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Remembering the Holocaust Stefan Kanfer's account of the presidential commission's journey to the sites of the Holocaust [Aug. 20] is a gut-wrenching reminder of the sinister events of only a generation ago. Rereading it once a year will truly keep alive the last command in the Warsaw ghetto: Pamiętaj! Remember...
Emerging from the war as a dashing sublieutenant who had served at the Battle of Jutland, the young lord soon married a beautiful heiress named Edwina Ashley. By World War II he was a captain in command of a destroyer flotilla; the fearless skipper's own ship, H.M.S. Kelly, was mined off Newcastle, torpedoed off the German coast and finally sunk by German dive bombers off Crete. "Abandon ship or I'm going to sink you!" his admiral signaled when he refused to leave his bridge at one time. "Try it and I'll bloody well sink...
These institutions still have a pot of money-the state mutual savings banks alone command $145 billion in deposits-but they are being squeezed. As a result, mortgage money is getting tighter, just as all borrowing rates are rising. The prime rate went up last week to a record...
...firm, receives 30 to 40 calls a day from employers willing to pay $800 to $900 a month for experienced secretaries. However, ASI-listed candidates with the required skills are demanding $900 to $1,300 a month. In fast-growing corporate centers like Houston, top-level executive secretaries now command up to $30,000 a year...
...relaxed life-style that the sociologists found seems to have changed drastically. Even with today's can-you-top-this cult scene, his account of training for life in outer space is remarkable. Each minute, 24 hours a day, a musical beep sounds across the camp from a command tent ("Central"). During the day, at twelve-beep intervals, the disciples check Central for their next task. Among their duties: camp chores, perimeter guarding and stints as "rotating eyes" (monitoring campers' conduct and reporting violations...