Hand-kissing fades from United Nations diplomacy
At the United Nations in New York hand-kissing once a staple of formal diplomacy is fading. UNESCO official Marie-Pierre Herzog notes a decline since World War II as fewer aristocrats attend sessions and American social norms influence behavior. Still, a few diplomats from France Poland Austria continue the tradition as a sign of respect.
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United Nations
N.Y
le Baisemain
Marie-Pierre Herzog
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
Herzog
General Assembly
U.N
Poland
France
Versailles
Austria
Hapsburgs
Blind woman studies to be cantor in New York
Mindy Fliegelman, 23, from Miami, is pursuing cantorial studies in New York as one of three known female cantors in the nation and the only blind student. She faces possible congregational resistance but aims for ordination and a sacred music degree through Hebrew University College of Sacred Music.
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UPI
Mindy Fliegelman
Miss Fliegelman
Manhattan
Miami
Jewish Braille Institute of America, Inc
Free
Jacob Freid
Gerald M. Kass
Mainer at 90 still grinds baseball bats out of logs
Ernest W. Hussey, 90, runs a one man bat factory in Parsonsfeld Maine, grinding bats from logs and selling them to California companies and stores in seven states. He bought the business after the original maker died and continues daily, despite a fall that put him in bed eight weeks. Hussey, a former local baseball player and Boston Red Sox fan, also works with antique dealers making handles for relics.
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North Parsonsfield, Maine
UPI
Ernest W. Hussey
Hussey
California
Boston Red Sox
J.P Stevens
Dutch leaders discuss Surinam independence timeline
The Hague UPI reported that the prime ministers of Holland, Surinam and the Netherlands Antilles will meet Saturday to decide if Surinam can gain full independence by year end. Surinam, known as Dutch Guinea, lies on South America's northeast coast and has been a Dutch colony over 300 years with autonomy in most matters since 1948.
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UPI
Holland
Surinam
Netherlands Antilles
Dutch Guinea
South America
Antilles
Netherlands East Indies
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