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DIED. TELFORD TAYLOR, 90, formidable Nuremberg prosecutor who held that "the laws of war are not a one-way street"; in New York City. An ardent New Dealer, Taylor joined the war effort in 1942 and worked on Nazi codes. Though at the hub of military intelligence, he learned of the Holocaust only as an assistant prosecutor at the first Nuremberg trial. He was chair of the next 12 trials, and his clarity and eloquence (he called Nazi Germany "an infernal combination of a lunatic asylum and a charnel house") led to 142 convictions. Later, as a lawyer...
...beloved by his staff. His decency, skill, editorial patience and generosity are legendary. He was shy, courtly and neurotically self-effacing. Ross, however, reveals a side of the man that resembles a Walter Mitty fantasy: a denizen of jazz joints, racetracks and classy restaurants. He was also an ardent mate. "After 40 years, our love-making had the same passion, the same energies," Ross writes. "It never deteriorated, our later wrinkles, blotches, and scars of age notwithstanding...
Though there certainly may be areas of friction in Israel between some ardently observant Jews and some equally ardent secular Jews, as described in your article "The Religious Wars" [WORLD, May 11], most Jewish Israelis feel and act as a single people, a family united by its religious heritage, whether its members choose to observe its rules to a greater or lesser degree. The populace in Israel is not polarized, nor on the brink of a religious civil war. RABBI AVI SHAFRAN New York City
...biggest news to emerge after four weeks of parliamentary haggling over the naming of a new Prime Minister was the surprising transformation of BORIS BEREZOVSKY from an ardent supporter of President BORIS YELTSIN into a dangerous adversary. Berezovsky is known for his uncanny ability to identify--and cozy up to--the prime source of political power, and his defection suggests he feels Yeltsin's days are numbered. The rift could widen quickly: for weeks Berezovsky has been expressing polite, muted concern about Yeltsin's health. Now he may start saying what he knows from years of intimate relations with Yeltsin...
...ARDENT: "Willey later remarked to a friend that she knew Paula Jones must have been telling the truth...because both women observed the same physical characteristic about Clinton: His face turned beet red." --Bulletin News Network, March...