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The state of the economy was not the only issue that inflamed Israeli tempers last week. A visit by five members of West Germany's Green Party resulted in a fracas on the Knesset floor. Claiming that the Greens have expressed support for the Palestine Liberation Organization, Geula Cohen of...
The gunman's timing, however, was fortunately poor. Quebec Premier René Lévesque and his Cabinet were not due in the Salon Bleu until that afternoon. Some ministers were having a late breakfast, though, and they quickly barricaded themselves in the legislature's restaurant. But Assembly...
What gives? Obviously, racism is not something one approaches like unemployment or inflation. You can't throw money at racism. You can't solve the problem through tax cuts, defense hikes, or constructing more shelters for the homeless. But Boston is a city on the move, as Kevin White always...
*Last February, Montgomery plainclothes police who later said they were chasing a suspect invaded the home of a family that had just returned from a funeral. The 26 members of the Taylor family watched two unidentified white men kick down their door. Family members from out of town--Ohio and...
Takeovers earned a bad name during the destructive Bendix-Martin Marietta fracas last summer in which Bendix Chairman William Agee first lost control of his company and later lost his job, when Allied Corp. came to Bendix's aid as a so-called white knight in the battle but...