Word: ran
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...result, light-skinned infants are at a premium for would-be adoptive parents and unscrupulous operators alike. Cesario's special rapport with Israelis began in 1982 when he helped one couple with an adoption. Others later learned of him by word of mouth. According to police, Cesario ran a highly sophisticated operation out of a town near the port of Itajai. The region has a large population of German descent, which accounts for the abundance of light-skinned infants. Police claim that about 60 people worked for him, including doctors, nurses, baby- sitters, court officials, notaries and drivers. In addition...
...Henry James' Washington Square, featuring, among many other intrusions, cartoon black minstrels and cowboys. Not what one might at first expect from so historic an institution as the Paris Opera Ballet, but both items came along on the troupe's first American appearance since 1948. Expectations for the visit ran very high. The company's school is considered one of the world's best, a preserver of both the French and Italian technique and dance vocabulary. The institution itself has an ineffable aura of glamour, and in three years as dance director, Rudolf Nureyev has earned a reputation for leading...
...World War II, the French Communists regularly won 20% or more of the vote and dominated a section around Paris known as the Red Belt. But in parliamentary elections in March the Communists got just 9.8% of the vote. French Party Boss Georges Marchais, who polled 15% when he ran for President in 1981, has decided not to run in the 1988 elections...
...machine. Although violence is still common in Haiti, that kind of despotic killing ended in February when President-for- Life Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier fled to France. Last week Haitians got a close-up look at the inner workings of the killing machine and at the man who ran...
Following these renovations, the College ran out of money and decided to compress the entire four-year project into 18 months and save money by not renting the Botanical Gardens...