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Biography, form of literature, commonly considered nonfictional, the subject of which is the life of an individual.One of the oldest forms of literary expression, it seeks to re-create in words the life of a human being—as understood from the historical or personal perspective of the author—by drawing upon all available evidence, including that retained in memory as well as written, oral. It is denied, but multiple major newspapers publish the allegations, and there is a public scandal. The allegation belongs in the biography, citing those sources. However, it should state only that the politician was alleged to have had the affair, not that the affair actually occurred. Biography, form of literature, commonly considered nonfictional, the subject of which is the life of an individual.One of the oldest forms of literary expression, it seeks to re-create in words the life of a human being—as understood from the historical or personal perspective of the author—by drawing upon all available evidence, including that retained in memory as well as written, oral.
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- Encyclopedia of World Biography. The Encyclopedia of World Biography provides insight and details about the lives of 7,000 of the world’s most notable figures. Subjects include poets, politicians, musicians, sports stars, filmmakers, authors and more.
- Biography Liz Cheney serves as Wyoming’s lone member of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2016, on a platform of restoring America’s strength and power in the world, and pursuing conservative solutions to create jobs, cut taxes and regulation, and expand America’s energy, mining and agriculture.
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| Noun | 1. | biography - an account of the series of events making up a person's life life history, life story, life account, chronicle, history, story - a record or narrative description of past events; 'a history of France'; 'he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president'; 'the story of exposure to lead' hagiography - a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) |
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nounlife story, life, record, account, profile, memoir, CV, life history, curriculum vitaean unauthorised biography'Biography is all about cutting people down to size. Getting an unruly quart into a pint pot' [Alan Bennett]
'Biography is: a system in which the contradictions of a human life are unified' [José Ortega y Gasset The Dehumanization of Art and Other Essays]
'Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory' [Benjamin Disraeli Contarini Fleming]
'Discretion is not the better part of biography' [Lytton Strachey]
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Liz Cheney serves as Wyoming’s lone member of Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2016, on a platform of restoring America’s strength and power in the world, and pursuing conservative solutions to create jobs, cut taxes and regulation, and expand America’s energy, mining and agriculture industries. Cheney serves on the House Armed Services Committee and Natural Resources Committee.
In November 2018, Cheney was elected by her colleagues to House leadership as the Chair of the House Republican Conference, the third-ranking Republican in the House of Representatives.
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Prior to her election to Congress, Liz served at the State Department as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East. She also practiced law at White & Case and at the International Finance Corporation. A specialist in national security and foreign policy, she was also a Fox News analyst, and the co-author, along with Vice President Cheney, of Exceptional: Why The World Needs a Powerful America. She is a member of the International Board of Advisors at the University of Wyoming.
Liz and her husband Phil Perry have five children and live in Wilson, Wyoming.