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My search for the friend I left behind

Article Abstract:

Journalist Tony O'Brien was captured by government troops while covering the civil war in Afghanistan. He was put in prison, where he met a kindly Afghan man named Nader Ali. Nader Ali became his friend and made his incarceration easier. When the war ended, O'Brien went back to Afghanistan to hold a reunion with Ali.

Author: O'Brien, Tony
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1993
Behavior, O'Brien, Tony

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My search for Nader Ali

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During the Afghanistan War, Life photographer Tony O'Brien was imprisoned by government forces. He and his cell mate Nader Ali became close friends. After the war O'Brien returned to Afghanistan to try to find Ali and thank him for helping him get through his imprisonment. Ali and his family all survived the war.

Author: O'Brien, Tony
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-3019
Year: 1992
Crimes against, Appreciation, Ex-convicts, Foreign correspondents, Ali, Nader

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Notes of a cliche hunter

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A journalist criticizes newspapers' tendency to use trendy words and cliches, such as 'wake-up call' and 'embattled.' He attributes this to the fact that most journalists cover the same types of stories most of the time.

Author: Berry, Mike
Publisher: Reader's Digest Magazines Ltd.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1996
Usage, Cliches

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