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...December 1992 a secret meeting took place at a hotel in central London. Six months in the arranging, it lasted only a few hours, and at the time neither of the participants thought much of what had been accomplished. Yair Hirschfeld, a Middle East history professor, was breaking Israeli law by talking to Ahmed Kriah, head of the P.L.O.'s economics department. But other Israeli free-lance peacemakers had worked their Palestinian connections before in private attempts to jump-start the peace process. None had succeeded. In the hotel Kriah said he was interested in broad bilateral talks with Israeli...
...Arnold Schwarzenegger. It's Rupert Murdoch, who's trying to prevent the termination of the bankrupt New York Post. Five years ago, after Murdoch bought a New York TV station, federal regulators forced him to sell the tabloid. A series of inept owners followed; the latest, Abe Hirschfeld, was so despised that his workers aboused him with headlines like WHO IS THIS NUT? In desperation, New York pols are importuning Washington to let Murdoch buy the Post again. Though staff members cheer, they may still face demands to tighten their belts one more notch...
Since then, the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Hoffenberg with using false financial statements to sell more than $400 million in securities. When his bid to take over the Post ran aground, he struck a deal with Hirschfeld to share ownership. After this liaison went asunder, the bankruptcy court on March 12 turned over the paper to Hirschfeld, who promptly axed Hamill. Within hours, the mutiny was under way. The cause of the Post staff's animus toward its new chief was twofold. One, Hirschfeld fired 72 employees. Two, he once spat on a reporter from the Miami Herald...
...Hirschfeld, who professed to enjoy all the attention, nevertheless got a court order barring Hamill from entering the building. At a rally outside the Post on Thursday, virtuoso prole-impersonators such as Norman Mailer and actor Danny Aiello were out in force. The situation reached a new level of hysteria Friday, when the cover of the Post was taken up by "an open letter to the judge deciding our fate." The missive begged Judge Francis Conrad to rescue the paper and, indeed, the civilized world from the "madman...
Nothing doing, said the judge: "It's a done deal." That prompted the two chief combatants to kiss and make up. Hamill would return to the newsroom, and Hirschfeld would confine himself to the business side. "Pete, do you need me back at the building right now?" cracked Hirschfeld. "Abe, go to Boca Raton!" answered Hamill. "Tell jokes, work the lounges -- just sign the checks...