Word: berel
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Henry, Submariner Byron's Jewish wife. With her baby and her uncle Aaron Jastrow, a famous American Jewish author, Natalie is caught in Italy when the U.S. declares war. The trio's journey, a war-long struggle to escape, is dramatically paired with the agonies of Cousin Berel, a Polish Jew, in the concentration camps. The intertwining tales allow Wouk, a devout Jew, to measure the Nazi persecution...
...disposable thermometer was developed by Chairman Berel Weinstein, now 26. The son of a cardiologist, he graduated only six years ago from Brooklyn College. Weinstein started the company with the help of a former W.E. Hutton & Co. stockbroker, a Manhattan attorney and a printing-company executive. All the money that has been invested in Bio-Medical has gone to developing the thermometer and other possible products. Weinstein figures that the time-temperature dots may also be used to indicate spoilage in packaged foods. For Weinstein, who lives quietly with his wife in Sparta, N.J., the venture has already paid nicely...
...Metaphysics aside, just how dirty is money? Filthy indeed, according to a report by two doctors at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Writing in the A.M.A. Journal, Drs. Berel Abrams and Norton Waterman report that money carries copious quantities of potentially harmful bacteria. They base their conclusion on analysis of 150 coins worth $13.47 and 50 bills totaling $150. The coins were relatively clean; only 13.3% yielded common bacteria like Staphylococcus. But 42% of the bills carried that type as well as Escherichia coli. To avoid contamination by cash, the Louisville researchers suggest that people...
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