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December 30, 2009 Charles Smith / Sen. Ribicoff / Skyline Plaza / The Solomon Scandals / Washington area life

Robert H. Smith dead: Son of the builder who helped inspire the Solomon character

Update, 2:05 p.m., Dec. 31, 2009: Just-posted commentary on the Washington Post’s less-than-complete obit of Robert Smith. – D.R. Robert

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April 27, 2009 Building collapses / Skyline Plaza

The Skyline collapse—and property rights vs. human life

Scandals at one level is a beach read, a mix of a thriller and novel of manners. But at another,

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January 26, 2009 Skyline Plaza

Skyline Work Song: A poem by Andrew Solarz

The Solomon Scandals, although fiction, was inspired in part by the Skyline Plaza collapse, which killed 14 workers and injured

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