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[NotFromHere]

‘Exodus’ author Leon Uris is dead

Novelist was first-generation American; his most famous work is referred to as bible of Jewish dissidents in Russia
NEW YORK, June 24 — Author Leon Uris, an immigrant’s determined son who made it big with the best-selling “Exodus” and other hugely popular novels, has died, his ex-wife said Tuesday. He was 78. Uris died Saturday of natural causes at his home on New York’s Shelter Island, photographer Jill Uris said from her home in Aspen, Colo.
PUBLISHED IN 1958, the 600-page “Exodus” was a sensation as millions read Uris’ detailed, heroic chronicle of European Jewry from the turn of the century to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The novel was translated into dozens of languages and was even distributed secretly in communist countries.
“‘Exodus’ has been the Bible of the Jewish dissident movement in Russia,” Uris told The Associated Press in a 1988 interview. “It’s referred to as ‘The Book.’”
Energetic and unafraid, the author was as much an adventurer as a writer, traveling tirelessly and sometimes risking his life. In researching “Exodus,” he logged thousands of miles and ended up reporting on the 1956 conflict in the Middle East.
Uris also endured some of his own battles, feuding with directors Otto Preminger and Alfred Hitchcock, and fighting lawsuits for both “Exodus” and the thriller “Topaz.”
“I used to think of myself as a very sad little Jewish boy, isolated in a Southern town, undersized, asthmatic,” Uris told the AP.
“When I read all my correspondence again, I realized I was a hustler,” he said. “I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless. I hurt a lot of people on the way up.”
full story here

Wow, I started reading Exodus dozens of times, and each time I didn't. Is it worth the investment in time?

[Shape Shifter]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/623...potlawyer.html

(spree: attorney busted smuggling pot into jail)

[ThrashersFan]

I was beginning to wonder about the mysterious absence of an FBer or two the past day or so.


http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/62403_sn_grump.html

Spree: Residents crown new town grump with parade and party

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by Shape Shifter
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/623...potlawyer.html

(spree: attorney busted smuggling pot into jail)

Just jail time? No hearing before the bar? I would think that would come first.

[NotFromHere]

Woman didn't realize fetus skeleton was in her womb for 7 years

(6/23/03 - JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Indonesian doctors have removed the skeleton of a fetus that had been stuck in its mother's womb for more than seven years.
The mother says she knew she was pregnant in late 1995. But when she failed to deliver a child, she didn't go back to the hospital because she was worried about expensive medical bills.

A naval spokesman says the woman went to doctors complaining of stomach pains. Naval surgeons initially thought she had a tumor, but when they operated on her, they discovered the skeleton of a fetus in her womb.
AAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhh. full story here

Edited to add, I guess when the doctors tell you to have a pelvic every year, you should probably do it. Oh, and if you think you're pregnant and you don't deliver a baby - then maybe you might think about getting checked out.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Finally, I've got support for my non-chai-tea-spitting-on-the-computer requests. Keep it in your mouth, people. Good posting habits = good health.



http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/06/24...pta/index.html

[Spree: But now the first study showing a causal relationship, cause and effect relationship, between tea and cholesterol.]

TM

[ThrashersFan]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Woman didn't realize fetus skeleton was in her womb for 7 years

Let's just be glad that they were able to remove Daniela from the womb in time for her tennis match.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
Finally, I've got support for my non-chai-tea-spitting-on-the-computer requests. Keep it in your mouth, people. Good posting habits = good health.



http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/06/24...pta/index.html

[Spree: But now the first study showing a causal relationship, cause and effect relationship, between tea and cholesterol.]

TM

Good article. He says beer is the 3rd most popular drink on the planet. Woo hoo.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by taxwonk
Okay, I know it's been a while (forever?) since she's won a tournament, but certainly her damages from the libel suit must have been enough for her to buy some soup?

Contrast that photo with these, where she looks a bit more healthy.

http://www.danielahantuchova.com/#

TM

[soup sandwich]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
‘Exodus’ author Leon Uris is dead...


Wow, I started reading Exodus dozens of times, and each time I didn't. Is it worth the investment in time?

I read Exodus a long time ago. It's not bad, but my ranking of all of Uris's books that I've read is:

Trinity
Triple
QBVII
Mitla Pass
Exodus
Redemption

Trinity is probably my favorite book of all time. I've read it about 5 times. It's 700+ pages, but once you get through the first 100 it really flies. Redemption is a sort of prequel/sequel to Trinity and is the biggest price of shit I've ever wasted my time reading.

I think Exodus really put Uris on the map as a writer (making a movie starring Paul Newman based on the book didn't hurt either) so that's why it gets all the press.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
‘Exodus’ author Leon Uris is dead

Novelist was first-generation American; his most famous work is referred to as bible of Jewish dissidents in Russia
NEW YORK, June 24 — Author Leon Uris, an immigrant’s determined son who made it big with the best-selling “Exodus” and other hugely popular novels, has died, his ex-wife said Tuesday. He was 78. Uris died Saturday of natural causes at his home on New York’s Shelter Island, photographer Jill Uris said from her home in Aspen, Colo.
PUBLISHED IN 1958, the 600-page “Exodus” was a sensation as millions read Uris’ detailed, heroic chronicle of European Jewry from the turn of the century to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948. The novel was translated into dozens of languages and was even distributed secretly in communist countries.
“‘Exodus’ has been the Bible of the Jewish dissident movement in Russia,” Uris told The Associated Press in a 1988 interview. “It’s referred to as ‘The Book.’”
Energetic and unafraid, the author was as much an adventurer as a writer, traveling tirelessly and sometimes risking his life. In researching “Exodus,” he logged thousands of miles and ended up reporting on the 1956 conflict in the Middle East.
Uris also endured some of his own battles, feuding with directors Otto Preminger and Alfred Hitchcock, and fighting lawsuits for both “Exodus” and the thriller “Topaz.”
“I used to think of myself as a very sad little Jewish boy, isolated in a Southern town, undersized, asthmatic,” Uris told the AP.
“When I read all my correspondence again, I realized I was a hustler,” he said. “I was tough. I used everything to my advantage. I could be very ruthless. I hurt a lot of people on the way up.”
full story here

Wow, I started reading Exodus dozens of times, and each time I didn't. Is it worth the investment in time?

"Nothin cracks a turtle like Leon Uris."

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Woman didn't realize fetus skeleton was in her womb for 7 years

(6/23/03 - JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Indonesian doctors have removed the skeleton of a fetus that had been stuck in its mother's womb for more than seven years.

I'm skeptical. Perhaps we'll discover in follow-up article that before going to the doctor, the woman woke up in a hotel bathtub in Istanbul to find that one kidney had been removed. She can't remember how she got there but did recall having found spider eggs in her bubble yum before passing out. She shared a hospital room with Mikey who is still recovering from his pop rocks & coke injury ( he didn't actually die, that's just a rumor) and with Rod Stewart, who'd had his stomach pumped, and well, y'all know what they found in there.

[NotFromHere]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
I'm skeptical. Perhaps we'll discover in follow-up article that before going to the doctor, the woman woke up in a hotel bathtub in Istanbul to find that one kidney had been removed. She can't remember how she got there but did recall having found spider eggs in her bubble yum before passing out. She shared a hospital room with Mikey who is still recovering from his pop rocks & coke injury ( he didn't actually die, that's just a rumor) and with Rod Stewart, who'd had his stomach pumped, and well, y'all know what they found in there.

Are you saying that Naval surgeons would lie? Scandalous. Don't forget, that there was cash in the bathroom and stitches from where the kidney was removed. And a letter from a guy in Africa who needs to convert some money and that she needed to send him cash right away.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
Woman didn't realize fetus skeleton was in her womb for 7 years

(6/23/03 - JAKARTA, Indonesia) — Indonesian doctors have removed the skeleton of a fetus that had been stuck in its mother's womb for more than seven years.

God. Uteruses (uterii?) are just no end of trouble.

Excuse me while I pass out now.

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by robustpuppy
Rod Stewart, who'd had his stomach pumped, and well, y'all know what they found in there.

I was with you up until this part. What did they find in there? The same thing as found in Richard Gere's pooper?