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...wasn't what Barak's advisers thought he should do, but the political brawl that has begun behind the scenes in Labor suggests he might be smart to let his rivals duke it out. Knesset speaker Avraham Burg, a former Peace Now activist, is the front runner to take over. But old campaigner Shimon Peres is fighting for the job and has already signaled that he's in favor of a national-unity government. At least four others have declared they will try for the job. By week's end, Barak was still controlling coalition negotiations with Sharon and being...
...gives hope to Barak, who has a much better chance of beating the old warhorse Sharon. The short election cycle also makes it less likely that the rebellious left of Barak's Labor Party will oust him in favor of one of his critics, such as Knesset speaker Avraham Burg. "It's the only way for Barak to survive, because he knocks Netanyahu out," says Reuven Chazan, a Hebrew University political scientist. "But in the long term, he gains nothing...
...likely May election. Barak's plan is to cut a peace deal with Palestinian leader YASSER ARAFAT, making the election a referendum on peace. If he doesn't do a peace deal, says former Prime Minister SHIMON PERES, Barak will surely be challenged, most likely by Knesset Speaker AVRAHAM BURG and Interior Minister HAIM RAMON...
...also possible that Barak's own party, which has been getting more and more upset with him, will deny him its nomination. Some leading figures are now leaking to the press about Barak being challenged for leadership of the Labor party, possibly by parliamentary speaker Avram Burg, who has the advantage of being known as a religious...
Over the next century, Nauvoo became a sleepy, almost entirely Roman Catholic river burg, whose hot events were weekly Fish Fridays and Chicken Wednesdays. Its working men labored in nearby Keokuk, Iowa, but their number shrank relentlessly as young people left. "By the time I moved here 10 years ago, it was pretty close to a retirement community," says Kathy Wallace, editor of the 500-circulation Nauvoo New Independent. At one point the only grocery closed for half a year for lack of business. When the Latter-day Saints, who had been trickling back for years, bought land...