Albuquerque Journal newspaper stories
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ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Family's American Dream Up in Smoke
Saturday, August 23, 2008 Family's American Dream Up in Smoke By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal A fair amount of the American dream can be found in a house like the one Luis Bernal and his wife Marielena Anazco bought two years ago. It sits in the far South Valley, out where fields open up into ...
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ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Nazi Past Sparks Medical Ethics Forum
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Nazi Past Sparks Medical Ethics Forum By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal As unintended consequences go, it is unlikely that Dr. Hubertus Strughold could have imagined how the work he did on behalf of Adolf Hitler's killing machine might have unfolded one day in the ...
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ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Baggage Policy A Disgrace
Saturday, August 16, 2008 Baggage Policy A Disgrace By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal Is primal scream therapy still a good thing? Is it accepted in polite company or should I leave the room? I'll play it safe. I'll leave. Be right back. There. I feel better. I know I haven't fixed anything ...
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ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: A Brave Marine Who Left No Trace
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 A Brave Marine Who Left No Trace By Jim Belshaw No mystery attaches itself to the final moment of Ken Worley's life. The formal language of the Medal of Honor citation makes clear how the 19-year-old Marine died. On Aug. 12, 1968, in a South Vietnam hamlet, a group ...
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ABQJOURNAL BELSHAW: Some Find Laughter in Hyperinflation
Saturday, August 09, 2008 Some Find Laughter in Hyperinflation By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal When presented with a single piece of monetary currency with a face value of $50 billion, there's not much to do but laugh. It's legitimate, or at least it was until recently when the Zimbabwean government ...
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ABQJOURNAL BELSHAW: Daskalos, Batman and Construction Zones
Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Daskalos, Batman and Construction Zones By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal Just a few things ... Kathy's solution to the Daskalos thing; why it's so hard to slow down for construction zones; and Stephenye, who has the same job she had when I talked to her last week ...
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ABQJOURNAL BELSHAW: Bored Internet Housewives Lure Me Off Course
Friday, August 01, 2008 Bored Internet Housewives Lure Me Off Course By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal I don't mean to start with the digression, but nothing produces a good digression the way Google does when it's on a roll. It's not something easily ignored. What I started out looking for was ...
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ABQJOURNAL BELSHAW: Smart Mom Is No Radio Host
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Smart Mom Is No Radio Host By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal I'm late to the Michael Savage party. When the invitations went out about a week ago, I thought about calling Gay Finlayson to see if she was going, but decided against it. I don't know why. Probably because syndicated ...
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ABQJOURNAL BELSHAW: A Reminder that Lives Move On
Sunday, July 27, 2008 A Reminder that Lives Move On By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal In my line of work, you tend to drop into a life, visit awhile, pass along a few hundred words about that life and move along to the next life. Sometimes, the stories are a joy and sometimes not, but the thing ...
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ABQJOURNAL BELSHAW: Feel the Exotic Close to Home
Friday, July 25, 2008 Feel the Exotic Close to Home By Jim Belshaw Of the Journal There's something to be said for exotic — alien, alluring, mysterious, romantic. Throw in altruism, and the next thing you know you're hauling away flood-swollen debris in New Orleans; or re-building lives ...
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