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Italian Jews eventually learned what happened to their coreligionists elsewhere under Nazi rule. Yet even after Mussolini approved the racial laws of 1938, which shatteringly demoted Jews to second-class citizenship, many naively clung to the belief that "it can't happen here." Ettore Ovazza of Turin, leader of the country's Jewish Fascists, remained a true believer until the very end -- perhaps even as he was shot dead by an SS officer while trying to escape to Switzerland in September 1943. A half-Jewish writer whose nom de plume was Pitigrilli converted to Roman Catholicism and became a Fascist...
...more than 30,000 people have sent in the forms to state comptroller John Sharp, who is going along with the joke by mailing applicants an "official" Texas-citizenship certificate. But since the certificate alone will not help non-Texans cut their taxes, Sharp advises them to "kiss Aunt Tillie goodbye and move down to God's own country...
Mazda's marketing managers say they have no plans to exploit the 626's new citizenship status. Still, being a naturalized American with Japanese parents can have its complications. After the recent ridicule of U.S. workers by Japanese politicians, Mazda's Flat Rock president, Masahiro Uchida, sent around a note of apology to his American workers. "It was embarrassing," he said last week. "It was not helpful...
...children of a Canadian father and a French mother, they hold dual citizenship. Paul, 30, was born in the Lorraine region of France, while Isabelle, 28, was born near Montreal. For years, Canada judged their skating second rate. After being relegated by the Canadians to an alternate berth for the world championships in 1985, the Duchesnays accepted an offer to compete for France, then moved to the German town of Oberstdorf to train with Martin Skotnicky. Despite their mixed ancestry -- plus a German home, a Slovak coach and an English choreographer -- their loyalties are undivided. "If it were...
...request has sparked a broader debate of the issue of citizenship and professorial obligations to the University...