Word: presention
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...maternal side of Wisse's family came from Vilnius, the present capital of Lithuania. In the city once known as the "Jerusalem of Lithuania" for its centuries-old leadership of Jewish intellectual and spiritual life, her grandmother ran a Yiddish publishing house. In Montreal, Wisse's mother sought to keep alive the family publishing tradition by organizing Yiddish literary salons, where major Yiddish writers and poets congregated...
...joke shop doesn't sound like a likely place to find the perfect birthday gift, but Jack's makes present shopping surprisingly easy. Gag gifts include award ribbons proclaiming "1st Prize for Being Young and Horny," "World Champion Stud," and "Part-Time Alcoholic." A collection of "over the hill" merchandise for every age and personality type awaits the insensitive shopper...
...prime the diner's palate, the vegetarian samosas ($2.50) are promising: the filling, composed of diced potatoes and peas, is delicately tasty, and the accompanying sauces add life to the potentially dull vegetarian ensemble. The green sauce is adequately but not excessively spicy-- besides, how often does green sauce present itself at a meal? The brown sauce is sweet yet tangy and blends well with the greasy pastry that surrounds the delicious filling...
About 200 people attended a panel discussion last night at the Institute of Politics (IOP) at which five "women of color" activists discussed their past and present struggles and gave advice for minority activists in and outside Harvard...
...Pentagon long ago concluded that Cuba is no military threat to the U.S.,? says TIME correspondent Doug Waller. ?In fact the military privately favors normalizing relations with Havana -- they think our policy down there is pretty backward. But such conclusions inflame the passions of legislators who want to present Cuba in a more menacing light.? All of which leaves Cohen to do some creative editing in order to humor those who believe ?Red Dawn? was a documentary...