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...Knesset combines the rough-hewn and informal with the grandiose. The legislative chamber, in which the 120 Knesset members most four days a week, contains simple beige swivel chairs arranged in concentric half-circles behind long curved desks. The ceiling is high and majestic, but the wall is carved in an abstract relief symbolizing peace; an incomplete circle represents the city of Jerusalem which was still split by barbed wire when this new seat of government was constructed...
...Knesset members reflect the informality if their surrounding. No more than three of the men wear ties; most are in open collar shirts and sport jackets. They lean back in their chairs or wander around the chamber, talking loudly with their neighbors while the Israeli defense minister tries to address them from the podium...
With the emphasis on chamber music this weekend, your best bet should be the all-Messaien concert at Kirkland House on Friday. The program will feature the superb Quartet For The End Of Time, which Messaien composed in a German prisoner of war camp. The limitations he faced there gave rise to some of his best writing. Four of the best undergraduate musicians will be performing...
What do most leaders in Cambridge today think is the answer? Many businessmen are quick to place their hopes with Chamber of Commerce President Jones, whom Dyer calls "a man of missionary zeal." While other community leaders look towards city manager Jim Sullivan. "I think we have a strong and vital leadership in Robert Jones," Howard W. Davis, general manager of the Coop, says. "I support him in trying to get things done. He represents the business community and recognizes the need of collaboration with neighborhood groups and other groups...
...resources to bring Cambridge around to fiscal sanity? Both men believe that it is Harvard that must exercise the biggest role. "Harvard is so god-damned paranoid that it is afraid to ask for anything, so there emerges a leadership crisis," Jones says. "As a businessman and Chamber of Commerce president I have chosen to lean heavily on Harvard and MIT for cooperation...