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June 28, 1996

The Latest Uganda Plan

Weeds push through the cracked tarmac at the old Entebbe airport, where, 20 years ago this July 4, a Ugandan soldier fired the shot that launched Benjamin Netanyahu's campaign to be prime minister of Israel.

I try to guess the spot where his brother, Jonathan, fell during the Israeli raid on this airport; there are, of course, no markers. The airport is in ruins, closed to visitors and fenced off from the new airport and the new Uganda.
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June 14, 1996

'Swimtime for Hitler' -- A Synchronized Satire

ATLANTA, JULY 20, 1996 (Associated Press) -- Emotions ran high at poolside today during the finals of the synchronized swimming event, as the four remaining teams in this year's competition, dubbed "Mikvahfest '96" by Olympic organizers, tried to outdo each other in their aquatic interpretations of post-exile Jewish history.

But the competition was overshadowed at times by the notable absence of the Israeli team, which was eliminated in the first round of competition by what was being termed a "cultural inability to synchronize."
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