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...Koka's funeral, as a septet of folk musicians played a dirge, some 400 mourners stood beneath canopies of pine and birch boughs listening glumly as the Rev. Sandor Gaal described the murder as part of a "storm" now enveloping Hungary. "The storm struck at our brother in Tiszalök," Gaal said. "The storm has upset life in this town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Murder Mystery: Who's Killing Hungary's Gypsies? | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...Dutch are the most surprising absentees. Despite fielding a galaxy of stars, a top-notch coach in Louis van Gaal and a relatively easy qualifying group, the Orangemen were beaten to the draw by Portugal and Ireland. Yes, Ireland. What went wrong? "At some stage, the players lost their heads," said the famously acerbic coach after his team went down to the Irish in the crunch game. At week's end, the beleaguered Van Gaal finally quit over his failure. But in a way we'll all be punished, deprived of the languid grace of Patrick Kluivert, the quick thinking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wish We Were There | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...smell of hydrogen sulfide often hangs over the area like vapor from a truckload of rotten eggs. The culprit is not a leaking oil well, but nature. The ocean floor is spilling large quantities of oil and natural gas through fissures that geoloists call seeps. Says Petroleum Geologist Robert Gaal of the California State lands commission: "There are thousands of them down there. It's like a sieve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Payoff from the Sea Floor | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...never to be headed. A pint-sized chestnut colt bred by Cinemagnate Louis B. Mayer, he had been picked up in $4,000 claiming race last year. It took The Dude just 2 min. 2.6 sec. to win the Classic purse of $76,850 for his owner, Mrs. Al Gaal of New Orleans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Classic Example | 8/5/1946 | See Source »

...Buccaneer (Fredric March, Akim Tamiroff, Franciska Gaal, Margot Grahame; TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Current & Choice, Feb. 28, 1938 | 2/28/1938 | See Source »

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