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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...involving Israel, Egypt and Jordan, as well as Palestinian representatives from the occupied territories. These discussions, which presumably would be conducted by a shuttling U.S. envoy, would establish some measure of Palestinian self-government in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, culminating in local elections next September. The newly chosen Palestinian officials would meet in December with the Israelis, under the aegis of some as yet undefined international entity to negotiate the permanent status of the Arab territories conquered by Israel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Return of the Diplomats | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

Sounds easy? No, no, no, because the devilish evildoer has chosen to foil his pursuers by following an unusual plan of action: he has gone on a fishing expedition into the mountains, a trip led by Kirstie Alley of Cheers...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Turkey Shoot | 2/12/1988 | See Source »

...hard to imagine how a fine set of actors like Poitier, Berenger, and Alley could read a script like Shoot to Kill's and still want to sign on--especially Poitier, who as a returnee to film after an absence of more than a decade ought to have chosen his debut project with a little more care. Sadly, the performances these three give do little to save the film...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Turkey Shoot | 2/12/1988 | See Source »

Harvard's already record number of Rhodes Scholarship winners grew further when Richard H. Drayton '86, a native of Guyana raised in Barbados, was chosen as the 1988 Rhodes Scholar for the British Caribbean in mid-December...

Author: By Salil Kumar, | Title: Barbadan Alum Wins Rhodes | 2/11/1988 | See Source »

Cabot House resident Mark Loughridge '88 and Eliot House resident Leigh M. Weiss '88 were chosen from a field of 93 original applicants by a group of former winners of the scholarships. As the Fiske winner, Loughridge will spend the year at Trinity College, Cambridge. Weiss will attend Cambridge's Emmanuel College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Two Seniors Win Fiske, Harvard Scholarships | 2/9/1988 | See Source »

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