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| | Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Fred L. Whipple, pioneer in comet research, dead at 97 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | He was gifted with great scientific imagination, superb analytical skills, and excellent management acumen," Irwin Shapiro, a former director of the center, said in a statement. |
 | | Whipple was born in Red Oak, Iowa, in 1906. |
 | | He received his bachelor's degree in mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, but didn't turn to astronomy until a bout with polio ended his dreams of being a tennis champion. |
| www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/08/31/fred_l_whipple_pioneer_in_comet_researched_dead_at_97 (523 words) |
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