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SIR EDMUND HILLARY
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Mountaineer who conquered Everest and devoted his later life to
the Sherpa people of Nepal
Edmund Hillary formed with Tenzing Norgay one of the most
celebrated partnerships of the 20th century. The beekeeper and the
Tibetan Sherpa were the first human beings to set foot on the
highest point on earth - the 29,035ft (8,850m) summit of Mount
Everest. Both were ambitious to snatch this ultimate prize in
mountaineering, but neither had any idea of how their success would
resonate in the public mind for decades to come and dictate the rest
of their lives.
Hillary was one of two New Zealanders on the ...
 "Post-Tribune (IN)")
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Hussein's defense plan: Incite urban warfare
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN)
; ...VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION Hussein(PHOTO - Color) Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has told regional government officials that...recent weeks, the U.S. officials said, Hussein has outlined a strategy that appears to center...
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Hussein Dots Landscape with Mosques; U.S. Suspects Sites Are Hiding Bioweapons.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; ...Arabia, named after none other than Saddam Hussein. Less than a mile away, on land where...watchful surveillance of U.S. satellites, Hussein's government and wealthy Islamic supporters...clerics here say. "No one but Saddam Hussein has had the will, the vision or the drive...
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Hussein: power without pity // The traits U.S. hates inspire awe in Iraqis
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is everywhere and nowhere, as familiar as a face...presidential palace and, now, as a leader at war - Hussein rarely has been pinned down. To Americans, Hussein is both evil and enigmatic. The rush of events...
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Hussein's game. (King Hussein of Jordan, Palestine Liberation Organization) (editorial)
Magazine article from: The Nation
; Hussein's Game When I visited King Hussein's royal compoundhere in late May, I found that frustration with the Palestine Liberation Organization remained high. One of Hussein's closest advisers told me that the P.L.O. would never...
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Why Hussein sees history on his side; Profilers say the Iraqi leader is no savvy chess player, but is buoyed by a sense of destiny.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor
; ...the Middle East, Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein appears unfazed by the rising pressure...Almost nightly on Iraqi television Mr. Hussein calmly waves a Cuban cigar, exhorts his...existence of weapons of mass destruction. Hussein is an inveterate survivor. Longtime Hussein...
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Hussein hopes to drop in for a win Spurred by his dropping out last year, '88 champion wants to regain laurels
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...his eyes and his mind drifts, Ibrahim Hussein has no trouble imagining he is back in...But what you have to remember," says Hussein, winner of the 1988 Boston Marathon...here is good." In such brief detail, Hussein has summed up what a lot of people in...
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SADDAM HUSSEIN ON TV WITH CAPTIVES
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; WASHINGTON - A smiling Saddam Hussein was shown yesterday meeting with Western...Americans were among the group visited by Hussein. The tape, which was undated, was a dramatic departure for Hussein, whose recent practice has been to have...
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HUSSEIN'S SHOW COULD BACKFIRE WITH VIEWERS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...spokesman Richard Boucher said, Saddam Hussein's televised appearance yesterday with...only attempting to reach his followers; Hussein was trying to reach people who weren...to infuriate a Western audience. That Hussein didn't know this is perhaps the most...
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Saddam Hussein's three-ring circus: power in Baghdad is primarily a family affair. (Showdown in the Gulf)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; The ouster of Saddam Hussein would relieve his enemies of the need...him. But those in a position to oust Hussein are, not coincidentally, those least...of an extended family around Saddam Hussein. Like the Corleone family in Mario...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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Hussein's sons reputed to be as brutal as he is
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; 00-00-0000 Hussein's sons reputed to be as brutal as he...Egypt - When President Bush gave Saddam Hussein until today to leave Iraq, he told him...styles are dramatically different, Odai Hussein, 39, and his younger brother, Qusai...
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