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CALL HER A HERO.(Linda Alvarado of the Horatio Alger Association)(Brief Article)

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From: ColoradoBiz
Date: 20010201
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Sam Walton, Norman Vincent Peale, Maya Angelou, Henry Kissinger, Don Shula, Put Linda Alvarado's name in that roll call from now on.

In April Denver's maven of the construction industry will be inducted into the Horatio Alger Association, a distinguished collection of Americans who not only include those listed above but who gained the status by working their way to success following tents espoused by 19th century author Horatio Alger Jr.

Those virtues - courage, generosity, diligence, honesty, self-discipline - weer the marks of an Alger hero, usually also a youngster ...

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