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Outstanding Americans Recognized with the Horatio Alger Award for Overcoming Adversity to Achieve Success.

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Date: 20061219
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc. is proud to announce the remarkable individuals selected as the 2007 recipients of the Horatio Alger Award, given to those who have overcome adversity to achieve great success through the American free enterprise system. Each honoree will be inducted as a lifetime Member of the Association during its 60th Anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C. on April 12-14, 2007.

These individuals were chosen for having overcome adversity and humble beginnings to achieve ...

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