Word: asher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Asher Yadlin, 53, was abruptly dropped last October as governor of the Bank of Israel seven weeks after Rabin appointed him to the job that is roughly equivalent to Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Yadlin was arrested for fraud and bribery, and is currently awaiting trial. The most serious charge against him is that three years ago he allegedly accepted a $30,000 bribe in return for an engineering contract; at that time he was head of the nation's largest medical-insurance organization...
...have clashed almost continuously since April 1974, when the ruling Labor Party's central committee, by a 298-to-254 vote, chose Rabin over Peres as its candidate to succeed Golda Meir as Premier. The latest flare-up involves Asher Yadlin, whom Rabin recently picked to be governor of the Bank of Israel, the country's No. 2 financial post. A gambling buff (he favors the Las Vegas roulette table) with an eye for pretty women, Yadlin is also a major fund raiser for the Labor Party; since 1973, he has headed Israel's huge Kupat Holim...
...anything she has done. But much of the album was barely mediocre, and succeeding efforts suffered from the same uneven quality. Ronstadt finally managed to realize the potential her admirers perceived in last spring's Heart Like a Wheel, a thoroughly professional performance--handled by her new producer, Peter Asher--that made her a major star in no time...
...McCain was part of a 4-3 majority voting to hear a case that led to the reinstatement of a $100,000 libel judgment against TIME on behalf of Socialite Mary Alice Firestone Asher. The decision is now under review by the U.S. Supreme Court on grounds unrelated to the scandal...
...used to have fights over whom to like better. I liked Paul--I thought he was the most wonderful person in the world. He was soooooo cute." Phyllis shows off her ring. It has a blinking face of Paul that says, "I'm Paul." "I really hated Jane Asher, Paul's old girlfriend. I still...