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...weeks ago, the Swiss capitulated. A little. First the major banks announced they would create a $70 million humanitarian fund for the remaining survivors of the Holocaust and families of victims. Then the Swiss government said it would oversee the fund, but would not commit any public money until its investigation, headed by former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, had been completed...
...Attitude. While airline personnel commit untold acts of kindness, the pressure of more work for relatively less pay is telling. After her flight was delayed for 7 1/2 hours (five of which passengers were held on board), a publicist from Orlando, Florida, was particularly irritated by the hostile attitude of the crew. "When you travel, you have to roll with it," she says. "But they were miserable, so they were going to make everyone miserable." Mission accomplished...
...people who have been savaged by police officers whom the U.S. recruited, trained and turned loose on the streets of Haiti in July 1995. This, needless to say, does not come cheap. But fortunately there is a ready source of cash. That's because, like the officers who commit these crimes, the program to shelter their victims is funded by American tax dollars...
...trial, many observers worried about Goldman's mental state. His rage at Simpson was so great that some feared Goldman might seek to take justice into his own hands. Says Goldman: "Of course you get angry. But that is the difference between decent folks and criminals. You do not commit acts of violence. I will never accept the fact that he walks free. And I would have preferred a conviction in the criminal case. But the biggest difference between the two trials is that this was our case against him. We got to call the shots...
...closing the doors of Memorial Church to homosexual couples desiring to sanctify their union with a blessing ceremony, the administrative board is discriminating against homosexuals who have chosen to commit to each other and who want to do so within the auspices of the church. Harvard has a staunch policy on non-discrimination; to exclude same-sex couples from blessing ceremonies in Harvard's Memorial Church is blatantly to disregard this policy...