Word: milgram
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Melissa B. Milgram '88, a coorganizer of the event, said that 400,000 Jews have applied for exit visas, 5000 of whom have received them this year...
Since 1976, the Khassins have been consistently refused exit visas and over the past five years have been the victims of increased KGB harrassment, said Melissa B. Milgram, president of HSSJ...
...hope that the Khassins will be allowed to emigrate," Milgram said, adding that Soviets are extremely sensitive to Americans' letters, and even if the family is not permitted to emigrate, "at least they'll be protected from future harassment...
Perhaps, the greatest miscarriage on the album is Gabriel's one protest song, "We Do What We're Told (milgram's 37)." The title, with its reference to the famous sociological experiment testing mass brutality and conformity, promises a great statements, but all we get is some idle synth diddling topped with a few hoarse words. Now, I can understand the need to be unanthematic, especially given the subject matter of the "song," but in his quest for understatement, Gabriel barely creates any noise. Like much of this album, "We Do" leaves us saying "So What...
During the trip, we always worked in pairs. Melissa Milgram '88 and I visited families together in the first two cities on our itinerary, Moscow and Riga. We did not have any plans that first night to meet refuseniks until 7:30 p.m. and spent the day on a tour of Moscow and at the Pushkin Museum...