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...every generation," the Passover prayer book says, tyrannical rulers have risen up to try to destroy the Jewish people. Unfortunately, these ancient words continue to ring true. One cannot erase, nor can one advocate erasing, the memory of the Holocaust. The minds of older Jews still resound with the knowledge that the Jewish population is smaller than it was fifty years...
...basic argument appeals to common sense: since Mexican tariffs on imports are almost double those imposed by the U.S., the elimination of those duties should favor American exports. In the six years since Mexico began liberalizing its economy and lowering trade barriers, annual U.S. exports to the country have risen from $12 billion to nearly $41 billion. That in turn has transformed a U.S. trade deficit with Mexico of $5.7 billion in 1986 into a $5.4 billion surplus last year...
That dream has vanished in a nightmare of relentless inflation and widespread shortages. Dapo, a 33-year-old journalist, lost his job several months ago and cannot find a new one. The fees at his four-year-old son's religious school have risen from $23 to $114. The rent on the family's modest flat in Lagos has doubled to $36.50 a month. A bag of cassava flour that sold for $13.60 when the couple married in 1988 now goes for $50 or more. "Five years ago, I thought that by now we would have a fine home...
...miles a year and has invaded all Northeastern states except Vermont, Maine and Rhode Island. In New York, which now leads the nation in animal-rabies cases (1,761 last year), the number of people who got shots after they thought they were exposed to the disease has risen more than tenfold, from 81 in 1989 to 1,088 last year...
...Passacaglia revealed another, extremely promising and satisfying step in the continuing evolution of Perlman's playing. From the energetic dynamo of the seventies to the sometimes complacent and always prolific artist of the eighties has risen a mature, cerebral virtuoso who has proved his ranking next to Isaac Stern and Salvatore Accardo, although it is yet to be seen whether he can attain the inherent perfection of a Jascha Heifetz...