Tragedies Beyond Ranking Pain and Memory
An op ed argues against comparing Holocaust and slavery as greatest atrocities. It rejects ranking by suffering, emphasizes the unique, monumental loss of six million Jews and five to ten million Africans. It condemns trivialization of these histories and calls for reverence and protection of memory.
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Loren Vanilel
Miami Herald
Nazi Germany
Daniel
Africa
Temple of Lincoln
Tiny icy planet found beyond Pluto sparks solar system expansion
Astronomers announce 1996 TL66, a 300 mile wide icy body looping far beyond Neptune, as the brightest object past Pluto since Charon. Found by Harvard Smithsonian, UH and Arizona teams with an amateur in New Mexico, the object suggests a larger, unseen population in a distant Kuiper belt.
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New York
Pluto
Solar System
Texas
Neptune
Charon
No Man’s Land
Jane Luu
Harvard- Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics
Cambridge
Mass
Charon Luu
Harvard
University of Hawaii
University of Arizona
Outer Solar System
Gulf veterans' children face no extra birth defect risk
A large study reviewed over 75 000 births from 1991 to 1993 and found birth defects rates among Gulf War veterans' children matched those of non Gulf veterans and civilians. The NEJM report notes 1.9 percent severe defects, with fertility unaffected, but critics say limitations may hide small increases.
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Gulf Veterans
Boston
Cowan
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
New England Journal of Medicine
Veter
Ans
Gulf
Betty Mekdeci
Association of Birth Defect Children
Orlando
Fla
Gazette Promotes Soy Ink and Recycling Efforts
The Gazette pledges to printing with soy bean ink and using recycled newsprint. It urges readers to drop newspapers for recycling at City Carton located at 4250 Sixth St SW or at their nearest recycling site.
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the Gazette
City Carton
Sixth St
Clinton lawyer retreats on Jones strategy
President Clinton's attorney Robert Bennett backed away from threats to probe Paula Jones' sexual history if her harassment suit goes to trial. He said Jones' past sex life is irrelevant and pledged to decide evidentiary relevance later, signaling a retreat from controversial tactics.
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Dallas Morning News
Washington
Clinton
Paula Jones
Robert Bennett
NBC News
Jones
Arkansas
Bennett
Gil Davis
Correction notice on Tama magistrate appointment
The Gazette corrects a Tama County magistrate appointment story naming John Willett as the appointee and Tama as his hometown. A misprint in spelling and location appeared in a Wednesday report. the newspaper invites complaints about accuracy and will publish clarifications here.
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John Willett
Tama
Gazette
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Iowa
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First National Bank
First Church of Christ
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Jifted Hall
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Jerry Ask Investment - Jung
New Life Fitness
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Leslie’s Florsheim Shoes
Longbranch
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Slumberland
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Taples the Blind Factory
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