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They stammered, but did it stop them?
From: New Straits Times
Date: 20030917
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They stammered, but did it stop them?
Edition: 2*
Section: Me, Myself & I
Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727): scientist, most famous for discovering gravity.
* Bruce Willis: actor. He overcame a childhood stammer through acting. He discovered that he could speak clearly and calmly when he was on stage. * William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965): author. In his time, he was one of the highest-paid novelists in the world.
* Charles Darwin (1809-1882): naturalist who published the Origin of the Species in 1859, giving the world his theory of evolution.
* Lewis Carroll ...
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