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...university balanced $255 million budget by trimming faculty slightly and raising tuition; but drive to increase $272 million endowment lags. Salary modest (low $40,000 range) and perks limited to gray stone house-but high-visibility job with potential for future Washington employment. One past president, Edward Levi, became U.S. Attorney General. Curriculum vitae to University of Chicago...
Edward Hirsch Levi, LL.D., former Attorney General. You assured a skeptical people that its highest legal office was once again committed to the nation's highest principles...
...Administration has adopted your aircraft-noise program," Ford told William Coleman, who used to be head of the Department of Transportation. The new people were reaping a lot of benefits from the Ford Administration initiatives, lamented Jerry. Take the wiretapping bill, said Ford, turning to former Attorney General Ed Levi. Bill Simon, who used to run Treasury, summed up his grave doubts about the economy under what he felt was the vacillating hand of Jimmy Carter. After more talk and some laughs. Ford said that as for himself, "I am going to be heard from...
Begin's unexpected rise to power not only changed the internal politics of Israel but suddenly raised serious questions about hopes for any new moves toward a peace settlement in the Middle East. Repudiating the Labor Party of Israel's founders?David Ben-Guri-on, Levi Eshkol, Golda Meir?Israel's 2.2 million voters gave Begin's Likud 44 seats in the new 120-member Knesset, a gain of five. Labor ended up with 33 seats, a loss of 18 from the previous parliament. The new Democratic Movement for Change, led by Archaeologist and Onetime Chief of Staff Yigael Yadin...
Later elected to the Knesset under Ben-Gurion's patronage, Peres built a political power base that reinforced his strong position among the military. Still, in 1965 he made enemies by joining Ben-Gurion in a group opposing the government of then Premier Levi Eshkol. Not until 1968 was Peres' faction reintegrated into the Labor Party. Subsequently Peres began broadening his expertise. He held such diverse jobs as Minister for Economic Development of Occupied Territories, Immigration, Transport and Communications and Information. When he lost a close race to Rabin for the premiership in 1974, Peres accepted the post...