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Says Rabbi Morton Rosenthal, an expert on Latin America at the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith: "Anti-Semitism in Argentina is subtle and complex. There are no official laws directed against the Jewish people." Jacob Kovadloff of the American Jewish Committee maintains that human rights have improved in Argentina in the past six months. He also argues that "Timerman is not accurate when he says the Jews of Argentina are afraid to speak. Right now there is an open dialogue between the leaders of the Jewish community and high-ranking members of government...
...Orleans as far back as memory runs, marching brass bands have always tried to spread a bit of joy after the sorrow of a burial. Every jazz giant in the New Orleans pantheon-Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, Bunk Johnson-developed his art partly by playing for funerals. The king of them all, Louis Armstrong, played a funeral the very day in 1922 when a telegram sent him off to join King Oliver in Chicago and soon onward to world fame...
...Indonesian commandos had flown to Bangkok two days prior to the attack. After initial reluctance the Thais agreed to deploy 50 army sharpshooters around the DC-9 to back up the Indonesian antiterrorist force. Other governments concurred in the no-deals approach. Said U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Morton Abramowitz, reflecting Washington's sentiment: "The only way to deal with terrorists is a firm refusal to give in to their demands...
...stay close to the sport, however, he committed himself to a time consuming role at poolside. This year Hugon and another former swimmer, Lorren Elkins '81--who toiled mostly alone last year--bolstered the managerial corps with several energetic freshmen and two graduate managers, Steve Boucher and Tom Morton, both of whom lend experience to the staff after previous tours of duty with squads at Yale and Michigan State...
Until he can do that, Coach Joe Bernal has other plans for his energetic manager's preoccupation with speed. Hugon and Morton, also a computer wizard, are soon to help the staff at Blodgett create faster swimmers by setting up computer programs which can provide instantaneous statistics and analysis from the voluminous records kept on each member of the team...