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...left it short so many times I'd better start lifting weights." Raffi lamented following the holocaust. "I don't think I'll ever get it up to the hole again in my life...

Author: By Tom Green, | Title: Linksters Sweep MIT, Bates | 4/18/1979 | See Source »

...insularity of West 47th Street stems from the homogeneity of the diamond dealers. The vast majority are Jewish. Until the end of World War II, there were only a couple of diamond shops in the 47th Street area. Then came the influx of survivors from the Nazi Holocaust, many bearing the tattoos of their concentration camps. The newcomers entered a business that had been a specialty of Jews since the Middle Ages, when the trade was one of the few professions that did not come under the purview of a tightly controlled guild. Diamonds were also perfect wares...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Diamonds Are Forever | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

...West Germany, he boldly initiated Ostpolitik, which eased tensions with the East and earned him the Nobel Peace Prize. Most memorable for Europeans was his 1970 pilgrimage to the Warsaw ghetto memorial, where he dropped to his knees in a dramatic expression of grief over Hitler's Holocaust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: Brandt's Breakup | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

Hanta Yo is not for readers looking for another Roots or Holocaust despite the booksellers' claims. There are far too many Indian tribes for one to be representative. The Cherokee were no more like the Sioux than Malaysians are like Japanese...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: Perpetuating an American Stereotype | 3/20/1979 | See Source »

Jane Doe," as she is called in the suit, was on her way to a friend's house in Chicago one evening last spring to watch Holocaust on television. Then she made an illegal left turn that was spotted by police, who turned her evening into a nightmare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Outrage in the Station House | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

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