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09-06-2007, 12:02 AM
| | |  J.K.Rowling on influential people list
USA Today has ranked J.K.Rowling as the 20th most influential person of the last 25 years. The piece, which marks 25 years of publication for the newspaper, features many well known names. Quote: 20) J.K. Rowling, author
The first Harry Potter book, completed in 1995 and initially rejected by several publishing houses, launched a seven-volume series that absorbed children and adults in complicated fantasies spanning thousands of pages.
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1) Bill Gates, software entrepreneur
2) Ronald Reagan, 40th U.S. president
3) Oprah Winfrey, talk show host
4 & 5) Francis Collins & J. Craig Venter, mappers of the human genome
6) Osama bin Laden, terrorist
7) Stephen Hawking, physicist
8) Lance Armstrong, cyclist and cancer activist
9) Pope John Paul II, pontiff
10) Bono, rock musician and activist for Africa
11) Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet leader
12 & 13) Sergey Brin & Larry Page, co-founders of Google
14) George W. Bush, 43rd president
15) Sam Walton, retailing pioneer
16) Deng Xiaoping, Chinese leader
17) Michael Jordan, basketball star
18) Howard Schultz, Starbucks entrepreneur
19) Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid leader
20) J.K. Rowling, author
21 & 22) Bill & Hillary Clinton, 42nd president & N.Y. senator
23) Russell Simmons, hip-hop pioneer
24) Ryan White, the face of AIDS
25) Homer Simpson, Everyman
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09-06-2007, 12:47 AM
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|  Official -()- SeekerFwooper
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JK Rowling has earned her place in that list! And... Homer SImpson? That's... wel.. interesting.
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09-06-2007, 12:57 AM
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|  Portuguese ModeratorThestral
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Homer's in the list? 
Go JK! 
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09-06-2007, 01:24 AM
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| | Doxy
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Yeah!! She came in before Bill and Hilary Clinton, and that is quite an accomplishment (sp?)
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09-06-2007, 01:26 AM
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Wow, I know 11 out 0f 25. not bad for me  | |
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09-06-2007, 02:09 AM
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| !!!!Awesome!!!! Faerie
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Well jk is definatly one of the most influencial people in the last 25 years but Homer..... *frowns* Im not that sure
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09-06-2007, 02:10 AM
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yah J.K.
its funny (but true) that osama is up there
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09-06-2007, 02:33 AM
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Im glad that she is on the list, she deserves it, but come on only #20??? she should be much higher than that...I mean, GEORGE BUSH beat her??? HOW????
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09-06-2007, 07:03 AM
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Quite pleased with it.  Awestruck I am.
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09-06-2007, 08:24 AM
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LMFAO.
GO JK!!!! ranked higher than the Clintons!!!
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09-06-2007, 08:31 AM
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well,she deserved it.She sure is an influential figure for me.She brought out the creativeness in me n a dream to write.Congrats JO!
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09-06-2007, 08:32 AM
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That is quite the honor. She is placed among such wonderful (and some not-so-wonderful) names. But still, this is an amazing feat. Now all that remains to be acheived is to be considered the author of novels that are considered of "literary merit" so my literature teacher will let me write about them.
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09-06-2007, 11:43 AM
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Congratulations to Jo! It's a fantastic accomplishment to be honored such! | |
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09-06-2007, 12:06 PM
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|  Assistant News AdminBanshee
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I mean, GEORGE BUSH beat her??? HOW????
I'm guessing because he's the president and that's a fairly influential position to hold
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09-06-2007, 03:26 PM
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Good for her. Ummm, Homer??
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09-06-2007, 04:51 PM
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LOL - Go Homer!! It's fantastic that Jo made the list, that's a big achievement. | |
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09-06-2007, 11:13 PM
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bravo JK!!! *applauds*
woah! Deng Xiaoping??? O______O well, he did influence a lot of people but...I can't believe he got a higher rank than JK!!!
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09-08-2007, 01:45 AM
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Thats really a great list!
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09-18-2007, 01:49 AM
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Great list | |
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09-18-2007, 09:34 AM
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| | Jarvey
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She's in the 11th place..Not bad..Congratulations to her!!
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09-26-2007, 10:36 AM
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| | Giant Squid
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Go Jo! But she should be higher up the list.
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