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Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor
Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....
Tags: New York City, Arts and Culture, Book, Colleges and Universities, Nazi Party
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Franklin W. Littleton Jr., decorated World War II veteran
Franklin W. Littleton Jr., a retired career Air Force officer and a businessman who was a big-band and Dixieland music aficionado, died April 20 of complications from dementia at Nichols Eldercare, an Edgewood assisted-living facility. The Bel Air...
Tags: University of Baltimore, World War II (1939-1945), Alzheimer's Disease, Armed Forces, Music
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Action in Maturity to mark 40th anniversary
Esther Bonnet, 100, is always thinking about new plans for Action in Maturity — as she has since she co-founded the transportation service for seniors more than 40 years ago. During a recent visit from Elizabeth Briscoe, AIM's executive director,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Govans, Memorial Stadium, Mother's Day
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Aramark says it will lay off 202 dining workers
Aramark warned state regulators that it will lay off about 200 dining-service workers in Baltimore as a result of a lost contract, the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation said Tuesday. The 202-job cut will come when Aramark's...
Tags: Unemployment, Lifestyle and Leisure, Career and Workplace, Labor Legislation, Employees
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Toxic waste in Severn wells investigated
Groundwater contamination from toxic waste dumped decades ago at a nearby factory in the Severn area has prompted widespread testing of residential wells and put eight homes on bottled water, state officials said. The eight households have been...
Tags: Water, Environmental Issues, Water Supply, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Emerson Electric Company
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Uncovered: Ritual public drunkenness and sex in ancient Egypt
I'll bet you that archaeologist Betsy Bryan's perspective on reality-show behavior is a little longer than most. Since 2001, Bryan has led the excavation of the temple complex of the Egyptian goddess Mut in modern-day Luxor, the site of the city of Thebes...Tags: Medical Specialization, Arts and Culture, Health and Safety at School, Obstetrics, Egypt
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ANALYSIS-Italy's politics turned upside down by election aftermath
Reuters* Bersani big loser, Berlusconi a winner * Napolitano is biggest victor * Grillo, Renzi may suffer from Letta success By Barry Moody ROME, April 29 (Reuters) - Five months ago, Silvio Berlusconi was in steep decline and his party was in shambles....Tags: Parliament, National Government, Politics, Government, Enrico Letta
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Hopkins names new provost
The Johns Hopkins University has named Robert C. Lieberman, an interim dean at Columbia University and an expert on American politics, to its No. 2 academic spot: provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. He will take the post July 1,...
Tags: Education, Stanford University, Colleges and Universities, Columbia University
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Mossburg misrepresents research on housing vouchers
In her April 23 column, “Forcing landlords to accept vouchers won't help the poor,” Marta H. Mossburg quoted me as saying that laws prohibiting landlords to accept Section 8 vouchers “exacerbate” the problem of finding housing...Tags: Norwalk (Fairfield, Connecticut), Politics, Stamford, Poverty, Family
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Bionic eye maker has vision of the future
Robert Greenberg got tired of hearing from senior engineers that it wasn't possible to build his product idea: a bionic eye that gives sight to the blind. "A lot of the folks straight out of school didn't know any better, so I hired them instead,"...
Tags: Science, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food and Drug Administration, Technology, Health Organizations
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INSIGHT-Italy came to brink before being saved by "King George"
Reuters* Politicians begged reluctant Napolitano * Worse crisis for decades solved by president * Future uncertain, how long will president serve? By Barry Moody and Steve Scherer ROME, May 7 (Reuters) - On Saturday April 20, the leaders of Italy's two...Tags: Politics, Government, Enrico Letta, European Debt Crisis, Executive Branch
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RKS Realty Welcomes
RKS Realty Inc. recently added Richard "Dicky" Darrell and Joe Moran to the firm's team of expert Realtors, offering commercial and retail real estate services in Harford and Baltimore Counties. "The addition of Richard and Joe to the firm allows for...Tags: Real Estate, Education, Colleges and Universities, Harford County, Realty
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