Obituaries
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Peter Flanigan, 1923–2013
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Julie Harris, 1925–2013
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Muriel Siebert, 1928–2013
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Jean Bethke Elshtain, 1941–2013
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David Frost, 1939–2013
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Seamus Heaney, 1939–2013
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Jacques Vergès, 1925–2013
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Elmore Leonard, 1925–2013
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Robert Taylor, 1935–2013
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Reiko Douglas, 1936–2013
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Hiroshi Yamauchi, 1927–2013
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Manson Whitlock, 1917–2013
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Rochus Misch, 1917–2013
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Ronald Coase, 1910–2013
feature The Nobel winner who reshaped economics
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