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Copy­right 2004 Ben S. Pol­lock Thurs­day, Aug. 12, 2004. Col­league Ray Hobbs of Lit­tle Rock died Tues­day, Aug. 10, 2004. He wasn’t old, just 53, but had hepati­tis C. [Link to obit has expired.] Here are two rec­ol­lec­tions of Ray. 1. In 1982, maybe 1983, I was work­ing at a sub­ur­ban Dal­las daily (Irv­ing Daily News …

Copy­right 2004 Ben S. Pol­lock Fri­day, Aug. 6, 2004: After con­duct­ing all the research that’s nec­es­sary — licked my right index fin­ger and held it up — I finally can make a pre­dic­tion on the pres­i­den­tial race: Kerry will win in a land­slide. I know the polls still show neck-and-neck, with less-than-expected bounce for Kerry …