Word: dunes
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Nadosy—whose daughter, Andrea P. Nadosy ’03, is also an alum—lives on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. He also has a home in Southampton, N.Y., where he is a trustee of the St. Andrew’s Dune Church...
Nadosy has worked for Morgan Stanley in various roles since 1981. He lives on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and also has a home in Southampton, N.Y., where he is a trustee of the St. Andrew’s Dune Church...
...nearby battalion of tanks, parked in neat rows. Their presence reflects Israeli fears that Palestinian militants will try to attack the settlements during the relative chaos of the withdrawal. If that happens, these tanks will roll in to keep Palestinian gunmen occupied until the withdrawal is complete. Only one dune separates the field of tanks from the fence and the village of Beit Hanoun. It might not take much - a few homemade Qassam rockets - to set the tanks rolling...
...flight turns along the north of the Gaza Strip toward the sea leaving behind the withdrawal itself and focusing on Israel's fears for the future. Hard on the border fence is Netiv ha-Asara, a small farming community. Last month, a Qassam rocket dropped onto the leafy dune-top village and killed an Israeli woman. When Israel pulls out of Gaza, Netiv ha-Asara could become an even easier target for the rockets, a new frontline...
...only a creature of the imagination can be. Once at home Luigi conjures up a vision of his mother, who recalls an incident from her adolescence, when she and her siblings stopped at an isolated pumice-stone island near Malta. They climbed to the top of a white dune, then bounded gaily down toward an impossibly blue Mediterranean, the pumice ash rising like a breeze to embrace them in the seductive promise of youth. Our carrousel may be spinning toward disaster, the Tavianis say, but to the music of art and memory we can ride sweetly forever. --By Richard Corliss