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Anti-Semitism has had a long and troubled history in Poland. Though Poles can claim a better record of tolerance than their Russian and German neighbors, suspicion and fear of the Jew as an outsider have all too frequently erupted over the centuries in persecution and pogroms. On the eve...
And then there are those who go for the desolation--the freedom and the silence. They go to purge their souls, to rid themselves of the claustrophobic din of city life, to think, to be alone with God . . . or man.
Since that time, the ruling forces have accelerated their purge of dissent and terrifying the population. The El Salvador Human Rights Commission, a private organization, recorded the violent deaths of 13,194 people last year, the overwhelming majority of whom fell at the hands of Government Security forces. Imagine an...
The test-firing countdown had to be pushed back three times last week. First technicians struggled to purge impurities from the fuel-cell pipes, then to replace a faulty electronic module, and finally to wheel a huge service tower away from the launch pad. Explained Launch Director George Page: "This...
According to Chinese sources, the final verdict had been delayed by wrangling within Peking's top leadership over whether or not to spare Jiang's life. The end of the long trial caps the orchestrated purge of China's once powerful, Mao-inspired radical faction. The trial...