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Things We Read (TWR) was a charity and military service organization that promoted reading by collecting book recommendations from influential citizens and donating books to members of the armed forces and local communities.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Alex Gorsky, Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates, Bill Murray, Chuck Hagel, Corporation, Elon Musk, Five for Fighting, Iraq, Iraq War, Landon Donovan, LeBron James, LeVar Burton, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Begich, Mark Cuban, Martin O'Malley, Mayim Bialik, Mike Erwin, Mike Krzyzewski, Mike Rowe, United States Army, Wes Moore.

  2. Military-related organizations

Alex Gorsky

Alex Gorsky (born 1960) is an American businessman.

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Anderson Cooper

Anderson Hays Cooper (born June 3, 1967) is an American broadcast journalist and political commentator currently anchoring the CNN news broadcast show Anderson Cooper 360°.

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Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate best known for co-founding the software company Microsoft with his childhood friend Paul Allen.

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Bill Murray

William James Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian, known for his deadpan delivery in roles ranging from studio comedies to independent dramas.

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Chuck Hagel

Charles Timothy Hagel (born October 4, 1946), Associated Press, published in The News-Times, December 17, 2012.

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Corporation

A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as "born out of statute"; a legal person in a legal context) and recognized as such in law for certain purposes.

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Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk (born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and investor known for his key roles in space company SpaceX and automotive company Tesla, Inc. Other involvements include ownership of X Corp., the company that operates the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter), and his role in the founding of The Boring Company, xAI, Neuralink and OpenAI.

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Five for Fighting

Vladimir John Ondrasik III (born January 7, 1965), also known by his stage name Five for Fighting, is an American singer-songwriter and pianist.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Iraq War

The Iraq War, sometimes called the Second Persian Gulf War, or Second Gulf War was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraq by the United States-led coalition that overthrew the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. The conflict continued for much of the next decade as an insurgency emerged to oppose the coalition forces and the post-invasion Iraqi government.

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Landon Donovan

Landon Timothy Donovan (born March 4, 1982) is an American former professional soccer player.

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LeBron James

LeBron Raymone James Sr. (born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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LeVar Burton

Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.

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Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Timothy Gladwell (born 3 September 1963) is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker.

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Mark Begich

Mark Peter Begich (born March 30, 1962) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a United States senator from Alaska from 2009 to 2015.

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Mark Cuban

Mark Cuban (born July 31, 1958) is an American businessman and television personality.

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Martin O'Malley

Martin Joseph O'Malley (born January 18, 1963) is an American politician serving as the 17th and current commissioner of the Social Security Administration since 2023.

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Mayim Bialik

Mayim Chaya Bialik (born December 12, 1975) is an American actress, author and former game show host.

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Mike Erwin

Mike Erwin (born August 31, 1978) sometimes credited as Michael Erwin, is an American actor who is best known for playing Colin Hart from 2002 to 2006 in the WB television series Everwood and for voicing Jak in the Jak and Daxter video game series from 2003 to 2005 and 2011.

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Mike Krzyzewski

Michael William Krzyzewski (born February 13, 1947), nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach.

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Mike Rowe

Michael Gregory Rowe (born March 18, 1962) is an American television host and narrator.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Wes Moore

Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and veteran, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023.

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See also

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Things_We_Read