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...most durable Republican in Virginia history, his nomination for a fourth term is now in doubt. James Miller, 53, once Ronald Reagan's Budget Director, is challenging Warner from the right in next week's primary by playing the populist against Warner's clubby image as a moderate Senate elder. The contest is full of ironies. For one, Warner supported Miller against Oliver North when the two were vying for the state's other Senate seat in 1994. For another, in that campaign it was Miller who cast himself as the establishment Republican against North's insurgent, red-meat campaign...
...dark side of his reputation perhaps unfairly clouds the elder statesman's very real history of achievement. During service in virtually every major Cabinet post, Peres built Israel's military industry from scratch, initiated development of its nuclear bomb program, extracted the country from its disastrous war in Lebanon and crushed hyperinflation...
...about his family. Last week his mother lent a Time photographer six pictures of him as a youngster, then called urgently at 1 a.m. to say he insisted on vetting them. Over the phone Netanyahu forbade the use of a photo that showed him with his father and his elder brother Jonathan...
...elder Sloan will receive his masters of liberal arts in History of Science from the Extension School. His son will receive his Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...
...These were courses I found intellectually stimulating," said the elder Sloan. "Then I found there was a masters degree program that I could join, and it seemed like a good challenge...