 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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The `other' JEWISH LANGUAGE; It was a life-saver for one generation, an embarrassment for another and a treasure for yet another.(SOURCE)
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Byline: KRISTIN TILLOTSON; STAFF WRITER
My heritage is Scandinavian Lutheran, but ever since I heard the expression "oy vey," I've found it so much more satisfying to say than "oofda." Who wouldn't rather be verklempt than merely upset, or have chutzpah rather than boring old nerve? And why complain or be overjoyed when kvetching and kvelling are so much closer to expressing the feeling?
Neal Karlen's "The Story of Yiddish: How a Mish-Mosh of Languages Saved the Jews" (William Morrow, $25.95) is as lively, colorful and multifaceted as the language itself. ...
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Lees win fight over Arlington home.(Saturday)(The Civil War)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...married Robert E. Lee in 1831, the couple...of the Lee Chapel at Washington and Lee University. Mrs. Lee held a...eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, who had...president of the former Washington College, renamed Washington...
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Lee and His Fondness For Pr. George's Kin; Descendant's Book Looks at General's Letters And the Story of a Visit Just Before Gettysburg
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; ...Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee leave his troops just weeks before...Goodwood in the collections of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., where Lee...letter after a brief trip to Washington in 1866, Lee wrote that he was...
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Lee the educator committed to character.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Jr., SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES After the War...States, Gen. Robert E. Lee accepted the presidency...it, the prospects of Washington College. The school...endowment of stock by George Washington, its outlook seemed...vice chancellor of the University of the South at Sewanee...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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SPIKE LEE BRINGS 'AFRICAN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE' OF JAZZ TO SCREEN.(Preview)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...less angry now?" Spike Lee asked himself, pondering...Bleeks Gilliam (Denzel Washington) whose intensity toward...said the 33-year-old Lee, seated in a New York...first effort the New York University graduate completed was...with the music," said Lee. "I always knew I was...
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Lee Technologies Taps Elaine Wilde as Senior Vice President, Public Sector.
Business Wire
; ...Security FAIRFAX, Va. -- Lee Technologies, Inc...in Economics from the University of Virginia. About Lee Technologies Founded in 1983, Lee Technologies (www.leetechnolgoies...is headquartered in the Washington, DC metroplex where it...
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Lee may be given a recess appointment. (appointment of Bill Lann Lee as assistant attorney general)
Magazine article from: Black Issues in Higher Education
; ...specifically criticized Lee for making a complaint...Department about the University of California's efforts...giving their support to Lee. For his part, Hatch...Patrick last winter. The Lee nomination was one of...the politicians in Washington will get the message...
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Spike Lee discusses career, recognizes Ohio veterans during Mershon visit
Newspaper article from: Call & Post
; ...campus of Ohio State University. Lee was in town to receive...film school at New York University, Lee scraped together...made their debuts in Lee's films have gone on...devout Muslim leader, Washington stopped eating pork...
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Lee's biographer is a story himself; Richmond News Leader editor's books extensively documented.(SATURDAY)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...Taylor, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES In the 1940s...Southall Freeman's "Lee's Lieutenants...history at Johns Hopkins University before joining the Richmond...biography of George Washington, but he soon returned...around to writing about Washington, this work won him...
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LEE PLANS INVASION OF TENNESSEE, SIR.(Business)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...Associated Press Robert E. Lee is plotting an offensive...000 cases a year. Lee is a born salesman whose...father was a Columbia University-educated doctor who practiced in the city. But Lee was sent to private school...in 1949 graduated from Washington & Lee University...
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Bruce Lee's Legacy Lives -- Fans honor martial arts legend who died 30 years ago Sunday
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic
; ...studying philosophy at the University of Washington. He had little regard...Lee's legacy alive. Lee first became known to...theaters. He was 32. Lee's son, Brandon, also...white picture of Bruce Lee is set in the red granite...said he tends to the Lees' graves twice a week...
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