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...alliance gave Mrs. Meir only a slim majority: 68 seats in a Parliament of 120 members. Bickering among the factions was one reason her government finally caved in. Rabin will have to use all of his generalship and his diplomatic persuasion to retain the ten Religious Party members. They differ with his moderate views on ceding some occupied territories as part of the peacemaking process; they also have a running difference with Labor on the sticky religious question of just who is a Jew and what rabbinical procedures must be followed for conversions to Judaism. Even if Rabin succeeds, another...
...reason that economists can differ sharply over whether the U.S. is in a "recession" is that there is no simple, numerical definition of the term. Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, offers a qualitative description: "An extended, substantial and widespread decline in aggregate economic activity, but one less severe than earlier 'depressions.' " The job of determining just which downturns belong in that category has fallen to the National Bureau of Economic Research, whose word on the subject is practically law in the profession...
...stay home with their children, even when the children were in school. Women who wanted higher education were expected to still be model wives and mothers. The point here is not so much that women are mistreated as that planning is needed to provide for people whose lifestyles differ from the traditional American family way of life. Single parent families, families in which one parent is a student and the other must work to provide support, and those in which both parents need or wish to work cannot operate feasibly without the benefit of child care...
...spokesman and interpreter of Nasser and the Arab socialism that the late President introduced into Egypt; even after Nasser's death and Sadat's succession, Heikal and al Ahram retained a special status and authority. But in recent months Heikal's foreign policy pronouncements began to differ from Sadat's apparent aims. For instance, while Sadat has been making overtures to reestablish Egyptian friendship with the U.S., Heikal's last column on Feb. 1 accused Washington of undermining Egypt's political role and disrupting Arab unity. The voice of al Ahram obviously...
...give up enough for an acceptable peace settlement. I greatly admire the abilities and intentions of Henry Kissinger, but even a man as brilliant as the Secretary of State cannot rise above a country's institutions." Because of his doubts over Nixon, said Heikal, "I began to differ with Sadat about the pace with which we were putting all our trust in Nixon. I believe we should retain our options, making concessions only bit by bit, but never putting all our eggs into one basket. I was afraid we were moving too fast. I know many thought my editorials...