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  2. <title>
  3. (1980) Died:William O. Douglas
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  5. <history>
  6. TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1980 Highlights    
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  8. <article>
  9. <source>Time Magazine</source>
  10. <hdr>
  11. MILESTONES
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  14. <p>     William O. Douglas, 81, energetic outdoorsman, author of more
  15. than a score of books and, above all, an uncompromising champion
  16. of what he liked to call the "firstness of the First Amendment."
  17. During his 36 years as a Supreme Court Justice--a record
  18. term--the onetime SEC chairman and law professor at Yale and
  19. Columbia battled vigorously to safeguard the rights of
  20. individuals. </p>
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  22. </body>
  23. </article>
  24. </text>
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