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Ben carson biography facts, childhood, family life. Ben carson apologized today for plagiarizing parts of his 2012 book, america the beautiful, saying he is working with his editors to add attribution to text taken from other publications. Kennedy school of government, director of its center for public leadership, and editoratlarge for u. In his compelling new book, he examines our safetyatallcosts culture and. For some reason, the photograph of ben carson caught my eye. Although the greatest portion of the book is about medicine, dr. My hero is ben carson, for his breakthrough in neurosurgery. The first edition of the novel was published in 1990, and was written by ben carson.
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