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The Daily Goodbye
Good morning readers to the non-standard language edition of Postmortem's Daily Goodbye. I can only imagine what a non-Nordic copyeditor thought when coming across Svein Gilje's byline for the first time. Mr. Gilje, a Seattle Times reporter who spoke and read French, German, Norwegian, Danish and Swedish, as well as...
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November 24, 2009; 8:34 AM ET |
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Good morning, and plan for a thankful week. Rusty Kanokogi was once stripped of a medal for competing against men in judo. Determined that no woman would have to have a similar experience, she dedicated herself to establishing women's judo and getting the sport into the Olympics. (Don't miss the...
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November 23, 2009; 8:00 AM ET |
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Good morning. Those of us who are healthy forget the toll that AIDS and HIV has taken on young people the world over. Edward Zold, who was diagnosed with the illness himself, didn't forget and was one of the ones responsible for getting drugs and treatment for fellow sufferers. Eddie...
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November 19, 2009; 8:40 AM ET |
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Good morning. The pickings are a bit slim this morning, but I'd advise you take a look at the amazing life of Medal of Honor winner Lewis Millett; it's not the ordinary hero story you'll read elsewhere. The man described as the power behind the oldest open-air swimming club in...
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November 18, 2009; 8:48 AM ET |
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Good morning. Some called Charlie Barber "Mayor of the Falls Road Corridor." Others called him the luckiest man in the world. He fell asleep on a park bench and wound up in a family's home, where he had a roof and dinner while living the life of the homeless. Here's...
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November 17, 2009; 8:06 AM ET |
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Good morning, fellow latecomers. Nothing wrong with being late to the party, just so you turn up. My Mondays are catch-up days so let's get to it. Joe Brennan was one of those guys everybody liked. He was also a man who survived a lot of misadventures, from falling into...
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November 16, 2009; 8:29 AM ET |
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