Word: germanic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After finding out about Kristallnacht--the night of Nov. 9-10, 1938, in which members of the Nazi regime committed acts of violence against Jewish persons and property--Riesman said that he and other students petitioned Harvard to invite German Jewish students and professors to America. Harvard's dean responded reluctantly, saying he would "make haste slowly," Riesman said...
Developer Douglas Durst built an amazing structure over Times Square. I thought it was the best-looking building I'd ever seen. I agree that the architecture of the '90s going into the 21st century is supposed to show some style. GREGORY GERMAN, AGE 11 Brookline, Mass...
...progression of society should undoubtedly be accompanied by the realization that we're growing increasingly complex and most people don't fall under a general category," adds Waipa, who is part Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese and German. "Things aren't so black and white anymore...
...play does pick up in the end, in the sense that it goes from basically no plot to more plot. Some interesting issues of child-parent relations are raised when the German family's child turns his own parents in to the Nazis. This action raises a lot of questions about the son's motivations for revealing that his parents are in league against the Nazis...
...film has its own logic: Incidents turn on luck and silly circumstances, and in the back of your mind you suspect they couldn't have really happened. The train escapes several close calls because of a German uniform hastily tailored to a higher rank, or by the outrageous claim that their train is special because it is deporting extra-dangerous communist Jews. These are examples of the whimsical and creative view Train of Life takes on practically every aspect of the shtetl's endeavor...