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Hope Hale Davis, a writer, lifelong feminist and Radcliffe professor, died of pneumonia on Saturday at Wingate at Brighton physical rehabilitation center...
DIED. GEOFFREY BEENE, 77; one of America 's most original fashion designers; of complications from pneumonia; in New York City. The Louisiana native first landed in Manhattan in the 1950s and started his line in 1963, raising the standards of American design with technical innovations, sumptuous fabrics and minimalist creations whose streamlined silhouettes belied their complicated construction. He dressed numerous First Ladies and socialites, including Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson and Gloria Vanderbilt, and was widely admired for his facility with cut and his uncompromising creative vision. He created the playful baby-doll dress in the 1960s and the sporty...
DIED. NUHA AL-RADI, 63, Iraqi ceramist and painter best known for her book Baghdad Diaries, a vivid, witty account of the daily life of Iraqis during the first Gulf War and its aftermath; of pneumonia linked to treatment for leukemia; in Beirut. She was wryly resigned to Saddam Hussein's violent regime, but also critical of the U.S. for bombing her native city and killing civilians. Fearing persecution, she chose to live in exile in Beirut after her book was published...
...Disney directors stripped him of his chairmanship in March, when the share price and investor confidence slumped. DIED. NUHA AL-RADI, 63, Iraqi ceramist and painter best known for her 1998 book Baghdad Diaries, a vivid, witty account of life in that city during the first Gulf War; of pneumonia linked to treatment for leukemia; in Beirut. Critical of the U.S. bombing of Baghdad but wryly resigned to Saddam Hussein's regime, she chose to live in exile, fearing persecution after her book was published. DIED. BILLY DAVIS, 72, singer-songwriter turned advertising executive best known for writing...
...vast majority of the Chinese who are HIV positive have no such access and must make do with drugs that treat the side effects of the disease?antibiotics for mouth sores and pneumonia, creams for skin lesions. Others rely heavily on traditional Chinese herbal medicines, which have no documented record of success. And even for those who are able to squeeze into one of the small studies supported by foreign aid groups, there is no guarantee of receiving proper follow-up care. "We have heard of places in China where the drugs are delivered but there is no training...