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Two Chicago-Area Crimes
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David Duggan, USA, 11/06/15 6:40 pm)
The media in these parts (Chicago) are abuzz about two off-the-charts crime stories. The first is that the "too good to be true" police Lt. "GI Joe" Gliniewicz's widely public
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Re: Iris Chang's papers
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John Eipper, USA, 03/16/06 6:40 am)
Bill Ratliff of the Hoover Institution writes: I have no final word on Iris Chang's death beyond the news around here, which is that she committed suicide following a long period of depression. Many o
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Iris Chang (Ross Rogers, Jr., US)
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John Eipper, USA, 03/15/06 3:20 pm)
Ross Rogers, Jr. writes_The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang is to be re read with this article"China Hails e Good Nazi and Makes Japan Take Notice". Author Iris Chang was reported to have committed sui
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Re: Sir Victor Sassoon
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John Eipper, USA, 09/09/06 9:16 am)
Eric Niderost writes: Just wanted to let you know that my article on Sir Victor Sassoon is now out and on the stands. It is in the September 2006 isue of World War II magazine, with Goring on the cove
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WHO. A Directory of Prominent People
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John Eipper, USA, 06/03/05 3:54 pm)
Omnigraphics publishes a valuable series of directories of institutions and organizations. Now it has launched the first edition of WHO. A Directory of Prominent People (Edited by Kay Gill, 2005, pp.
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Prof. Hawking, RIP
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John Heelan, UK, 03/14/18 5:11 am)
On the day when the UK grieves the loss of one of its most brilliant minds, we should remember Hawking's quote, "On why the universe exists: If we find the answer to that, it would be t
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Siegfried Sassoon
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John Eipper, USA, 01/01/06 6:49 am)
Paul Pitlick sends this New York Times (12/27/05) review of a new book about Siegfried Sassoon, the father of WAISer George Sassoon:
A Wounded Poet Who Sang the Crucible of a Genera
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Bactria and Zoroaster
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Ronald Hilton, USA, 07/19/04 2:38 am)
Bactria and its capital Bactra may have been forgotten in the West, but not
in Iran, as this message from Nushin Namazi tells: "In addition to this
recent discovery of gold, Bactra (Pakt
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Enric Marco, Impostor
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Eugenio Battaglia, Italy, 09/14/15 5:37 am)
Considering that the Spanish Civil War is a very popular topic within WAIS, I wish to inform the Forum that a book by Javier Cercas has come out in Italy, L'Impostore (The Impostor).
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