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WWII, Vietnam Action Highlighted Career
Lt. Gen. Harry W.O. Kinnard II, who died Jan. 5 at his home in Arlington County, was a West Point graduate whose decades-long military career stretched from World War II to Vietnam, but he was most often associated with one word that became instant legend. The word was "nuts," the reply to a German...
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John Provan, 89, who held high-level administrative posts with several federal agencies, died Dec. 28 at Greenspring Village retirement community in Springfield. He had Alzheimer's disease.
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Compulsive Painter Defied Stylistic Trends (Post, January 11, 2009; Page C07)
With Twin, Musician a Hit on 'Hee Haw' (Post, January 11, 2009; Page C08)
A Fully Engaged Father, Friend -- and Gardener (Post, January 11, 2009; Page C07)
Movie Studio Chief Behind 'Top Gun,' 'E.T.' (Post, January 11, 2009; Page C07)
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A Thorn In the Side Of Apartheid: Helen Suzman Spoke Out For Those Without a Voice (Post, January 2, 2009; Page C01)
In Words and in Silence, a Writer of Rare Power (Post, December 26, 2008; Page C01)
APPRECIATION: In Dark Times, You Need a Mark Felt in the Shadows (Post, December 20, 2008; Page C01)
APPRECIATION: Bettie Page Let Us Peep, Perchance To Dream (Post, December 13, 2008; Page C01)
Appreciation: It Was Here Prosky Had True Presence (Post, December 10, 2008; Page C01)
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