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...last week with the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, who is also Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, and secured funding from him for the project. She then collected information and photographs from interested groups. Her friend Rupal C. Pinto ’02 designed the booklet...
...Pinto said she believes the controversy should be a catalyst for student action...
...Queen Mum exemplified devotion and loyalty to her country in difficult times. Her life has been a guiding light. HILARY PINTO Vanier...
That kept cash tight at the Finance Ministry office set up to handle claims. Until the 1980s, a survivor's first contact with the office was with a team of former police detectives whose mission was to root out cheats, not to process legitimate claims. When Rafi Pinto took over the department six years ago, his predecessor told him, "Your job is to save the state's money." Only in 1997 did Pinto publish details of survivors' entitlements that had been on the books since the 1950s. "There was a problem," he says. "People really didn't know what they...
...aide Michael Handelsman went to Israel's Supreme Court to force the government to pay survivors the same amount as Germany. The court ordered a 24% hike in payments. "They've always treated survivors as nothing more than a nuisance," says Handelsman. Even now, getting money can be expensive. Pinto insists that people don't need a lawyer to make a claim, but many hire one to cut through the bureaucracy. The lawyers typically take a commission equal to six months of compensation payments. Since 1995, lawyers' fees have swallowed $25 million intended for survivors...