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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Less than a mile away at Likud headquarters, the party faithful watched the vote count click toward 40 and then stall. The party of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir was not even close to the 61 needed to form a majority government in the 120-seat Knesset. Once again a divided electorate had voted Israel into political stalemate. Likud leaders began feverishly calculating potential coalitions. Declared a Likud activist: "My God, the rabbis have...
...committee also criticized Harvard's inclusion of visiting foreign scholars in its count of minority faculty. Shah noted that neither Yale nor Princeton includes foreign scholars, and both still rank higher than Harvard in percentages of minority faculty...
...Associated Press' tabulation showed Bushahead in states with 356 electoral votes, althoughhe could not count securely on the 270 needed forvictory. It showed Dukakis with 101 and another 81in states rated as tossups, includingPennsylvania, Illinois and Missouri...
...lawyer, Thompson says, told his campaign staff how to deal with a possible "challenge on ballots." His main concerns are the incorrect use of stickers and "violence at the polls," he says. Thompson says he wants to know whether a vote will count if the Graham sticker is on, but the ballot is also punched next to his name, or if the sticker is falling off. Thompson asks, "is that a good ballot...
...whipped cream at Vico, an uptown Italian trattoria. In San Francisco, Sterrett Brandt, 30, until recently traffic coordinator at U.S. Recycling Industries, says she wouldn't hesitate to order chocolate tortes or cheesecake when treated to a business lunch. "Since I'm not paying, the calories don't really count," she rationalizes. In Chicago, Donna Needy, 41, a casualty-company exec, begins each weekday with a healthy dose of high-fiber Metamucil powder and follows up with a strict 900-calorie diet. But, she confesses, "the 900 calories can be anything: ice cream or Fannie May lemon butter creams...