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At the movies:Watch the movie, dump the sponsor
February 22, 2002George Pullman built his financial empire not only on the manufacture of railroad cars but also on the luxury service provided to passengers by the 10,000-man work force who staffed the famous Pullman sleeping and dining...
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A reminder of a terrible history
February 22, 2002At the Hands of Persons Unknown: The Lynching of Black America by Philip Dray. Random House, 2002. Philip Dray, co-author of We Are Not Afraid: The Story of Goodman, Shwerner, and Chaney and the Civil Rights...
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Tel Aviv rally demands end to occupation
February 22, 2002TEL AVIV – Over 15,000 Israelis marched here Feb. 16, from Rabin Square through the main streets to a rally in Museum Plaza, across the street from Israel’s Defense Ministry. The theme of the demonstration was...
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The Venezuelan revolution and Bush
February 22, 2002The Bolivarian revolutionary process is on the march – in spite of its “defeaters” as President Hugo Chavez would say – but it is also surrounded by danger. In spite of the difficulties that pursue it,...
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3,000 years standing for peace and justice
February 22, 2002ATHENS, Greece – A cold wind was blowing and dark clouds filled the sky the day I visited the Acropolis in December. There, in all her glory, stood the Parthenon, the temple to the goddess Athena....
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