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Died. Alberta Martin, 97, the last living widow of a Confederate soldier; in Enterprise, Ala. In 1927 she married William Jasper Martin, then 81, a widower with a $50 monthly pension and a hot temper. After he died in 1931, she married his grandson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jun. 14, 2004 | 6/14/2004 | See Source »

...sidewalk in early-1900s Cuba, Teorifio Perez-Carillo could not have dreamed that someday his handiwork would be legendary among Hollywood stars and other aficionados. Or that his son Ernesto would buy the building behind his sidewalk stake and turn it into a tobacco warehouse. Or that his grandson, also named Ernesto, would take over the operation in Miami and become a multimillionaire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Entrepreneurs: Legacy of Dreams | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...Setting the Record Straight CENTURY GLITCH The story about Iraqi insurgents, "New Thugs on the Block" [April 19], referred to the Shi?ite observance of Arbaeen, which we described as a "commemoration for a 1st century martyred leader." Arbaeen marks the death of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, who was slain in A.D. 680. Our reference should have been to the 7th century...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

...make ketchup; we don't make politics." JACK SMYTH, senior vice president at American condiment giant Heinz, denying any involvement in the presidential campaign of Senator John Kerry. Kerry's wife, Teresa, is the widow of Senator H. John Heinz III, great-grandson of the company's founder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Verbatim | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

Elliott grew up without questioning segregation. But he changed in the 1960s, especially after a teaching stint at a black school run by Methodists. He now believes that it's his mission, particularly as R.M. Elliott's grandson, to bring about the same change of heart in his white neighbors. "We owe those black families a great debt for what they did to further democratize this country," he says. "If whites reject the significance of the case and the bravery of the plaintiffs, then we're really rejecting our democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Clarendon County, S.C.: Confronting the Shame of the Past | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

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