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...because of my father's blood and guts that we are where we are today," she says. It is not clear whether "we" is a superstar's first-person plural or an indication that Tanya cannot yet separate her identity from that of her close-knit clan...
...best half-hours in the series is the one called "Lubavitch," which will be aired on participating stations on Jan. 20. "Lubavitch" explores a world in itself-the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidim, who practice their mystical, joyous brand of Jewish Orthodoxy in a close-knit community in Brooklyn. The bearded, black-frocked Lubavitchers are followed on their way through their daily life-pausing to pray in a delicatessen, arguing fine points of the Talmud in a yeshiva, gathering for a discourse from their revered leader, Rebbe Menachem Schneerson, in the synagogue. But there are also splendid celebrations. A bris-the ceremony...
...restaurant worker labors about 11 hours a day, six days a week) and can find little opportunity on the job to learn English and acquire skills necessary for less wearying and higher paying jobs. In many families both parents have to work; this puts severe strains on the close-knit family. The youth faces difficult cultural conflicts. Many cannot overcome the handicap of language insufficiency to do well in school. Intense conflicts often occur between these youngsters and their parents, who hold a high regard for education. Those youths who do well and can assimilate easily find that their values...
...club, cricket fields and schools. After they finish for the day, the miners usually stand around the bar at their own pubs. Though the refusal to work overtime has cost the miners $25 to $37.50 a week, they seem ready to stick it out. "We're a close-knit community," says Terry McGuire, a huge Scot who has been in the mines since World War II. "If somebody did need some assistance, he wouldn't ask the government. We'll take care...
...professional clashes between Gaston and Liliane have entertained tiny Luxembourg (pop. 340,000) since he took office in 1969. A member of both the Common Market and NATO, Luxembourg is a close-knit center of Continental gossip. Mme. Thorn-Petit's privileged access to diplomatic parties, plus her intimacy with one of the Grand Duchy's top news sources, has certainly not hindered the journalism career she began after her graduation from the Sorbonne in 1957. A specialist in financial and foreign news, she writes for the Associated Press, does a weekly column for the French paper...