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gladwell dot com - the mosquito killer (7074 words) |
 | Soper's diary records a growing fascination with this new weapon. |
 | July 25, 1943: "Lunch with L.L. Williams and Justin Andrews. |
 | L.L. reports that he has ordered 10,000 lbs of Neocid [DDT]and that Barber reports it to be far superior to [Paris Green]for mosquitoes." February 25, 1944: "Knipling visits laboratory. |
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July 2001 (1626 words) |
 | July 11 - Peter Manous, an attorney from Merrillville, Ind., was chosen by Governor O'Bannon to succeed Robin Winston as the new Indiana Democratic Party Chairman. |
 | July 30 - A congressional investigation of state records found that nearly one third of nursing home residents were abused, with violations occuring between January 1999 and January 2001. |
 | July 31 - Robert W. Pickett, of Evansville, Ind., was sentenced to three years in a federal mental health facility for firing shots outside the White House in February. |