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...issue of the Holocaust had already been a sticking point during negotiations for a possible papal visit. Church officials have demanded that Israel remove a photograph caption at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial that criticizes Pope Pius XII's conduct during World War II. Jewish leaders and some historians argue that Pius failed to use his moral power to denounce the atrocities. Catholic leaders are pushing for Pius to be made a saint of the church, saying he was one of the 20th century's great Popes and that he did what was possible during the Nazi occupation. Benedict...
...Where it mostly remains. World War II ended Paris' heyday as the world capital of design, and indeed of the arts generally. Despite a brief renaissance in painting and film in the 1960s, Paris is today a beautiful city with great museums, a glorious past and a lot of visiting New Yorkers...
Although aloha shirts had been around since the 1930s, Alfred Shaheen, 86, made his name after World War II with a Hawaiian store full of specially commissioned shirts. His clothing line folded in 1988, but items still sell for upwards...
...This shouldn't be the responsibility of another country.' JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II, president of nonprofit Citizens Energy, after the Venezuelan government halted a program that provided discounted heating oil to impoverished communities...
...Voters are still willing to permit the government to expand its share of GDP, particularly in the face of national crises - and we are certainly in the middle of one. Tax revenues jumped from just 5% of GDP in 1936 to 15% to 20% during and after World War II, creating our modern tax system. At the end of the war, the level of federal taxation averaged around 18% of GDP, a rate that has remained nearly constant ever since...