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There is a need for a strong Jewish community. In the post-Holocaust era, Jews realize that their survival may depend on ties to other Jews and to Israel. But organizations such as Sigma Alpha Mu represent more than just an honest attempt at religous and cultural activity such as that which exists at Hillel. Jewish fraternities stand for a self-enclosed world, with a secondary role for non-Jews...
...slowdown of the local economy means that the city can no longer depend upon continued increased in state aid and increased tax levy limits due to new construction, two factors that contributed greatly to the financial strength of the 1980's," City Manager Robert W. Healy wrote in a report delivered to council last week...
Though one major study shows that most older adoptees -- even those ten and above -- flourish within their new families, for special-needs children suffering the effects of mistreatment or prenatal drug use, the future may depend crucially upon how quickly they can be brought into a stable, attentive home...
...from being cast in the Broadway drama Plenty. That same year, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, allegedly fearful of disruptions and of losing donor support, dumped Redgrave from scheduled performances as narrator of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex. She brought a civil rights suit pleading that "people's livelihoods should not depend upon their holding 'correct' political views." The U.S. Supreme Court last January rejected her bid for a punitive-damages award, although it let stand a judgment of $39,500 to cover lost employment -- an amount far smaller than the legal fees she spent fighting for her principles...
...second measure of success lies in the marchers' legacy, which will depend entirely on decisions awaiting the Bush Administration. What the demonstrators want is high-priority consideration of the housing issue. What they want are answers. Will Bush and the Congress produce a housing policy to compensate for eight years of abuse and neglect at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)? Will they reinvigorate that atrophied agency, currently limping along on a $7 billion budget, slashed from $32 billion since Reagan took office...