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…Insight Remember When • Power Of The Press From the Jewish News pages this week 10, 20: 30, 40 and 50 years ago. Media spotlight helps restaurateur rebound from Sept. 11 e-mail rumor. e'"'":r"'.;;;5; CNN Chicago Bureau Chief Jeff Flock interviews owner Dean Hachem at the Sheik in Orchard Lake. HARRY KIRSBAUM StaffWriter 0 3/22 2002• 28 n any given night six months ago, the wait for a table at the Sheik restaurant in Orchard Lake co...…
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