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Thin Air by Robert B. Parker

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Name: Robert B. Parker
Birth Date: September 17, 1932
Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: Writer, Educator

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Biography of Robert B. Parker
3864 words, approx. 12.9 pages
"Machismo got a bad name starting with the feminist movement, where it was used to label male behavior that women found offensive," the novelist Robert B. Parker once told Amanda Smith in a Publisher's Weekly interview. "But if you called it a commitment...


News and Journals
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The Economist (US)
Into Thin Air.
09/06/1997: 516 words, approx. 2 pages
INTO THIN AIR. By Jon Krakauer. Villard; 387 pages; $24.95. Macmillan; K16.99 EVEREST is the ultimate trophy mountain, the one to climb. It is not a great beauty, just that bit taller than any other lump of rock protruding from the face...
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Albuquerque Journal
Into Thin Air
01/04/2004: 594 words, approx. 2 pages
Japanese athletes come to practice at high altitudes, where lungs work for oxygen It's not often that the road to the Olympics goes through Santa Fe. But for a dozen or so hopeful Japanese swimmers, that has been exactly the case this week....
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AP News
Red Sox arrive in Denver a mile high
10/27/2007: 689 words, approx. 2 pages
The Colorado Rockies hope a one-mile increase in altitude will make a world of difference. The Boston Red Sox are on a high, and it's not just because of their 2-0 World Series lead.After filtering out of Fenway in the dead of night, they arrived...
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AP News
U.S. climber's body found in China
7/9/2007: 265 words, approx. 1 pages
The body of a top female mountain climber who has been missing for seven months was found on a remote peak in northern China, her family said Monday.Christine Boskoff and her climbing partner failed to return home as planned Dec. 4. The body of her...
 


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Thin Air by Robert B. Parker

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