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...Peter A. Cahn attempted to jump from his fourth-floor dormitory window to a balcony three feet away and tumbled to the pavement 60 feet below. He died of head injuries 45 minutes later...
...Cahn was an assistant editor of the Daily Princetonian...
...last March married twice-divorced, once-widowed Michal Smoira -and thereby, say Orthodox rabbis, seriously violated Jewish religious law. Cohn transgressed not because he is a Jew, or because he is a judge, but simply because of his name. To be a Cohn-or a Cohen, Kohn, Kahn, Coen, Cahn, Kahane, Kagan or even Katz-is to be a descendant of Moses' brother Aaron and his sons, who were the first hereditary kohanim (priests) of Israel. The honor entails for Orthodox Jews a long and specific set of responsibilities...
Shaw winners are Robert N. Cahn of Quincy House and Menio Park, Cal.; Nell J. King of Leverett House and Woodmere, N.Y.; Paul J. Mundie Jr. of Lowell House and Alexandria...
Edgar and Jean Cahn, in their account of how not to wage war on poverty (based on the New Haven experience), carry the "war" analogy to its logical extreme and come up with some solid insights into deficiencies of the "para-military" approach to poverty. Their thesis is that war on poverty ignores a crucial "civilian perspective." The result of this defect is that programs which in theory are designed to increase self-reliance and independence, in fact tend to "enervate potential leadership," and to prevent criticism and retard innovation in favor of maintaining vested interests and the status...