Word: northerner
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...Henny, with whom the author lived in north London for several years as a student. Though these two hardly changed the course of history, the passion and eloquence Seth brings to their story makes Two Lives fascinating - and maybe even worth its reported $2.5 million advance. Born in a northern Indian village, Shanti Seth went to Berlin in 1931 to study dentistry. There he stayed in the apartment of a Jewish widow whose daughter, Henny Caro, became one of Shanti's closest friends. Shanti moved to Edinburgh to continue his studies in 1937, as anti-Jewish laws were making life...
DRYING OUT The highest point in New Orleans is the levee along the Mississippi River. The lowest parts are closest to Lake Pontchartrain. As more pumps come online, the water will recede toward the northern parts of the city...
...Arab world for half a century. They hope that Egyptian elections in November will produce a more representative parliament, and that voters will have a real choice in the next presidential contest, in 2011. After surveying the overflow crowd of 5,000 people at a rally in the northern city of El Mahla El Kobra, Maram Mazen, 19, a law student volunteering with the Nour campaign, was left brimming with hope. "It's a big step to have someone challenge the president," she said riding the campaign bus to the next gathering. "A year ago, I couldn't even imagine...
...Skepticism about the I.R.A. "A Farewell to Arms" reported on the announcement by the Irish Republican Army that it is formally ending its armed campaign to force Britain out of Northern Ireland [Aug. 8]. The story reminded me of 1993, when Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo peace accords and shook hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. We all applauded and thought peace had finally come to the Middle East. We so wanted it to be true. But terrorists are con artists. Their promises are worthless. They are good at murdering innocents and then blaming the victims. Terrorists...
...cancer and aids research, for trying to save people instead of endangering them? Jehuda Straschnow Netanya, Israel Skepticism about the I.R.A. "A farewell to arms" reported on the announcement by the Irish Republican Army (i.r.a.) that it is formally ending its armed campaign to force Britain out of Northern Ireland [Aug. 8]. It reminded me of 1993 when Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed the Oslo peace accords and shook hands with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. We all applauded and thought that peace had finally come to the Middle East. We so wanted it to be true. But terrorists...