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...barely escaped the Holocaust. As a child, Richard Sonnenfeldt fled Nazi Germany for boarding school in England, where, because of his nationality, he was declared an "enemy alien" and deported. On his way to an internment camp in Australia, he survived an attack by a German U-boat and was later abandoned in India when British officials realized he was Jewish. After being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943, Sonnenfeldt, who died Oct. 9 at 86, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp. In 1945 the native German speaker became...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Richard Sonnenfeldt | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

During the 2009 spring season, one of the most compelling stories about Harvard men’s lightweight crew was the dominance of its freshman boat. The Crimson rookies blew by the competition week in and week...

Author: By Loren Amor, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rookies Dominate Field at Princeton’s Carnegie Chase | 10/26/2009 | See Source »

Human rights organizations say fishermen also face the possibility of arrest while at sea. Several fishermen who spoke to TIME, say their boats were confiscated from within the current three mile limit in recent months; members of their crew forced to swim to nearby Israeli navy vessels, and then taken to Israel for questioning. "The Israelis took my boat five months ago, when it was about three kilometers out to sea," says Subhi Abdallah, a 60-year-old fisherman whose son was arrested when the boat was taken. "They took my son to [the Israeli port city of] Ashdod...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaza's Coast Endangers Wildlife and People | 10/24/2009 | See Source »

...main dock in Gaza city, many of the fishermen call their predicament "an economic war." Abu Mohamed, pulled empty nets from his boat after a fruitless night of fishing. Just hours before, in the early morning, Abu Mohamed's boat had been shot at. "This is terrorism," he said. "Sometimes we feel like we are fighting to fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gaza's Coast Endangers Wildlife and People | 10/24/2009 | See Source »

During his senior year in high school, a yearning to see the world prompted Munoz, who usually occupies the four or the six seat in the boat, to delay Harvard and hop on the bike for a world biking tour that saw him cover five continents...

Author: By Robert T. Hamlin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sophomore Makes Waves In Many Athletic Pursuits | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

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