Author: DXO
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[JJ Letters] Obituary: John J. O’Neil / Addictions counselor and PR man
Monday, January 31, 2005By Steve Twedt, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette John J. "Jack" O’Neil, a retired addictions counselor and memorable Pittsburgh Post-Gazette letter writer, died of cancer Thursday at his Sewickley home. He was 78. "He was often called an old curmudgeon, but he was lovable," said his wife, Theodora. "He was very real, and he made…
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The Vote, and Democracy Itself, Leave Anxious Iraqis Divided
By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 29 – For Ghassan al-Atiyyah, the journey to Sunday’s elections has been long and painful, sustained by the hope that Iraq would one day embrace the democratic principles that drove him into 20 years of exile. Last month, back in Iraq from London at the age of 65,…
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Carlos Cortez, Legend
Carlos Cortez was the real deal. One of those men who made everything around him seem small. Not because he tried to make anyone feel small– the opposite is true. In the handful of times I’d ever talked to him at a poetry event, he was a living legend to me. All hail Carlos Cortez.…
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VIOLENCE: 5 Bomb Attacks Kill 26 as Vote by Iraqis Nears
By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 19 – Insurgents detonated five powerful truck and car bombs across Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 26 people, at least 9 of them members of Iraq’s fledgling security forces. The attacks came as Iraq’s interim prime minister, Ayad Allawi, said he would reveal plans next week for an accelerated…
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GoogObits: Thelma White, ‘Reefer’ Star, Dies at 94
One Thinks of What One Hoped to Be, and Then Faces Reality Two things here: 1/ I loved marijuana. Near-religion status. I am addicted to marijuana. One day at a time, I do not smoke marijauana.2/ One is not always remembered as one hoped to be. January 18, 2005Thelma White, ‘Reefer’ Star, Dies at 94By…