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Sadly, many family documents disappeared during Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution, and it had long been believed that the records of Europe's Jews were destroyed during the Holocaust. That myth has been shattered, says Estelle Guzik, director of the New York Jewish Genealogical Society, adding that "a significant number of records remain, and people are uncovering them daily." After talking to relatives and tracking down as much about her family as she could in the U.S., Guzik traveled to Poland, and, against all odds, found in the small village of Korczyn the 1884 tombstone of her great-great-grandfather...
...night specials? "The black and Hispanic women who clean office buildings until 3 a.m. and then walk home--of course, they want a handgun in their purse." Limit purchases to one gun a month? "It's the camel's nose in the tent. Look at Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Pol Pot, Idi Amin--every one of these monsters, on seizing power, their first act was to confiscate all firearms in private hands." Sarah Brady, head of the lobby Handgun Control Inc., doubts that Heston will moderate the N.R.A. "A pretty face but the same old words," she says...
...Beijing the first law of summitry is to make sure the world leader on the other side of the table understands that he is the supplicant, especially if that is not the case. When Richard Nixon made his famous journey to meet Mao Zedong in 1972, China was in a terribly weakened condition and most vulnerable to the military might of the Soviet Union. But Nixon, with Henry Kissinger leading the way, went hat in hand, grateful for just an audience with one of the great tyrants of the 20th century...
Washington has been hip deep in China's civil war for 50 years, since General George C. Marshall tried unsuccessfully to mediate between the Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-shek, and the communists led by Mao Zedong. Even now, under the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, the U.S. sells "arms of a defensive character" to Taiwan and warns Beijing that Washington expects "that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means." Any use of force would be "of grave concern...
...rows of organic milk. Further inspection reveals a compost bin, a new vegetable garden and walls covered with Communist propaganda and posters of the politically active. One in particular is crammed with "Workers of the world, unite!" in at least 30 languages, crowned by pictures of Karl Marx, Mao Zedong and, yes, Captain Picard. The residents have a lighthearted sense of humor about their hippie legacy and its accoutrements, which is a testament to the open-mindedness of most Coop members. As resident Thomas C. Munro '99 explains with a quirky smile, "As long as in one way or another...