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...product was invented in 1970 by Abraham Levy, an Israeli businessman who was inspired by his country's merciless sunshine. In 1982 Avi Ruimi and Avi Fattal, two immigrants from Israel, introduced the product in Los Angeles, calling it the Auto Shade. Sales began to take off last year, mostly in California. Now Ruimi and Fattal have lined up distributors in 25 states, concentrated, of course, in the Sunbelt...
...inflation rate in half by January, was approved both by the Histadrut, the giant labor federation that represents about 1.5 million workers, and by the Manufacturers Association. Neither liked the plan very much, but both realized that some sort of drastic belt tightening was essential. As Avi Pelossof, a spokesman for the manufacturers association, put it, "In the last two or three months, we lost control of our business, and it was no joke. Nobody knew if he was losing money or how much money he was losing." A government worker, complaining that her real income has declined...
...Shamir now has 21 days to complete his negotiations. He is permitted a 21-day extension, but he probably will not need it. Said Foreign Ministry Shamir Spokesman Avi Pazner: "He's got it practically wrapped up. The other partners won't make new demands." First, however, the Prime Minister-designate must make a pro forma effort to put together a government of national unity with the opposition Labor Party, a condition that some members of his coalition stipulated as the price of their support to give the government more authority to deal with Israel's pressing...
...wish to inform you that the delegations have reached an agreement on the agenda." With those words, Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesman Avi Pazner announced the first hint of progress in the 2½-week-old peace talks between Israel and Lebanon. All it meant was that the two sides had at last agreed on what they are willing to talk to each other about. But in a season when diplomatic progress on the problems of the Middle East has been practically nonexistent, it represented a modest advance...
Foregin Ministry Spokesman Avi Pazner told reports in this Israeli border town...