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were no schoolsin his village- the wonderfulfields of Africa were his school. When he was about five years old lge was a shepherd. Sometimes there wasn'tlpeughlggd and he was often hungry. But Mandelawas a good student and very clever. He moved to the city when he was a young man and studied law at universitv.From 1994 to 1999,he was the presidentof SouthAfrica.

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a younggirlwason thecheckoutat a supermarket.Y In 1978she@nd it wasthen : that hera$fq-caregfstafted.Herfirstbig partwas i oppositeMaxruellCaulfield in Grease//.Amongher i many films since then are DangerousMinds, : BatmanRetumsand WhatLiesBeneath.She is i now one of America'ssweethearts and one of the : mostbeautifulwomen in Hollywood!

Rowling wasbornin Bristol, Englandon I V \J . | \. 31oJuly,1965.Shewasverypopularat schoolandwasglassleaderin herfin Later on, sheworkedas an Englishteacherin Portugal. One day, she was in a cat6in Scotlandwith her )rulg-qqggEgLShe hadan ideafor a storyabout a youngboycalledHarryPotter.SoonHarryPotter was one of the Tostfamous wizardsin the world! 3

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wasbornin SeanConnery lreland on 25'hAugust. Hejoinedthe Navywhenhe wassixteen. Heworkedasa bricklaver and a postman. pastime Hisfavourite was bodybuilding. SeanConnery was21 years oldwhenhe hadhisfirst bigsuccess. HisfirstBondfilmwasDrNo.

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Portfolio:Writea paragraph aboutsomeone famousfrom your country.Include:name, date of birth, placeof birth, first job(s),first big success.

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