Author: DXO
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How Disappearance in ’84 Blighted Family in Iraq
December 31, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 30 — A month after American troops occupied Baghdad, the family of Dr. Taki al-Moosawi was gathered at his Baghdad home, watching one of the Arab satellite channels that have become popular since the toppling of Saddam Hussein made it possible for any Iraqi, not…
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GoogObits: Good Fences (Earl Hindman, 61, the Neighbor Unseen on `Home Improvement,’ Is Dead)
Earl Hindman, 61, the Neighbor Unseen on `Home Improvement,’ Is DeadBy WOLFGANG SAXON Earl Hindman, the actor known to millions as the odd neighbor barely seen as he peeks over the backyard fence in the long-running television situation comedy “Home Improvement,” died yesterday at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut. A Stamford resident, he was 61. The cause was lung cancer, said his…
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GoogObits: Land Dispute Patterns (Mahant Ramchandra Paramhans)
One thing I love about reading obituaries is because of patterns. Here’s a pattern: real estate ownership issues can be really thorny. Think Western Wall / Temple Mount. Or any civic zoning dispute. That stuff I’m familiar with. But by reading the Times of India, I am able to read about what appears to be a pretty intense land dispute that has a…
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Soldiering On, Even as Spirits Ebb
December 26, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS CAMP ST.-MÈRE, Iraq, Dec. 25 — When Bach’s “Ave Maria” filtered softly out of Christmas communion at a makeshift Roman Catholic chapel on Thursday night, this forward base of the 82nd Airborne Division was an oasis of calm. Stars shimmered above as mess hall workers in Santa Claus…
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[JJ Letters] Helping Young Addicts
July 1, 1990 Debran Rowland’s story last Sunday on addiction treatment at Brighton Woods Treatment Center is well-done and welcome. It was marred only by a misstatement or two, an undocumented "statistic" and one glaring error of omission. Speaking of adolescent addicts, Ms. Rowland states that "most of them probably won’t make it in treatment,…