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In a study much cited by Finkelstein, Hitler, Germans and the "Jewish Question," historian Sarah Gordon writes that "Most Germans were apathetic to the persecution of the Jews and no study, past or future, can ever change that fact."
The Sikhs reacted violently to persecution, and the Marathas spread to Orissa, after which, in the year 1739, Nadir Shah of Persia invaded and carried off the Peacock Throne (broken up after his assassination).
Gotti sees himself as a victim of Government-led persecution, and compares Federal breakups of organized crime to the US Government's treatment of Native Americans in the 19th century.
The group of prospective lawful permanent residents includes both applicants for permanent resident status and likely prospective applicants based on their current status in the United States as individuals fleeing persecution (refugees, asylees, conditional entrants and aliens granted relief from removal by an Immigration Judge).
The Clinton camp's spin: This connects Hubbell, McDougal, and Lewinsky in a web of obsessive persecution by Starr.