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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Alexander Daniel, the 20-year-old son of Yuli, was denied admission to Tartu University in Estonia, although he had been accepted earlier and had graduated at the top of his high school class. Recently he was fired from a menial job in the computer center of the Moscow Engineering Institute. At a meeting called to discuss young Daniel's case, the rector of the institute, Nikolai Strel-huk, expressed particular dissatisfaction about the number of Jews, like Daniel, who had been hired at the institute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Notes from the Underground | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

Palate or Patrie? But world influence could wait, decided De Gaulle, and he said non as only he can. He dispatched a sort of force de flap - the fast, 2,750-ton destroyer escort Tartu-to watch over the fishing boats. An "act of hostility." cried Brazilian Foreign Minister Hermes Lima. "The attitude of France is inadmissible, and our government will not retreat. The lobster will not be caught...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil: Force de Flap | 3/8/1963 | See Source »

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