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...Tokyo not to get involved in the refugees' plight, Sugihara wrote illegal visas for 2,000 families, enabling them to escape from the Nazis. After the war, Sugihara resigned from the Foreign Ministry, where his efforts were never acknowledged, let alone praised. He spent the rest of his life broke, hopping from job to job until he died in obscurity in 1986. Since then, a Sugihara revival has taken hold in Japan, where he is now the subject of school lessons, statues and books. He has become Japan's very own Oskar Schindler...
...calamity. The first relief boat was due to arrive a week after the cyclone had struck. VENEZUELA Street Fight At least two people were shot to death and dozens injured as fighting erupted in the capital, Caracas, between supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chávez. The violence broke out when tens of thousands of protesters at an antigovernment demonstration marched to an army barracks to call on the military to join them and were confronted by Chávez supporters. Authorities used tear gas and rubber bullets to halt the fighting. A national strike aimed at forcing...
...week, after finishing the season 8-4 as a starter with 22 TDs and a miserly 4 interceptions. Manning, by comparison, threw 19 picks, but still managed one of his finest seasons, setting a club record with a 66.3 completion percentage and tossing 143 balls to Marvin Harrison, who broke the previous league reception record...
ROWLEY: I'm not usually focused on business, but when their news broke, I read that and saw some encouragement. The same reason I wrote the letter was the reason for WorldCom and Enron. I thought, Oh, gosh, there's someone doing the right thing...
...experience. During the ordeals of this year, it energized them to know that there were two other women out there fighting the same kind of battles. In preparation for their meeting in Minneapolis, WorldCom's Cooper read through the testimony that Enron's Watkins gave before Congress. "I actually broke out in a cold sweat," Cooper says. In Minneapolis, when FBI lawyer Rowley heard Cooper talk about a need for regular people to step up and do the right thing, she stood up and applauded...