Word: epitaphs
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...certifiable child prodigy, young Davis could sing, dance, tell jokes, improvise, do impressions--"He did it all" would be his epitaph. The older he got the more incandescent his talent became. He was a fireball of energy. He never seemed to sleep. By the 1950s he was cutting albums, making movies, strutting on Broadway and helling around Hollywood with the likes of Tony Curtis and Frank Sinatra...
...broadcast on an Arab cable news channel on Tuesday, a man believed to be the fugitive dictator acknowledged the death last week of his sons Uday and Qusay, proclaiming them martyrs in a "jihad" that would ultimately defeat America. But the tape may turn out to be an auto-epitaph by a man U.S. commanders confidently proclaim will very soon be within their sights. Saddam's top bodyguard was captured near Tikrit on Tuesday, and U.S. commanders have suggested they may be only 24 hours behind a dictator. Once they catch up, the question becomes: Will Saddam be taken alive...
...glories and ravages; in Shelter Island, N.Y. After serving as a Marine on Guadalcanal, he scored with best sellers set on the front lines of World War II (Battle Cry), the Warsaw Ghetto uprising (Mila 18), Israel (Exodus) and Palestine (The Haj). He also wrote his own epitaph; his tombstone will read: AMERICAN SOLDIER. JEWISH WRITER...
...This is his swan song, meant to soften his image as a hardhearted jurist. Rumors are swirling about his possible retirement. Close observers of the court doubt that Rehnquist, 78, is planning an imminent departure. Still, the decision could take some of the sharp edges off his epitaph...
...this leaves South Korea's laureate leader as the lamest of lame ducks, tarnished by scandal and failure. His once promising legacy now seems more suited to an epitaph: Money can't buy you love?or peace...