Month: February 2004
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GoogObits: Stanislaw Ryniak, Lived to be Old
Stanislaw Ryniak managed to live to be old and to die of unknown causes. This was no small achievement. February 28, 2004Stanislaw Ryniak, Auschwitz Inmate, Dies at 88By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WARSAW, Feb. 25 — Stanislaw Ryniak, the first person imprisoned at Auschwitz, the World War II Nazi concentration camp, has died. He was 88. Mr.…
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GoogObits: Judas is Dead (Carl Anderson, 58, Judas in Rock Opera, Dies)
It’s hard to avoid pop culture phenomenons. Our current obsession is Mel Gibson’s movie, The Passion of The Christ. Beneath these behemoths lie a world of a billion smaller cultural moments, places, people, and things. My Significant Other took a singing workshop with Carl Anderson in Rome a few years ago. I remember her speaking…
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[JJ Letters] Clinton vs. Saddam is a very scary match-up
December 22, 1997 In the words of the great philosopher Yogi Berra, it looks like deja vu all over again. Consider the headlines chronicling our ongoing “negotiations” with a madman who is the leader of a foreign country who is trying to blackmail the supposedly intelligent leaders of the free world into making certain “concessions”…
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1600 W. Diversey Pkwy.
Permit #: 20404198 Applicant: Heneghan Wrecking Owner: Lakeside Bank Permit Description: Demolition of a 2-story brick commercial building Status (if applicable): Released 6/3/04
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Steve Neal, Giant
Earlier this week, Steve Neal, hard-hitting political columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and a world-renowned political historian, committed suicide in the garage of his suburban Chicago home. Neal joined the Sun-Times in 1987, a crazy year in Chicago politics. Legendary mayor Harold Washington dropped dead in his office, touching off a firestorm of protest and…