Biography EssayFor readers familiar with his work in the 1920s and 1930s, John Dos Passos's public image seemed clearly defined. His friends and colleagues were expatriate writers such as Ernest Hemin...
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The reputation of the American novelist John Roderigo Dos Passos (1896-1970) is based chiefly on his early work, especially the trilogy "U.S.A."John Dos Passos was born in Chicago on Jan. 14, 1896, th...
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For readers in the 1930s and 1940s the career of John Dos Passos had its puzzling aspects, but the image of the man seemed to possess a certain clarity. He was, according to the dust jackets, "Chicago...
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John Roderigo Dos Passos, social and political chronicler, was born John Roderigo Madison in a Chicago hotel. His father, John Randolph Dos Passos, a prominent attorney, and his mother, Lucy Madison, ...
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Islamabad (dpa) = Seven people, including three soldiers, were
killed on Monday in a string of attacks on Pakistani security forces
deployed in the troubled North Waziristan...
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Islamabad (dpa) - Seven people, including three soldiers, were
killed on Monday in a string of attacks on Pakistani security forces
deployed in the troubled North Waziristan...
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Islamabad (dpa) - Pro-Taliban militants on Wednesday killed three
soldiers in a rocket attack on a checkpoint in Pakistan's North-West
Frontier Province (NWFP) and targeted ...
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Kabul (dpa) - Afghan and coalition forces killed 26 suspected
Taliban in separate incidents Sunday, while three Afghan army
soldiers were killed and five wounded in roadside...
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Nahr al-Bared, Lebanon (dpa) - At least three soldiers were killed
and 10 others were wounded as the Lebanese army continued its assault
on Fatah al-Islam militants at a Pal...
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Some of the deadliest aircraft crashes involving U.S. troops in Iraq:_ Jan. 20: A helicopter crashed northeast of Baghdad, killing all 13 soldiers on board. The military did not issue its customary...
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A leading Cuban human rights group on Monday urged governments around the world to petition Havana to spare the lives of army deserters who could face a firing squad for allegedly killing soldiers ...
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Suspected militants attacked a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan before dawn Wednesday, triggering a shootout that left three soldiers dead, police said.The attack happened in Bannu, a trou...
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Colombo (dpa) - At least six Tamil rebels and three soldiers were
killed in a fresh round of clashes in northern Sri Lanka as the
death toll in two weeks of s...
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Baghdad (dpa) - Three civilians were killed and three soldiers
were wounded in violence Tuesday in and around the northern Kirkuk
province, local authorities said.
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