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...called not a single survivor as a witness, even though many GIs had volunteered to testify—both SS guards were convicted and sentenced to death. The sentences were later commuted, and U.S. officials hushed up the results of the investigation. According to Cohen, the U.S. wanted to avoid a backlash against West Germany, which by then had become an ally in the rapidly developing Cold...
...realize that as the weather gets warmer, people are out and about more and need to become more vigilant of potential risks and take steps to avoid being victimized,” said Catalano...
Just sentences later, however, Summers irked several listeners when he asked: “[H]ow does one avoid what I don’t think is good for anybody, which is a sense of dependency on the larger society, a reliance on financial transfers from the outside, a view in terms of special programs that have an aspect of charity and response to charity...
...strongly felt pride and identity in Native American communities that leads Native American communities to want to congregate, to want to self-govern, to want, in many points in many times, to be an island in the ocean of our society; and at the same time, how does one avoid what I don't think is good for anybody, which is a sense of dependency on the larger society, a reliance on financial transfers from the outside, a view in terms of special programs that have an aspect of charity and response to charity. How do we define this balance...
...Three to four weeks before the marathon, you begin a taper to drop your mileage,” said Woo, explaining that runners want to avoid overexertion and injury...