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...entrenched in the Israeli middle class. She and her husband Eyal, a construction worker, own a three-room apartment in the coastal city of Ashdod. Two of her brothers are in the Israeli army, and another recently graduated from college. "We've been transformed into Israelis," she says in fluent Hebrew. "Ethiopia seems very far away...
...Fluent in Bengali, English, French, German and Hindi, she has spent much of her time here working on public service projects on campus and around Harvard. She has participated in projects by HAND and Phillips Brooks House. She has volunteered at a battered women's shelter in Central Square. And she has served on the board of Education for Action...
...early '60s to study English. There she met Rajiv, who was studying mechanical engineering at Trinity College. Although both families initially opposed their marrying, it was Indira who first gave her blessing and later persuaded Sonia's parents to consent. The young Italian wholeheartedly adopted India, learning fluent Hindi and Indian cooking...
...section and, on occasion, its writer as well. He was uniquely qualified to be arbiter of matters spiritual and temporal. He studied at a Roman Catholic seminary in upstate New York and had a Bachelor of Arts from St. Bonaventure University and a doctorate in classical studies from Cornell. Fluent in ancient and modern languages, Michael could -- and did -- read the Koran in Arabic, the Second Vatican Council decrees in the official Latin, and compare New Testament translations with the original Greek. A Maronite Catholic, Michael was grounded in his faith, believing that religion was at the heart of everything...
...happens, though, if the forces that have combined to steer Gorbachev toward conservatism at home conspire to revive old thinking abroad? Washington may soon know. Barring a last-minute change, Gorbachev's fourth ambassador to the U.S. in six years will be Deputy Foreign Minister Viktor Komplektov, 59, a fluent English speaker and classic old-school hard-liner. A Carter Administration aide who negotiated a fair amount of SALT II with Komplektov describes him as "having spent many years developing a reputation for calculated nastiness. He was charming enough when it suited his purposes, but across the table...