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...desert last week to search for his former nanny; he believes she is living among the Black Hebrews, a splinter Jewish sect whose adherents (above, with Wonder) claim to be descendants of the lost tribes of Israel. By week's end, however, the singer still hadn't found his long-lost care giver. But the trip wasn't a total loss: Wonder performed concerts in Jerusalem and Ramat Gan and said he was thrilled at "seeing the Holy Land in spirit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Sep. 4, 1995 | 9/4/1995 | See Source »

...logical place to find the long-lost shirt was, of course, the lost and found. But where to begin? I discovered that the lost and found system at Harvard can be a more complicated network than the library system. In addition to the Harvard Police station's L&F, most University offices, libraries and buildings have a lost and found department, shelf or box of their...

Author: By Ian Z. Pervil, | Title: It Once Was Lost... | 5/10/1995 | See Source »

...Bard's A Comedy of Errors, one set of twins serves another set of twins on the island of Ephesus. At the beginning of the play, however, the city's people do not realize that there are two identical master-servant pairs, for one long-lost pair has just arrived on the island...

Author: By Sarah J. Schaffer, | Title: TWINS | 4/29/1995 | See Source »

Meanwhile, the romantic element asserts itself in the form of Jack Dale (Steve Raizes), Karin's long-lost high school sweetheart. After 15 years, Jack returns to Las Colinas with his soon-to-be third wife, Virginia (Jenni Paredes), a suitably annoying blonde Southern bimbo archetype. Jack has promised to take Virginia to the cotillion that evening and to announce their engagement at a luncheon the next day. His highpowered corporate boss, a forceful cellular presence, seems to have other plans...

Author: By William O. Selig, | Title: Hair Styling With 'Nobody's You' | 3/16/1995 | See Source »

...long-lost notebook detailing French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre's army experiences during World War II was published in Paris. The work, titled Notebook from the Phony War, describes the renowned existentialist's boredom and exasperation with army life and contains affectionate references to "my dear Beaver"-that is, his mistress and close companion, the writer Simone de Beauvoir. Scholars hailed the book as the most interesting of Sartre's wartime writings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: FEBRUARY 5-11 | 2/20/1995 | See Source »

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