Joseph Heller (1923-1999) was a popular and respected writer whose first and best-known novel, Catch-22 (1961), is considered a classic of the post-World War II era. Presenting human existence as absu...
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When Joseph Heller learned that the New York Times Book Review's response to his first novel was negative, he and his family were terribly depressed. "Waiting for that review to come out," he later to...
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Jospeh Heller was born 1 May 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. His father died in 1927. After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1941, Heller joined the Twelfth Air Force. He was stationed in Co...
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Despite his relatively small output, Joseph Heller is considered a major contemporary author. His reputation rests principally on his first book, the experimental antiwar novel Catch-22, one of the mo...
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Joseph Heller has established himself as a major satirist in the field of contemporary American fiction. A new phrase was added to the American lexicon from the title of his first novel Catch-22 (1961...
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Barack Obama and his wife were just met with rioutous applause. The first thing he said was, "Thank you New Hampshire."
There's no sense of defeat or loss to them whatsoever--you'd have no sense at...
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Excerpts of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on his finish in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions.OBAMA: Thank you, New Hampshire. I love you back. Thank you. Thank you.W...
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Four crew members were missing from a boat found adrift and two passengers, one of them a fugitive from Arkansas, were being questioned by federal authorities Tuesday after they were rescued in the...
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Mongolian grand champion Asashoryu will return to Japan from his
homeland on Nov. 26, the day after the upcoming Kyushu Grand Sumo
Tournament wraps up in Fukuoka, sumo sources said Thursday.
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Britain's MI5 domestic intelligence agency plans to send out e-mail terror alerts to the public, pioneering an effort to use the Internet to warn of heightened risk. Anyone who wants to track the p...
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It took three tries for disgraced former prosecutor Mike Nifong to utter the words that three Duke lacrosse players falsely accused of rape were determined to hear him say.On Thursday, more than 16...
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A letter written in the name of a Paraguayan woman kidnapped
last week along with her boyfriend and two Japanese, one of whom has
been released, has been sent asking local police to suspend t...
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Veteran character actor Lee Bergere, who appeared in more than 200 television shows, including an original "Star Trek" episode in which he played Abraham Lincoln, has died. He was 88.Bergere died W...
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Police have tracked cell phone signals and examined abandoned cars, yet there's no trace of a woman who vanished last month after going to a Florida night club.Miami-Dade County police have said th...
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London (dpa) - 2004 champion Maria Sharapova crashed out to three-
time holder Venus Williams 6-1, 6-3 in a scream-fest third-round
match-up as Wimbledon began catching up a...
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Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller
Obama, Supporters, Shake It Off
