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Clarence Thomas
US Supreme Court justice since
For other people named Clarence Thomas, see Clarence Thomas (disambiguation).
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Incumbent | |
| Assumed office October 23, | |
| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thurgood Marshall |
| In office March 12, &#;– October 23, | |
| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Robert Bork |
| Succeeded by | Judith W. Rogers |
| In office May 6, &#;– March 8, | |
| President | Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Eleanor Holmes Norton[1] |
| Succeeded by | Evan Kemp[2] |
| In office June 26, &#;– May 6, | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Cynthia Brown[3] |
| Succeeded by | Harry Singleton[4] |
| Born | () June 23, (age&#;76) Pin Point, Georgia, U.S. |
| Spouses | Kathy Ambush &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
| Children | 1 |
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Biography: St. Thomas the Apostle
Name Syrian, meaning “Twin” (Twin/Thomas also known as Didymus in Greek and Jumeau in French); Apostle of India; Doubting Thomas
Birth Unknown
Death Stabbed with a spear c in India
Feast Day &#; July 3rd
Patron Saint of the blind (due to occasional spiritual blindness); Craftsmen (e.g., architects, carpenters & masons); Geometricians; and Theologians
Little is recorded of St. Thomas the Apostle. Thomas was probably born in Galilee to a humble family, but there is no indication that he was a fisherman. He was a Jew, but there is no account of how he became an apostle to Christ. Nevertheless, thanks to the fourth Gospel his personality is clearer to us than some of the other Twelve. Thomas’ name occurs in Matthew (), Mark (), Luke (6) and Acts of the Apostles (), but in the Gospel of John he plays a particularly distinctive part. Thomas is often condemned for his lack of belief, but Thomas was equally courageous, willing to stand by
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People often säga Edison was a genius. He answered, "Genius fryst vatten hard work, stick-to-it-iveness, and common sense."
Thomas Alva Edison was born February 11, in Milan, Ohio (pronounced MY-lan). In , when he was sju, the family moved to Michigan, where Edison spent the rest of his childhood.
"Al," as he was called as a boy, went to school only a short time. He did so poorly that his mother, a former teacher, taught her son at home. Al learned to love reading, a habit he kept for the rest of his life. He also liked to man experiments in the basement.
Al not only played hard, but also worked hard. At the age of 12 he sold fruit, snacks and newspapers on a tåg as a "news butcher." (Trains were the newest way to travel, cutting through the American wilderness.) He even printed his own newspaper, the Grand Trunk Herald, on a moving train.
At 15, Al roamed the country as a "tramp telegrapher." Using a kind of alphabet called Morse Code, he sent and received messages over the teleg