Never Won a Trophy Yet Begrudges Pageant Crown Obsessed
A writer confesses lifelong envy of trophies and crowns after reading about a beauty pageant prize the winner would receive a four foot high trophy and round crown. Colleagues recount their own trophies in sports and academics while the author recalls sparse awards and fading memorabilia from school and journalism.
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Farber
Abe
Teresa Cutlip
Lifestyles
Samantha Perry
Charlie Owens
Concord
Teresa
Sam
Charles
Cleaning fabric shoes for summer wear care tips
Fabric shoes under forty dollars benefit from monthly waterproofing with a polymer spray before first wear. Dino Bardano of Denver shoe stores advises avoiding silicone products and notes waterproofers work on suede and nubuck too. If stains occur, spot cleaning, dry cleaning, or shampooing at a repair shop are options, with sprays priced around four dollars fifty.
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Dino Bardano
Denver
Dardano
Operation Exodus Berwindman aids Jews fearing renewed anti Semitism
Hugh Riley of Berwind leads Operation Exodus to quickly emigrate Jews from Russia and Europe amid rising nationalism and antisemitism. He cites Schindler's List as spurring interest and notes donations, with a goal of funded air travel for individuals. Ethiopia Jews have already been moved.
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Hugh Riley
Berwind
Jewish Federation
Riley
Russia
European
Russa
Germany
Hungary
Russi
Israel
Exodus Riley
Iton
Economias
International Herald Tribune
Washington Post
Israel aid fund allocations value list of programs
The document itemizes funding amounts from 180 to 18000 detailing how each sum supports immigrant and Jewish community goals. It covers clothing allowances for seniors, Hebrew ulpan studies, direct flights from Moscow for engineers to Israel, university semesters for newcomers, agricultural training for ne harvest settlements, Panoram newspaper distribution, Youth Aliyah schooling, teacher retraining, and science or tech projects to employ immigrants in export industries.
Emigration of Jews from Central Asia and nearby republics
The report notes rapid Jewish emigration from Tajikistan where 14,000 of 16,000 have moved to Israel while 1,800 remain, and from Uzbekistan where about 60,000 Jews are preparing to leave. In Georgia 25 percent of 17,000 are expected to depart by end of 1993, Moldova reports over 34,000 already in Israel with 2,200 more from Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan sees about 500 Jews leaving monthly amid rising instability.
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Tajikistan
Israel
Afghanistan
Uzbekistan
Samarkand
Bukhara
Tashkent
Georgia
Soviet Union
Central Asia
Moldova
Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan
From Shelters to Harvard Dream for Lauralee Summer
Lauralee Summer, raised in kinless homelessness across three states, earned top SAT scores and a 1460, excelled in track, and tutored students while completing high school. She faced frequent moves with her mother Elizabeth, built a life in Quincy Massachusetts, and earned Harvard admission while seeking to learn her father’s identity.
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Salvation Army
Lauralee
Quincy High ‘School
Harvard
CJ MacLaughlin
Quincy Hig
MacLaughlin
Quincy
Amnesty International
Florida
Elizabeth Summer
Santa Rosa
Calif
Oregon
Summer
Phoenix
Santa Barbara
Iene
Sonia Tasee
Massachusetts
Boston
Quincy Rome of
Quincy Marion Stout
Mal Brough
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Ulpan
Moscow
Ner
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Raise
Emily Dickinson
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