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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...direct result of the assassin's actions was to spotlight a rift that has existed in the ranks of the Jews for at least as long as the beginning of the current century, if not much earlier. The act of the assassin was shocking not because Jews never knew that such fierce differences existed within our own community, but that they could ever take on such vicious expression...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: Netanyahu Provides Hope for Jews | 7/19/1996 | See Source »

...sunny and confident love she sang so beautifully about [APPRECIATION, June 24]. Her voice spoke of human understanding and sympathy. Her interpretation of sad-sweet lyrics was so precise it seemed almost incredible that such a succulent sound could come from a modest, dumpy woman. She shunned the spotlight, and unlike many of her musical contemporaries, never made the headlines with extracurricular antics. She rarely made the rounds of talk shows to project a personality, but let her singing speak for her. Her black voice gave depth and beauty to white lyrics at a time when there wasn't even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 15, 1996 | 7/15/1996 | See Source »

...Home is no refuge for Dawn. Her mother (Angela Pietropinto), presumably the same woman who inflicts pink and purple one-piece feety-pajamas on a twelve year old girl, bullies poor Dawn, even making her tear down the "Special People Clubhouse." Little sister Missy (Daria Kalinina) steals the spotlight, pirouetting around the font yard in a tutu, and big brother Mark (Matthew Faber) plays clarinet in a nerdy garage band-- The Quadratics--and plots his collegiate escape...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hell Hath No Fury Like Junior High in New Jersey | 7/2/1996 | See Source »

Harvard went on to win that game, 15-13, and with the win thrust itself into the lacrosse spotlight. But subsequent losses to Notre Dame (7-6 in overtime) and Princeton (17-10) cast doubt on Harvard's shot at the tournament...

Author: By Michael E. Ginsberg, | Title: The Big Dance | 6/6/1996 | See Source »

TIME: How do you help Chelsea cope with being in the political spotlight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HILLARY CLINTON: WE'RE HOPING THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER CHILD | 6/3/1996 | See Source »

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