Author: DXO
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MARLENE SCHAMS, 45
Remarkable. Marlene Schams was born in an elevator in a hospital in Columbus, Ohio. “That’s why she had her ups and downs all these years,” quipped her father, Donald Schams. Ms. Schams, 45, a single mother and longtime Rogers Park resident who fought hard to give her son better opportunities, died Thursday, Dec. 23, at…
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John F. Burns Archive
A copy/ paste collection of articles written for the New York Times by this epic war correspondent. Focus is on itesm from the Persian Gulf War as well as the Bosnian War and Afghanistan in the mid to late 90s.
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Good Will Toward My President
I did not vote for him. I do not like him. I cried when he won. I wish him a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, because we all depend on him for a significant portion of exactly that, our new year. God help us all.
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Hugh McIntyre Was A Librarian
In my effort to publish more posts to this site, and to move past the cleverism of my early link-laden style, I am going to start simply placing links to (and archival copies of the text of) the obituaries of notable people. The obituaries that I have learned much from. The obituaries of people who…
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Business Trip Night Landing in Cloudy Winter Weather
From the plane I get a low,brief peek of suburban light formations. I confessI like rough landings, bursting from tight thick clouds fast,rocking and barreling toward the runway. I know I’m alive, over a wet, moving city.12/10/2004 Fri