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...study of Hebrew. It was then that he discovered that, in addition to the customary dates and names, many stones carried colorful eulogies detailing the life and times of the deceased. One of his favorites: "Don't ask the stone about the man buried underneath. It won't attest to his fairness. Go back among the living and hear them praise him. It is in their mouths where his memory survives. It is in their hearts where his tombstone is sculpted." Though historians and genealogists will doubtless be among the chief benefactors of his work, Haidler...
...left but the floors and the girders holding them up,” Lewis wroten in an e-mail. “It really is an astonishing achievement, as anyone who has even tried to get a contractor to put in a kitchen in a three-month period could attest...
...students of recent Swiss history can attest, international public pressure?especially when it relates to moral issues?can be highly effective in lifting banking secrecy. A long-standing tradition dating back to the Middle Ages, secrecy was codified into Swiss law in 1934, just as Hitler was consolidating his power in Germany, Stalin was purging his opponents in the Soviet Union and a clenched fistful of dictators were strutting around other European countries. By law, bankers who breach client confidentiality today face up to six months in jail and a fine...
...York Times, is that Martha Stewart Omnimedia, parent company of Martha, is looking for a new CEO, one that can, as the New York Times notes, "refocus attention on the company - and away from Ms. Stewart's legal troubles." Hmmm. Still, as her millions of fans will attest, Martha isn't solely the sum of her allegations. For an excellent assessment of why our favorite domesticatrix has such a fundamental appeal, see Caitlin Flanagan's fine piece in this month's Atlantic Monthly...
...hearings into intelligence lapses attest, there's much to fix in Washington. Let the record show that Senator GEORGE VOINOVICH is not sitting idle. Last week the Ohio Republican took a principled stand against a Backstreet Boy. Irritated by the flood of celebrities testifying in Congress (Julia Roberts and Christie Brinkley in the past few months), Voinovich boycotted testimony by KEVIN RICHARDSON before the Environment and Public Works Committee. Kentucky native Richardson, who founded an environmental group, was asked by Democrat Joe Lieberman to speak on the dangers of mountaintop mining. Lieberman claimed that Richardson was "knowledgeable" because of flights...