Word: ephraim
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...whom are not from Harvard--have little knowledge of how the normal Harvard bureaucracy operates. They have been unable to use the additional influence the new Faculty legislation gives them. Further, it would be disloyal for many Afro faculty members to oppose Guinier for with the exceptions of Ephraim Isaac and Azinna Nwafor '63, the chairman brought every one of them to Harvard...
Adding to Turkey's political malaise is the increasing activity of left-wing urban guerrilla groups, many of them composed of students or graduates from the universities. The guerrillas last year carried out a campaign of violence that culminated in the kidnap-murder of Israeli Consul General Ephraim Elrom. Terrorist Leader Mahir Cayan and a cadre of guerrillas from an organization called the Turkish People's Liberation Army were convicted of that crime and were in Istanbul's Maltepe Prison awaiting final sentencing. But they escaped four months ago, kidnaped three NATO radar experts serving...
Israeli Consul General Ephraim Elrom, 58, a man of habit, was late for lunch. Disturbed, his wife Else phoned his Istanbul office. "Something's wrong," she said. "Ephraim is always so punctual...
Elrom is the first Israeli diplomat to become a victim of urban guerrilla warfare anywhere, and the Israeli Cabinet promptly backed Turkey's tough stand against his abductors. A 23-year veteran of Israel's police force, Elrom was born Ephraim Hofstaedter in Poland, but after becoming a diplomat in 1969, he adopted a Hebrew surname-as is required of its envoys by the Israeli foreign service. Former head of Israel's criminal investigation department, Elrom was a key figure in gathering the evidence on which Adolf Eichmann was convicted, and acted as one of Eichmann...
...freshman U.S. Senator in 1954, Ervin thrust himself onto the front pages with a folksy anecdote underlining his contempt for his Communist-hunting Wisconsin colleague Joe McCarthy. According to Ervin, Uncle Ephraim Swink, a sick, arthritic mountaineer, was called upon to testify to his religious experiences at a revival meeting. Uncle Ephraim remained silent. Finally the minister said, "Brother Swink, suppose you tell us what God has done for you." Uncle Ephraim pulled his crippled body from his seat and replied, "Brother, he has mighty nigh ruint me." Said Ervin: "Mr. President, that is about what Senator McCarthy has done...