Word: ev
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that life for the Palestinians remains extremely difficult. Only political courage on both sides of the barricades can alter the painful status quo. And there can be no doubt that on both sides of the barricades, there is pain. "The Arabs are paying the higher physical price," says Ze'ev Schiff, defense editor of the Israeli daily Ha'aretz. "Israel pays the moral...
Eight I.D.F. personnel have been arrested, as well as eight civilians. Files have reportedly been opened on 200 suspects. Ze'ev Schiff, a leading Israeli military commentator, said the "enormous stress" on the I.D.F. from so many wars, intensified by lengthier reserve duty during the nine-month-old Palestinian uprising, may have weakened the willingness of some Israelis to / serve. In the past, when the I.D.F. discovered cases of forged medical records, most of the culprits were trying to get into elite units by concealing disqualifying ailments...
...only by the bell: just three hours before Levy was widely expected to make formal his challenge on national TV, he received a pointed phone call. "I don't think a contest would be good for the movement at this time," he was reportedly told by Ze'ev Binyamin Begin, a 41-year-old geologist who also happens to be the son of Israel's former Prime Minister. Fifteen minutes later, Levy decided against running...
...quell the protests, the finance ministry has worked out an agreement with the Histadrut, the labor federation respon sible for 90% of Israel's public servants and 700,000 private-sector employees. Ev ery worker will get an additional $43 a month to help compensate for inflation, at least until April 1 , when the present set of wage agreements expires...
Moss Hart testified that the prayer of ev ery aspiring playwright was, "Please God, let Jed Harris do my play." Nevertheless, with playwrights from Ben Hecht to Thornton Wilder, he imposed marathon revisions and usually ended by demanding a co-author credit and half the royalties. When he directed Arthur Miller's The Crucible in 1953, he responded to an out-of-town audience's calls for the author by going onstage and taking...