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...shock waves throughout Israel and indeed throughout the world. It was hailed in the U.S. and Western Europe as a remarkable example of self-criticism by a democratic society. Said the New York Times: "How rare the nation that seeks salvation by revealing such shame." In France, Interior Minister Gaston Defferre remarked, "This report is the honor of Israel. It gives the world a new lesson in democracy." The Italian Communist paper L'Unita called the report "a turning point for Israel," while Italian Journalist Arrigo Levi wrote in La Stampa of Turin: "It would be difficult to find...
When I went to collect my papers from the pigeonholes at Warren House. I stood beside handsome John Gaston, late of the Marines, now a tough varsity end who was in my section watching me riffle through my A's, he exploded. "What the hell have you been...
...wishes Gaston and his tough varsity muscles had exercised less restraint in his explosion...
...when Minister of the Interior Gaston Deferre arrived at Goldenberg's a short while after the attack, a mob gathered outside appeared intent on a lynching. "Mitterrand traitor!" "Mitterrand assassin!" they yelled at the President's representative as the police struggled to maintain control. Deferre took in the scene, said nothing, and quickly left...
...Worthy grocery store in Calexico, Calif., business has plunged 40% in the past month. Complains Store Manager Gaston Lopez: "We used to be busy all day. The four registers never stopped ringing. But I've had to lay off two cashiers, and the other two are working 40-hour weeks instead of 50." Says Wilfred Madrid, a department store owner in El Paso: "My business is off 80%. It's dead out there in the streets, and it's like a morgue here in the store." Last week the U.S. Small Business Administration...