Month: January 2004
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THE MILITARY: In Hussein’s Shadow, New Iraqi Army Strives to Be Both New and Iraqi
January 7, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS AJI, Iraq, Jan. 6 — If moments in the new Iraq strain credulity for those who knew the country under Saddam Hussein, few have done so more than the scene on Tuesday at this old Iraqi barracks: recruits of the new Iraqi Army marched across the parade square,…
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1910-1914 N. Clark St.
Permit #: 20321219 Applicant: Enterprise Construction, Inc. Owner: 1900 N. Clark Street, LLC Permit Description: Renovation and addition to three 3-story w/basement attached row houses [partial demolition, retaining only street facades and front portion of side walls] Status (if applicable): Status: Hold Released 2/23/04
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[JJ Letters] No TV is good TV
February 9, 1993 Robert Bianco‘s triumphal return gets a resounding second from this viewer/ reader who also laments the eight-month news void that the boob tube couldn’t fill. The mindless Mickey Mouse channel that calls itself a “24-hour news source” gave us five-second weather reports alternating with 10-second repeats of day-old headlines. If…
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[JJ Letters] BYOB no solution
March 8, 1992 Last Sunday’s unsettling story on fraternity house drinking (“BYOB switch lets frats ease insurance liability”), contained documented evidence of past abuses — and the resulting increase in insurance rates for frat houses which buy and serve beer by the keg. Dianne Gregory, executive director for Alpha Xi Delta fraternity for women, was…
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GoogObits: Not Forgotten (Kenneth Poch, 62; Catalogued Arlington’s Jewish Grave Sites)
Kenneth Poch discovered something entirely knowable but completely hidden. The number of Jewish veterans buried in Arlington Cemetery was a discreet, real number. The number existed. It was a whole number. But it was not a known number. Kenneth Poch changed that. These types of things blow me away. Take for instance, the number of…