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...enemies called us terrorists, our friends patriots," wrote Menachem Begin, head of the Irgun, in words that could be used by any terrorist at any time. Begin has found his past associations no handicap in Israel; he now sits in the Knesset as leader of the opposition Likud bloc. Another Irgun member, Arie Ben-Eliezer, served as deputy speaker of the Knesset, and Nathan Yellin-Mor, a leader of the Stern Gang, won a seat in the Israeli parliament only a few months after the murder of Count Bernadotte...
Among the Democrats, Alabama Governor George Wallace has declined in acceptability to 38% from 42% in May; in both surveys, slightly more than half found him unacceptable. But the potential candidacy of Washington Senator Henry ("Scoop") Jackson seems to have flourished, though his major handicap still is the fact that about half of the people surveyed do not know enough about him to have an opinion. Still, his rating since May has climbed from 25% to 30%, while the proportion of those who find him unacceptable has declined slightly, from...
...Israeli Cabinet in a governmental shake-up last May. But he will return to Israel to take his seat in the Knesset in December, with no fears that his academic interlude might weaken his appeal. "In politics," he says, "a discreet measure of literacy is no longer a fatal handicap...
...scientist at Canada's Ontario Research Foundation has found a convenient way to overcome the microscope's handicap; Physicist Eric J. Chatfield has devised an adapter system that enables the electron-microscope user to get three-dimensional images. His optical stereo, which he developed at a cost of only $25,000-less than the price of a typical electron-microscope-operates on an ingenious yet simple principle reminiscent of Hollywood's experiments with 3-D movies in the 1950s...
...Nebraska (his parents were both teachers), and his high school traumas (he was the shortest boy in any assembly). He was also the brightest and most competitive (he was twice a Nebraska state champion in gymnastics, a sport in which his 5 ft. 6 in. height was no handicap...