Month: December 2004
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MARINES IN HARM’S WAY: With 25 Citizen Warriors in an Improvised War
December 12, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS BAGHDAD, Iraq — On Tuesday morning, in dawn’s chilly half-light, a group of 25 marines mustered beside their Humvees at a base in the beleaguered town of Yusufiya for a raid. The target for Fox Company of the 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, was the family home…
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902 W. Roscoe
Permit #: 100013050 Applicant: Dunleavy Construction Owner: Overhill Development Permit Description: Wreck and remove 3-story frame, 3-dwelling units Status (if applicable): Released 12/15/04
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GoogObits: Jay Van Andel Dies at 80; a Co-Founder of Amway
There are lots of ways to obtain enough to eat. Selling Amway products and the Amway lifestyle to everyone you know is one of them. December 8, 2004By LANDON THOMAS Jay Van Andel, a co-founder of Amway who spun a soap-selling business in his basement into a $6 billion global sales giant and contributed millions to conservative…
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JJ Kid Art
Family trees are graphically misleading. Just like the maps that necessarily distort the relative size of countries in order to faithfully represent their shape, a family tree that shows a clear beginning and a discreet set of branches serves to distort what a family is. Because in fact no one can be at the head…
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Marines’ Raids Underline Push in Crucial Area
December 6, 2004 By JOHN F. BURNS MAHMUDIYA, Iraq, Dec. 5 – For marines staging a night raid on suspected rebel hide-outs across this insurgent heartland outside Baghdad, heading out of their heavily fortified base at midnight on Friday was a moment to make sinews stiffen. Clearing the base’s maze of dirt-filled blast barriers, Marine…