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Whangarei: a stylish revival
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Northland's hub, Whangarei, is undergoing a refreshing revival
that has transformed the once entrenched provincial centre.
Today the city could be fairly described as a complete visitors'
venue.
A refreshing 160 kilometres north of traffic-mad Auckland,
Whangarei lies nestled amid bush-clad hills at the western end of a
picturesque harbour.
The streets are colourful, busy and vibrant. It is still a place
where people can stop in the middle of town for a chat, where down-
dressing is the norm and the hustle and bustle comes from shoppers
and holiday-makers and not from grim-faced grey-suits. ...
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Driven Patriot: The Life and Times of James Forrestal.
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly
; ...public service," he found in James Vincent Forrestal "the model hero." Hoopes...secretary of defense, considered Forrestal's 1949 suicide "a towering...warrior who had begun work on a Forrestal biography. With the Murphy...
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The Fall Of James Forrestal; When America's first secretary of defense dove from a 16th-floor window at Bethesda Naval Hospital precisely half a century ago, he left a poem, a mystery, and 50 years to understand what he'd been trying to tell us.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Exactly 50 years ago yesterday. His name was James Vincent Forrestal. Forrestal was an American hero during America's most heroic...Then jumped out a window. Most Likely to Succeed Forrestal's life was pure Jazz Age, the kind of man who...
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Interview: Ken Killmeyer discusses the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal and efforts to keep the ship from being destroyed
Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday
; ...who served aboard the USS Forrestal in the 1960s. Welcome. Mr...us first the story of the USS Forrestal. I understand you refer to...because it was named after James Vincent Forrestal, the first secretary of Defense...
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Depression Is Widespread, and Victims Are Stigmatized
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...have recovered from his suicidal depression. Like James Forrestal, Vincent Foster was stung by media criticism and was unable...treatment, it is possible that Vincent Foster, like James Forrestal, died of high status. Jerrold M. Post, M.D...
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Charges
Newspaper article from: Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
; ...warrant, 4:40 p.m. Thursday at 171 Park St. James R. Oliveira, 36, of 130 Oxford St. on a charge...operating under the influence, 2:23 a.m. Friday at 20 Forrestal St. Vincent Oden, 40, of 6 Macadamia Lane, on a charge of domestic...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Little hope: Vincent Foster. (suicide of Bill Clinton's aide investigated)(American Survey)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...pauseless extroversion of opinion in Washington since Vincent Foster killed himself on July 20th, with his father...administration official since the secretary of defence, James Forrestal, threw himself from a window in 1949--though many...
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The Enigma of an Admiral's Death; To Many Colleagues, Neither Medal Controversy Nor Grueling Pace Explains Suicide
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...puzzle of his death. Other suicides of prominent officials, from former secretary of defense James V. Forrestal in 1949 to White House aide Vincent Foster in 1993, have tended to be preceded by warnings of depression or stress. So far there...
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THE MEDIA WILL HAVE TO BEAR ONLY ITS SHARE OF THE BLAME.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot
; ...Secretary of Defense James Forrestal jumped to his...House counsel Vincent Foster shot himself...t know. And Forrestal was evidently...all right, but James Forrestal was a deeply tormented...demons. And while Vincent Foster may have...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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MILITARY NOTES
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; ...Airman Recruit Mario L. Ramirez, son of Vincent and Petra Ramirez of North Bergen, recently...for duty aboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal. He graduated from Emerson High School...Sheraton Inn in Buffalo, N.Y. Write to James Kays, 37 Bridge St., Ogdensburg, N...
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Suicide in Washington. (tragic suicide deaths of two high-ranking Washington officials)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report
; ...retired secretary of defense, James Forrestal, startled the nation when he jumped...officeholders in Washington have followed Forrestal's sad trail, and both left behind...they should snap us awake. When Vincent Foster took his life in 1993...
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