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...majority of members of the Israeli Knesset are against any withdrawal from the West Bank. This leads me to believe that the Israelis are only asking [Premier Yitzhak] Rabin for time to prepare-asking for six months-by whichtime they will be politically and militarily in a position to demolish the effects of the October war. Their chief of staff, Mordechai Gur, declared that in the next war the element of surprise will be on the side of Israel. They have made it clear they intend to make a pre-emptive strike against the Syrians and Palestinians to begin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: Arafat Talks of War and Strategy | 11/11/1974 | See Source »

...Harvard harriers should fare better today in Van Cortlandt Park against Penn and Columbia than they did last Tuesday against Providence and UMass at home. The Friars, featuring a trio of Irishmen, came up from the Rhode Island capital to effectively demolish both foes...

Author: By William E. Stedman jr., | Title: Harriers Meet Lions, Quakers Today | 10/4/1974 | See Source »

...inner life is to forget as much as possible-forget time's winged chariot, forget that your child needs orthodontia, forget that you have forgotten your mother's birthday, forget that the drink you hold as you watch the evening news (which itself must be forgotten) will demolish a billion brain cells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Samplings for the Summer Reader | 7/8/1974 | See Source »

...March 1973, State Representative Charles F. Flaherty Jr. (D-Camb.) proposed a bill requiring Harvard to finance the educations of a minimum of 25 students. The idea for the bill arose out of a 1663 pact between Massachusetts Commonwealth's Commissioners and Harvard, in which Harvard was permitted to demolish its Indian College (used to house Indian students); in return, it would provide "rent-free" studies to Indian scholars. But by 1669, most Indians were living off college grounds in farmers' houses...

Author: By Gregory F. Lawless, | Title: Indian College: An Old Dispute Never Dies... | 6/13/1974 | See Source »

...image is that of a man who is brilliant, aristocratic and cool; no one has ever accused him of not being sérieux. The audiences at his rallies, considerably younger than those at Chaban's, thoroughly enjoy it when Giscard drops his professorial mien to demolish a heckler with cutting repartee. His resonant voice and poise before a camera make him come across well on television. The use of a campaign photo that prominently includes Giscard's daughter projects the image of a family man. Although Giscard has served as the Fifth Republic's Finance Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: On the Right: A Duel of Images | 5/6/1974 | See Source »

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