By her account, Ms. Afshar had a privileged upbringing in which, surrounded by nannies and servants, she did little on her own. While attending the
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Valery Ryumin, Who Set Endurance Record in Space, Dies at 82
Valery Ryumin, a Soviet tank commander who became a cosmonaut and spent more than a year in space, setting endurance records — and then, after
Andrée Geulen, Savior of Jewish Children in Wartime, Dies at 100
Describing the separations in her 2017 testimony at Queens College, Ms. Geulen spoke of how hard it was “to tear a child away from his