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Levinger was the founder of Qiryat Arba. Shortly after the 1967 war, he led a group of his followers, posing as Swiss tourists, to Hebron, where they squatted in the Park Hotel until the Labor government of Premier Levi Eshkol gave them permission to settle in a nearby military encampment. Once their presence was established, the squatters pushed for permanent quarters. In due course, Qiryat Arba, a fortress-like project of high-rise apartments, shops, synagogues and schools, was built by the government at a cost of $50 million...
...companies that have paid to sell their products through the Moscow Olympics include Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss, Wrigley, Burger King, McDonald's and Gillette. Most have now tentatively abandoned sales plans. Levi Strauss, which gave the U.S. Olympic Committee $275,000 and planned to supply $2.5 million worth of athletes' uniforms free, is redesigning a planned $8 million Olympic TV advertising campaign...
...some firms, though, the Olympic boycott may mean more than just a temporary setback and the ruination of an expected sales bonanza. Levi Strauss's negotiations to build a blue-jean plant in the Soviet Union could be damaged by the boycott. Coca-Cola saw the Olympics as its first major penetration of the Soviet market, which Pepsi-Cola so far has cornered. The company had already sent Moscow large supplies of the concentrated Coke syrup. But last week Chairman J. Paul Austin told his old friend and fellow Georgian Jimmy Carter that the company would abide...
...more sensitive in the creation of Pudding characters. We are grateful to the Harvard-Radcliffe Asian American Association for bringing this matter to our attention. We welcome further dialogue and will be happy to meet with any members of the Harvard community to discuss the show. David I. Levi '80 President, Hasty Pudding Theatricals
Charles A. Milot '80, co-producer of the show, and David Levi'80, president of the HPC, declined to comment yesterday on the AAA protest...