Author: DXO
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More Wide Right Turn
Plain Yellow Mudflap Originally uploaded by juggernautco. I’ve been updating my Wide Right Turn initiative on Flickr. I now have 32 completely different examples of Wide Right Turn signs on the backs of trucks. This, in addition to 45 images over here. 77 and counting. Again, Wide Right Turn is all about the…
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Iraqi Offensive Met by Wave of New Violence From Insurgents – New York Times
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 29 – The largest Iraqi-led counterinsurgency operation since the downfall of Saddam Hussein set off a violent backlash on Sunday across Baghdad. At least 20 people were killed in the capital, 14 of them in a battle lasting several hours when insurgents initiated sustained attacks on several police stations and an army…
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Violence Surges Across Iraq With 30 New Deaths Reported
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 28 – The surge of violence that has swept Iraq since its first elected government took office nearly a month ago continued Saturday, with at least 30 new deaths reported across the country, some of them in what appeared to be sectarian killings. The latest attacks raised the total number of Iraqis…
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On Way to Baghdad Airport, Death Stalks Main Road
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 28 – Iraqis call it Death Street. To American soldiers, it is ‘I.E.D. Alley,’ after the improvised explosive devices – bombs – that are lethally common on the 10 miles of expressway and city streets that make up Baghdad’s airport road.”
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Decaying on Laurels
The NYT always has an array of archival obituaries available on its website, and it is always insightful to read them. Here’s the one for J. Edgar Hoover. It shows that he started his 1/2 century tenure with startling innovation and pretty much coasted from there. Mr. Hoover’s power was a compound of performance and…