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...Arab nations holding a summit last week in Fez, Morocco. To the proud and stubborn Israeli leader, whose cooperation in any Middle East peace process would be essential, the whole idea of the plan was anathema. "It no longer exists," Begin said sharply. Then, almost as an afterthought, he added: "The friendship between Israel and the U.S. still exists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Defiant No to Reagan | 9/20/1982 | See Source »

Though it is now the centerpiece of the Festival of Arts, the pageant started almost as an afterthought. The festival itself was launched in 1932 to publicize the work of Depression-hit Laguna artists. A year later, Painter John Hinchman hit on the idea of staging tableaux vivants, similar to the scenes mounted on Sundays in some Victorian parlors. The "stage" was a roped-off section of a street. As Salome holding the severed head of John the Baptist, Margo Goddard, now 71, became the pageant's first nude in 1936 but swore she would never pose again after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: In Laguna Beach, a Living Louvre | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...Business School has found that people who waited to take the GMATs in March were generally less qualified and had lower GMAT scores anyway. Braithwaite said, adding that these people seemed to take the GMAT only as an afterthought...

Author: By Lavea Brachman, | Title: Law School Applications Increase | 3/4/1982 | See Source »

...this year when the Corporation reintroduced the old proposal to a new and generally inexperienced ACSR. A Corporation official began the January meeting with a homily on the evils of apartheid and the great weight he placed on ethical criteria in investment policy. Then, almost as a casual afterthought, he asked the ACSR to rectify a "minor flaw" in the University's current bank policy which would force it to divest from banks trying to make "good loans" to the South African government. He gave as an example the Citibank loan which he claimed South African Blacks actually solicited...

Author: By Patrick Flaherty, | Title: Divestiture: The Corporation Breaks Its Promise | 3/3/1982 | See Source »

Even as Mauro looks to the future, if just an afterthought, soccer is there...

Author: By John Beilenson, | Title: Mauro Keller-Sarmiento | 11/18/1981 | See Source »

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