Many are about his life growing up in the state of New Jersey, where he was born in nineteen forty-nine.

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Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born in the Brooklyn area of New York City in nineteen sixty-three.

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The tree sap in early spring; the new-born green leaf, soft and fresh as skin;

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They were born in New York City between eighteen eighty-six and eighteen ninety.

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Alan Bartlett Shepard,Junior, was born on November eighteenth,nineteen twenty-three in East Derry,New Hampshire.

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released this year. He was born in New York City in nineteen forty-three.

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He was born near Lake George in New York State around eighteen twenty-two.

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Peruvian-born Vicki Pelaez was a columnist for a Spanish-language newspaper in New York.

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He was born Henry John Deutschendorf,Junior in nineteen-forty three in Roswell,New Mexico.

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Born in nineteen forty-nine, Mary Louise Streep grew up in Summit,New Jersey.

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George Gershwin was born in New York City in eighteen ninety-eight.

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Stephanie Kwolek was born in nineteen twenty-three in New Kensington,Pennsylvania.

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Mel Brooks was born in nineteen twenty-six in Brooklyn,New York.

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She was born in New York City in nineteen-oh-three.

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Just ask Russian-born singer Sophie Milman,whose new release Take Love Easy blends timeless standards with modern pop masterpieces.

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