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...front of Jews being walked to the gas chambers--to this day, he instinctively closes his eyes whenever he plays the harmonica. And some of her domestic anecdotes about Rabin are simple and touching, like the time she and her grandfather were sharing a bed with an electric blanket, and she was awakened by his shouting: "Noa, quickly, get up. I have to change the sheets. Quick! Or else we're going to die, the two of us. Quick! Quick...
Then again, maybe not. The rich benefits that have made Europe a sweet place to work have clogged its economic arteries. Call it Eurosclerosis--the combination of a staggering tax burden and a blanket of regulations that smother new businesses and entrepreneurship. Symptoms: Europe's unemployment rate of 11% is twice as high as the U.S.'s, and its job-creation chart is a flat line. Over the past three years, the U.S. has created 8.4 million new jobs, Europe none. Significantly, many of those new American jobs pay higher than average wages, and as many as 60% are managerial...
...American Jean Driscoll won an unprecedented seventh consecutive race on the women's side. Joining the winners were 38,706 official entrants and thousands of unofficial "bandits" who slipped in along the route. Response to the celebration race overwhelmed organizers at the Boston Athletic Association who provided water, blankets, portable toilets and other necessities for participants. In spite of the crush, race-day logistics and weather were flawless. Despite a warm day for a marathon, each runner was given a silver mylar blanket to prevent hypothermia after crossing the finish line. "Under the bright, sunny skies, the thousands and thousands...
...snowfall which began last night was expected to blanket the Boston area with four to eight inches of snow before the storm tapered off this morning. Late last night, winter storm advisories were upgraded to winter storm warnings...
...offers a stream of arbitrary criticisms of VideoPros, including blanket character judgments, video selection and even the relative merits of our store's lighting system versus another's. While we are open to ways in which we can improve, we are at a loss to explain what any of these things have to do with his original premise...