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...legions of American high-schoolers; in Lincoln, Nebraska. Hillegass started the business in 1958 with a $4,000 loan; the firm was sold in 1999 to IDG Books Worldwide for more than $14 million. DIED. NICOS SAMPSON, 66, guerrilla leader of the 1974 Cyprus coup that triggered the Turkish invasion that cut the island in two; in Nicosia, Cyprus. An advocate of unification with Greece, Sampson fought British colonials and later Turkish Cypriots before his role in the coup forced him into exile until the 1990s. DIED. DOUGLAS ADAMS, 49, British author of the cult sci-fi saga The Hitchhiker...
...Kerrey taught with Capps, Nebraska Senator Edward Zorinsky died, opening up a seat in the U.S. Senate. Kerrey switched back into politics and won the race. Celebrating on election night, he sang a searing Australian ballad of a soldier whose legs were blown off at Gallipoli: "Then a big Turkish shell knocked me ass over head/ And when I awoke in my hospital bed/ I saw what it had done/ And I wished I were dead./ Never knew there were worse things than dying...
...confidence from the communist-led opposition in parliament; in Kiev. His ouster, which was met with the biggest protest in three months of political turmoil, removes the main check on the power of the business oligarchs to whom embattled President Leonid Kuchma is largely beholden. RESIGNED. CUMHUR ERSUMER, 48, Turkish Energy Minister and the highest-ranking official to step down over a graft scandal that partially triggered the country's economic crisis; in Ankara. Ersumer's announcement pushed Turkey's stock market up more than 7%. ARRESTED. ROBERT S. GORDON,42, former Cisco Systems executive accused of embezzling $10 million...
...Kerrey taught with Capps, Nebraska Senator Edward Zorinsky died, opening up a seat in the U.S. Senate. Kerrey switched back into politics and won the race. Celebrating on election night, he sang a searing Australian ballad of a soldier whose legs were blown off at Gallipoli: "Then a big Turkish shell knocked me ass over head/ And when I awoke in my hospital bed/ I saw what it had done/ And I wished I were dead./ Never knew there were worse things than dying...
...Some important steps are being taken. The federal government is currently developing a "holistic language program" with German courses for both new and third-generation immigrants. Several states are in the process of offering German and Turkish language classes in Islam, and more and more kindergartens and pre-schools are teaching both Turkish and German. Turkish immigrants are fond of quoting the traditional saying, "He who is patient will always reach his goal." But their children's prospects will be brighter if they recite it to them in German...