Time off: Besides raising horses, Herz hosts the yearly Davidoff Prize for musicians at his farm outside Hamburg.

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Herz, the 82-year-old Vietnam protester, was an immigrant of Jewish descent and had reportedly spent time in an internment camp during World War II.

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Doubleday received Mr. Brown's manuscript in early January and quickly decided on a May publication date, said Suzanne Herz, a senior vice president at Doubleday.

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Terry Lowrie-Herz, who lives at halfway House, west of Shrewsbury, said problems with drainage and sewage overnight had caused his garden and kitchen to flood.

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Bob Herz interrupted me in the first few seconds of my remarks to object to my characterization of the independent foreclosure reviews by PwC as a problem.

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Testifying before Congress last week, FASB chairman Robert Herz noted the virtues of such "fair value" accounting, which allow investors to evaluate the worth of a company and its assets without relying solely on the company's estimates.

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The demonstration system runs at 120 herz.

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