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...National Religious Party, objected both to Begin's failure to consult them in advance and to the selection of Moda'i, who did little to impress his critics when he informed them in a meeting that "I'm 90% qualified." At the same time, Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon, a former general and the leading hard-line proponent of Israel's incendiary settlements policy in the West Bank, threatened to resign if he did not get the Defense Ministry himself. Begin explained to Sharon, a fellow Herut Party member, that he personally preferred him, but the opposition...
...Ariel Chamber Ensemble--Earl Kim, conductor; Hermione Gingold, narrator; works of Bach, Walton and Schumann; Sanders Theater...
Another factor in Dayan's conflict with the Begin regime was the endless controversy over Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Leading the fight for more settlements was Agriculture Minister Ariel Sharon,- who last week submitted to the Cabinet a proposal calling for the expropriation of between 2,500 and 4,000 acres of privately owned Arab land on the West Bank. Dayan himself believes that all Israelis should have freedom of movement on the West Bank, but he is well aware that the Israeli settlements are passionately opposed by the Arabs, and that the U.S. has called them...
Rosovsky's right-hand man--Ariel to his Prospero, to cast them benignly--is John B. FoxJr. '59, dean of Harvard College. It's Fox's job to implement Faculty policies in the College; since a stir over his housing plan three years ago, he's managed to do so while keeping a pretty low profile among students--despite his 6 ft. 8 in. height. Fox is the final arbiter of policies affecting undergraduate life--everything from how expensive your breakfast is to how spacious your suite is. Fox also wears another hat as chairman of the Administrative Board. Harvard...
...most engrossing--and most gross--of the characters in The Tempest is Prospero's "savage and deformed slave" Caliban, the subhuman offspring of a witch and a devil. It is incorrect to regard Ariel and Caliban as polarities. They are undeniably contrasted; but they also share a number of traits, such as distaste for physical labor, a yearning for freedom, a delight in pranks, a love of nature, an appreciation of music, and a fear of their master. Ariel has some coarse language and Caliban some ethereal lines...