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...chapel built to commemorate those who had perished in the totalitarianism whirlwind of the '30s. Two young priests were reading the Orthodox "Eternal Memory" service from a prayer book. It was one of many symbolic moments on an odyssey that has become a kind of traveling metaphor: himself a survivor of eight years in the Gulag, Solzhenitsyn is recognized as the person most responsible for bringing the crimes of that era to light. Obviously moved, he crossed his chest repeatedly, solemnly noting the plaque on the chapel's side that dedicates the site to the "memory of the innocent victims...
Suddenly, these young anthropologists ask me--as eldest survivor of a remote, disappearing culture--to record my tribal memories, chants and alphabets...
...Survivor of the Week: South Africa's Frederik Willem de Klerk has led his white tribe away from apartheid's cruelty with patience, caution and hope
...Nonsense pantyhose caught my eye. In the middle of the full-page ad floated a sharp-looking image of Tina Turner encapsulated in a women's symbol. The print on the bottom of the ad read, "No-Nonsense American Woman of the Month: To Tina Turner, legendary performer and survivor, for proving that when a woman has talent, strength, guts and courage--nothing can beat her!" Why does Tina Turner exemplify the qualities celebrated by the No-Nonsense Women's Political Caucus advertising committee? A few well-spent hours watching "What's Love Got To Do With it" will provide...
...eight-cylinder car running on four cylinders -- and after 30 or 40 years, that can take its toll. "Everything has a finite life-span, from a car engine to the human heart," says Dr. Lauro Halstead, director of the postpolio program at the National Rehabilitation Hospital and a polio survivor. "A motor neuron is no different. Neurons that normally drive 20 muscle cells in the polio patient may now have to supply up to 2,000 muscle cells. Basically, this is a demand that the motor nerves are not designed to sustain...