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...system work better for them than it has for any other immigrant group since the arrival of East European Jews began in the 1880s. Like the Asians, the Jews viewed education as the ticket to success. Both groups "feel an obligation to excel intellectually," says New York University Mathematician Sylvain Cappell, who as a Jewish immigrant feels a kinship with his Asian-American students. The two groups share a powerful belief in the value of hard work and a zealous regard for the role of the family...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The New Whiz Kids | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...beach serves as the mating ground for both Pauline and Marion. Pauline dabbles a bit with passion by dating (if one can call it that) a young boy Sylvain (Simon de la Brosse) she herself meets on the beach. But most of the romanticism is Marion's. While bathing she runs into an old flame. Pierre (Pascal Gregory) whose heart and body still burns for Marion, who dumped him five years before to get married. But Pierre loves Marion too much, and in his own bumbling, cute way betrays the mystery she's looking for--and finds in the devilishly...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Fickle Summer Love | 8/16/1983 | See Source »

...Defense--Sylvain Brosseau, Vermont...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Fusco the Irishman and Other Stars | 2/12/1982 | See Source »

Vermont burst out to a 3-0 first period lead, on goals by Crowley at 1:19, Tony Messina at 6:03 and Sylvain Brousseau with five seconds left in a power play...

Author: By Mike Bass, | Title: Catamounts Punish Dying Icemen, 9-4 | 3/7/1981 | See Source »

...York City, Bombay and especially Tel Aviv, industry middlemen have been paying price premiums up to 100% to buy and hoard uncut stones. Banks have been buying diamonds for customers' portfolios, instead of stocks. "Some people have bought kilos' worth of diamonds," says Antwerp Diamond Cutter Sylvain Zucker. Disgusted by the speculation, New York's Tiffany & Co. ran a newspaper ad in March telling customers: "Diamonds are too high. We suggest you look before you leap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Feverish Sparkle | 4/10/1978 | See Source »

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