GoogObits
Obituaries augmented by Google searches using hypertext enjambment. There is a lot to learn from the dead.
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GoogObits: Colonialism With a French Accent (Moktar Ould Daddah, 78, Who Led Mauritania to Independence in 1961, Dies)
It’s easy to forget France’s colonial past. Let’s not.
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GoogObits: Otto Günsche, 86, Dies; Helped to Burn Hitler’s Body
BERLIN, Oct. 13 (AP) [~] Otto Günsche, an aide to Hitler who took part in burning the Nazi dictator’s body to keep it from the advancing Soviets in the final days of World War II, died on Oct. 2 in Lohmar, near Bonn. He was 86.
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GoogObits: Elisabeta Rizea, 91, a Defiant Romanian, Dies
In case you were wondering what it takes to have the world “defiant” appear in the headline of your obituary, I present Elisabeta Rizea. There is much work to do.
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GoogObits: Short Prayers (Former New York retailer popularized miniskirts)
From New York miniskirts to Appalachian mumbleprayers. Things change, everybody.
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GoogObits: Adaptation (Bill Cayton, 85, Boxing Former Manager, Is Dead)
One of the cliches about life in a hyper-capitalist society like ours is that your career may go through 3 or 4 dramatic changes before it’s all said and done. That kind of flexibility is highly prized around here. Bill Cayton didn’t have any problem with that. He started off as a chemical engineer, then…