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  • In Devecser, where the main street was deserted and an alcohol ban was in effect, Maria Gyori, the 79-year-old homemaker, was having difficulties coming to grip with the evacuation plans.

    Toxic Sludge Could Spill Again, Hungary Government Warns AP 2010

  • In Devecser, where the main street was deserted and an alcohol ban was in effect, Maria Gyori, the 79-year-old homemaker, was having difficulties coming to grip with the evacuation plans.

    Toxic Sludge Could Spill Again, Hungary Government Warns AP 2010

  • Gray, 38, was sentenced to death for the 1994 rape and murder of a 79-year-old Loulin woman.

    Mississippi executes man with new lethal injection cocktail 2011

  • The issue arose Friday (Oct. 1), when the 79-year-old paper ran a small unpaid story announcing the upcoming nuptials of Avichai Smolen, 23, of New Milford, and Justin Rosen of Coram, N.Y. Rosen is studying for a dual degree in Judaic studies and public administration at NYU.

    Jewish Standard's Gay Wedding Announcement Causes 'Firestorm' The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • "If another wave comes, I was thinking of standing on top of the kitchen table," said Maria Gyori, a 79-year-old homemaker in the town of Devecser.

    Toxic Sludge Could Spill Again, Hungary Government Warns AP 2010

  • Just before he died in 2003, the 79-year-old was awarded the prestigious Erasmus Prize by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands for services to food history.

    A Culinary Man of Letters Bruce Palling 2011

  • Add nine-year-old Christina-Taylor Green and 79-year-old Phyllis Schneck, plus Dorothy Morris, Judge John Roll, Dorwan Stoddard and Gabe Zimmerman, to the needlessly long list of those whose bright future or golden years have been cut short by our society's inability to bring about common sense gun control.

    Rep. Charles Rangel: Standing up to Gun Violence Rep. Charles Rangel 2011

  • Add nine-year-old Christina-Taylor Green and 79-year-old Phyllis Schneck, plus Dorothy Morris, Judge John Roll, Dorwan Stoddard and Gabe Zimmerman, to the needlessly long list of those whose bright future or golden years have been cut short by our society's inability to bring about common sense gun control.

    Rep. Charles Rangel: Standing up to Gun Violence Rep. Charles Rangel 2011

  • Add nine-year-old Christina-Taylor Green and 79-year-old Phyllis Schneck, plus Dorothy Morris, Judge John Roll, Dorwan Stoddard and Gabe Zimmerman, to the needlessly long list of those whose bright future or golden years have been cut short by our society's inability to bring about common sense gun control.

    Rep. Charles Rangel: Standing up to Gun Violence Rep. Charles Rangel 2011

  • In Devecser, where the main street was deserted and an alcohol ban was in effect, Maria Gyori, the 79-year-old homemaker, was having difficulties coming to grip with the evacuation plans.

    Toxic Sludge Could Spill Again, Hungary Government Warns AP 2010

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