Author: DXO
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HyperNotation: Cub Fan Statement
In the very first installment of GoogOgraphy, we take a look at the text of Steve Bartman, the Cub fan who did something he probably shouldn’t have.
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GoogObits: Colonialism With a French Accent (Moktar Ould Daddah, 78, Who Led Mauritania to Independence in 1961, Dies)
It’s easy to forget France’s colonial past. Let’s not.
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John F. Burns Posts I Don’t Have Yet
FOREIGN DESK September 30, 2003, Tuesday $ Palestinian Ends Defense in Murder Trial FOREIGN DESK October 5, 2003, Sunday $ A Grim, Familiar Routine At Israeli Bombing Site FOREIGN DESK October 10, 2003, Friday $ Feud Erupts Anew Between Arafat and His Premier FOREIGN DESK October 16, 2003, Thursday $ 3 Americans Slain in Blast…
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GoogObits: Otto Günsche, 86, Dies; Helped to Burn Hitler’s Body
BERLIN, Oct. 13 (AP) [~] Otto Günsche, an aide to Hitler who took part in burning the Nazi dictator’s body to keep it from the advancing Soviets in the final days of World War II, died on Oct. 2 in Lohmar, near Bonn. He was 86.
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BLOCK BY BLOCK: A War-Weary People Reach Out in Pain — and Hope
October 12, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS JERUSALEM — The grim vigil lengthened into the night of a sparkling, breezy autumn day: people watching as the latest victims of the Palestinians’ intifada, 20 killed and nearly 60 hurt, were taken away from Maxim, the beachside restaurant in Haifa that was the destination of a female…