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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Well, it's pretty much agreed that Reagan should have Gosen a concentration camp from the start, no matter how much he wanted to bury the hatchet. The wounds of the death camps should be opened again and again, because only by making us wince repeatedly will we come closer to preventing something like that from happening again. There is no happy ending to the Holocaust. And if Reagan didn't know that before, he probably knows...

Author: By Brian W. Kladko>, | Title: Forgiving, But Not Forgetting | 4/27/1985 | See Source »

...disastrous attempt to bury the hatchet, Reagan had initially refused to visit Holocaust sites during his visit to Germany for the 40th anniversary of the end of World War II. Instead, he decided to visit a German war cemetery where some of Adolf Hitler's SS troops are buried...

Author: By Christopher J. Farley, | Title: Throwing the Hatchet | 4/27/1985 | See Source »

Whether intended or not, you did a hatchet job on Duluth and its citizens, and in the process came off as a smart-assed elitist. If, in fact, that is you nature, Harvard credentials won't help you in the "real" world. If your article was an attempt at humor, I'd grade it an "F". You'll have to study more Jim Murray columns...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dear Nick... Mail From Duluth | 4/10/1985 | See Source »

...from the South, No, I do not know your uncle in Mobile. No, I was not born there. Both of my parents, in fact, are literate. No, I do not like Molly Hatchet. No, I do not watch 'Hee Haw.' No, I do not own slaves. No, I do not want any. Thank you very much. Have a nice...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Southern Discomfort | 4/6/1985 | See Source »

...John's trial began the next morning. Emotions ran high against May. "Where's your hatchet, Bishop?" shouted one Roth supporter. Roth yelled, "This is a fixed court!" The Roth faction complained that under church law the bishop named ten of the 15 judges. Moreover, Roth never testified in his own defense. He refused to appear unless he was allowed to tape-record the trial. The panel refused because church law requires secrecy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Defrocking a Contentious Pastor | 3/25/1985 | See Source »

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