashed into an iceberg, the ship’s resources--light, electricity, heat, and so on--instantly were in danger of failing. However, ...
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Humble Carpenter Left Fund For 33 Strangers to Go to College
Idaho carpenter Dale Schroeder was a blue-collar, lunch pail kind of a guy. He went to work every day, worked really hard, and was frugal like a lot of ...
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Teacher Helps Student Graduate by Sharing Shoes
Upon his arrival to Hahnville High School, Daverius Peters was rightfully excited. His excitement, however, quickly turned to shame and embarrassment ...
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Business Employees Avoids Layoffs by Sacrificing Pay
In 2015, Gravity Payments made headlines when CEO Dan Price promised that every employee would receive at least $70,000 in annual pay. Contrary to some ...
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This One Thing Makes Success Look Easy
It's easy to envy the success of others while ignoring the sacrifices that made it possible. The more effortless something looks, the more effort ...
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Seminary Student Killed for Witnessing
Michael Nnadi was a Nigerian, whose face projected a nearly supernatural joy. Michael was one of 270 students studying at the Good Shepherd Seminary in ...
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Why Hollywood Praises Elliot Page (and Blacklists Becket Cook)
For years Becket Cook had a highly successful career as a production designer in the fashion world. During that time, he lived fully engaged as a gay ...
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California's Oldest State Worker Celebrates 100th Birthday
With 77 years of working for the state of California under her belt, May Lee has dedicated most of her life to public service. Lee recently turned 100 ...
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They Chose to Stay
In the film Of Gods and Men, director Xavier Beauvois tells the story of a small group of mostly French monks living in Algeria during a time of civil ...
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Fire Chief Evacuated Neighbors While Her Home Was Destroyed
When Christiana Plews left her home one fateful night, she had an ominous feeling she couldn’t shake. As she was leaving, she told her husband, ...
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