Author: DXO
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GoogObits: Elisabeta Rizea, 91, a Defiant Romanian, Dies
In case you were wondering what it takes to have the world “defiant” appear in the headline of your obituary, I present Elisabeta Rizea. There is much work to do.
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GoogObits: Short Prayers (Former New York retailer popularized miniskirts)
From New York miniskirts to Appalachian mumbleprayers. Things change, everybody.
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PALESTINIANS: Bomber Left Her Family With a Smile and a Lie
October 7, 2003 By JOHN F. BURNS JENIN, West Bank, Oct. 5 — It was a few minutes past 8 a.m. on Saturday when Hanadi Jaradat’s parents last saw her. The 27-year-old apprentice lawyer was in a hurry as she walked down the steep, narrow streets of this old Arab town, telling her parents she…
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GoogObits: Adaptation (Bill Cayton, 85, Boxing Former Manager, Is Dead)
One of the cliches about life in a hyper-capitalist society like ours is that your career may go through 3 or 4 dramatic changes before it’s all said and done. That kind of flexibility is highly prized around here. Bill Cayton didn’t have any problem with that. He started off as a chemical engineer, then…
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Ouch (One Day Longer)
“If she had lived just one day longer, she would have become the oldest,”