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MADem

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12. No problem, happy to help!

Reply to niyad (Reply #9)

Tue May 19, 2015, 10:13 PM

May 2015

I remember Nelson's death well, even though I was on the other side of the world in the middle east, living under martial law, when it happened. There was no reliable TV, radio on the shortwave was often jammed, and everyone shared magazines and newspapers. The coverage of this event hit all the major international papers, with lots of background material. It was a story that served as an excellent distraction and point of conversation during some very tense days.

Every bad joke you see in this article, I heard on the other side of the world in 1979~!!!

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in reading a brief bio just now, it is amazing how far from the current republican party he was. niyad May 2015 #4

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so true niyad May 2015 #6

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thank you for sharing that--always nice to know how our own stories are entwined with niyad May 2015 #10

My mom took me to the front of a rope line in 1964 when RFK was running for the U S Senate. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #11

Talk about a couple of MESSY marriages!!! MADem May 2015 #7

thank you, had not realized I had not included the link. niyad May 2015 #9

No problem, happy to help! MADem May 2015 #12