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...Watanabe's Sugihara Study Group, however, Levine's critical stance created junk history. The group claims to have discovered nearly 1,000 inaccuracies in his book, 300 of which they submitted to the court as evidence. Many of the alleged mistakes would appear to be unfortunate but hardly dire factual lapses-misspelled names, erroneous dates and cultural misunderstandings. Graver charges include the accusation that Levine fabricated entire interviews-including one with Sugihara's now deceased first wife, Klaudia, whose existence remained unknown even to some of Sugihara's family until they read Levine's book. Levine says he hasn...
...Pianist is a raw, unblinking film. It teaches that in dire circumstances our only obligation is to our own survival; all else--culture, ideology, even love--is a dispensable luxury. We admire Szpilman for the way he embraces that pitiless truth. We admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears, our sympathies...
...best: leadership, solidarity and determination," said European Commission President Romano Prodi. The Union will need plenty more of the same. Pending ratification of the accession agreements by both new and existing member governments, the E.U. will be much bigger, far poorer on average, and in even more dire need of reform of its sclerotic and often unfathomable decision-making processes. "This will from now on be a fundamentally different union," said British Prime Minister Tony Blair. "It has to be." One of the 10 new members is Cyprus, which has been split between Greeks and Turks for a generation...
...Dartmouth College Athletic Director Joann Harper announced her decision to cut the swimming and diving teams from the athletic budget after this year’s season. The elimination of these programs has been met with unrelenting protests by Dartmouth undergraduates, but these demonstrations reveal a dire lack of maturity among our counterparts in Hanover. Students must learn that ours is a world of limits, even in an illustrious Ivy League school like Dartmouth...
...Dartmouth College Athletic Director Joann Harper announced her decision to cut the swimming and diving teams from the athletic budget after this year’s season. The elimination of these programs has been met with unrelenting protests by Dartmouth undergraduates, but these demonstrations reveal a dire lack of maturity among our counterparts in Hanover. Students must learn that ours is a world of limits, even in an illustrious Ivy League school like Dartmouth...