Author: DXO
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GoogObits: Winner / Loser (Frank White, Rare Victor Over Clinton in Governor’s Race, Dies at 69)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., May 22 — Frank White, a former governor of Arkansas who was one of only two people to defeat Bill Clinton in an election, died at his home here on Wednesday. He was 69.
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GoogObit: Passion (George Morrow, a Personal Computer Visionary, Dies at 69)
George Morrow, a mathematician and programmer who was a member of a group of unorthodox hobbyists who were instrumental in creating the personal computer industry, died at his home in San Mateo, Calif., on Wednesday.
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GoogObit: Mad! (Robert Merkle, Who Tried Big Trafficker, Dies at 58)
Death is the great silencer. It’s always odd to read the obituary of someone who was, in life, a great noisemaker, whether it is actual noise or just the legal kind.
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Last, Desperate Days of a Brutal Reign
By John F. burns BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 19 – On the gilded marble tablets posted at the gateways of a score of presidential palaces, it was known as “The Era of Saddam Hussein.” Yet in the 26 days of American warfare it took to bring that era down, the hallmark of Mr. Hussein’s rule was…
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Pillagers Strip Iraqi Museum of Its Treasure
By John F. Burns, New York Times BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 12 – The National Museum of Iraq recorded a history of civilizations that began to flourish in the fertile plains of Mesopotamia more than 7,000 years ago. But once American troops entered Baghdad in sufficient force to topple Saddam Hussein’s government this week, it took…