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PASSINGS: Henri Dutilleux, Harold Shapero, Vernon McGarity
Henri Dutilleux French composer of modernist music Henri Dutilleux, 97, a highly regarded French composer of modernist music, died Thursday in Paris, said his publisher, Schott Music. The cause was not given. Considered one of the most important...
Tags: Culture, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts), Music Industry, Awards and Prizes, Harvard University
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Preserving D-day memories with a tattered flag
FrameworkThe assignment seemed routine — a portrait of couple for a story about personal finance. But as I was soon reminded, sometimes an interesting, if not extraordinary, story lurks just beneath the surface. Such are the regular discoveries of a... -
Standouts among Hollywood's many attempts to portray the conflict
The Orange County Register(EDITORS: Monday is Memorial Day, when we honor the dead from America's wars. To mark the anniversary, Orange County Register Travel Editor Gary A. Warner, the newspaper's one-time military reporter, offers his updated list of the best World War II...Tags: Saving Private Ryan (movie), Judaism, United Kingdom, Van Johnson, Heroism
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Cromwell Veteran Recalls Battle Of The Bulge
The Hartford CourantJames Scovill never talked about his service during World War II much, and only recently started opening up to his children. Scovill, 91, fought in the Battle of the Bulge in Germany during the winter of 1944-45. His service in one of the great war's...Tags: Middletown, U.S. Military, Germany, U.S. Army, Memorial Day
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Artist Kapoor draws on Berlin's dark history in new show
Reuters* Anish Kapoor stages first major exhibit in Berlin * Includes many artworks created for the show * Kapoor attacks British government for not supporting arts By Sarah Marsh BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - Blood-red bricks of wax are shifted by conveyor...Tags: India, Judaism, United Kingdom, Germany, Theme Park Vacations
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Event at Cove to help veterans travel to D.C.
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Coming soon to a ballpark near you -- the silver screen. At least for one night, The Cove is going to trade in the bats, balls and gloves for tanks, vintage fighter flyovers and a movie on the giant videoboard. But the evening isn't just...Tags: Movies, Entertainment, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Flight (movie)
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Gettysburg sesquicentennial battle re-enactment in Whitehall honors the 153rd
If you walk up the long gravel pathway alongside the spacious grassy fields of Whitehall Township's 110-acre main park, the view from the top of the hill is remarkably similar to that from atop the hills just north of Gettysburg. From the Oak Ridge...
Tags: Army National Guard, Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Wars and Interventions, Battle of Antietam, Casimir Pulaski
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Blacksburg World War II nurse recalls duties
The Roanoke Times, Va.Frances Brennan "Rusty" Rice said she knew something terrible had happened. On May 24, 1938, she was 17 years old and walking home from high school. She saw scores of cars parked near her family's home in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Elinor, an older sister,...Tags: Broken Bones, Health and Medical Professionals, Mining, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Metal and Mineral
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I-64 gas stop sparks book on obscure W.Va. Civil War battle
The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Eric Wittenberg was driving back to his home in Columbus, Ohio, from a speaking engagement in Virginia when the author crossed the West Virginia line, noticed that his gas gauge was approaching empty, and took the exit ramp at White...Tags: West Point, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Lawyers, Elections, Pocahontas
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What is Jewish Humor? Justin Timberlake 'Smells a Trap' for Coen Brothers in Cannes
ReutersMay 19 (TheWrap.com) - Justin Timberlake stepped in to save an awkward situation when directors Joel and Ethan Coen were asked at the Cannes Film Festival about Jewish humor by a German reporter on Sunday. "I smell a trap," quipped Timberlake at a news...Tags: Film Festivals, Judaism, Movies, Entertainment, Ethan Coen
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Daughter remembers dad's ultimate sacrifice
Savannah Morning News, Ga.It's been 70 years, but the memory is still powerful enough to bring Dorothy Wise to tears. "I'll never forget that night," the 83-year-old said. "It was Monday, April 19. There had been rumors over the weekend at the shipyard, so my mother left us...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Culture, Cruises, Ceremonies, Tourism and Leisure
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Richard Miller McQuade, 94, of Stoystown
Richard Miller McQuade, 94, of Stoystown died May 15, 2013 at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. Born Nov. 28, 1918 in Berlin, son of Andrew and Eva Ellen (Miller) McQuade. Preceded in death by parents, step mother Anna (Romesberg) McQuade, half...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Somerset County (Pennsylvania), Human Interest
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