Word: ben
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Inviting the heads of Israel's Christian churches and communities to a New Year's tea, sad-faced old President Itzhak ben-Zvi of Israel begged his guests to "pray for the peace of Jerusalem." The peace of Jerusalem-and the Middle East -was standing in the need of prayer last week...
...reading wheels," with the spokes representing various books read. Eighth-graders must report on a book a week. But in all reading, the experts insist, each Johnny should proceed at his own level. For the 15-year-old who can only manage fourth-grade books, such classics as Ben Hur and The Count of Monte Cristo have been simplified accordingly...
...Crimson squash team, minus top player Ben Hocksher, and number eight singles man, Lanny Thomas, goes after its fourth straight win of the season tomorrow afternoon at Dartmouth...
Defending champion Ben Heckscher won the annual invitation intercollegiate squash tournament in New York on Dec. 24. He defeated Oliver Stafford of Williams, runner-up for the second straight year, 15-11, 17-14, 15-11, in the finals. Heckscher took the championship without the loss of a game...
...Israel itself, after the first satisfaction, misgivings began to be heard. The independent newspaper Haaretz took note of the fact that the raid happened while Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett, a moderate, was out of the country, and accused tough-minded Premier David Ben-Gurion of an unconstitutional act in ordering the raid without consulting a single Cabinet member in advance. This, said Haaretz, "brought Israel dangerously close to dictatorship by the chief of government . . . How can Israel succeed in persuading the world that she resorts to force only when her security and integrity are at stake...