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Date: 10 Aug 2006 10:19:28
From: Rick Evans
Subject: RIP: James Van Allen


Physicist James Van Allen dies
CHICAGO (Reuters) - American physicist James Van Allen, who helped
propel the United States into the space race and discovered the bands
of radiation that surround the Earth that were later named for him,
died on Wednesday, the University of Iowa said.

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