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...representatives of opposition factions have been traveling in the United States during the last week. Shulamit Aloni is a leading leftist in Israeli politics; she founded the Citizens Rights Party as an offshot of Labor, and calls for more attention to societal problems such as prejudice against Oriental Jews and Arabs, lack of consumer protection, and expanding, depersonalized bureaucracy. Aloni served as a Minister in Rabin's cabinet until last month, when she resigned in protest over his decision to include the rightist National Religious Party in the governing coalition. She has, however, retained her seat in the Knesset. Although...
...continuous increase in the number of concentrators in Government and Economics, an increase brought about by the growing importance of government in the national economy, has come a recognition that public service will absorb a greater percentage of Harvard graduates than ever before. And the Littauer School, another offshot of this movement, will attempt to give these men specialized training before they take up their individual positions on the governmental payroll...
...further expression of gratitude, James made Arabella's brother the first Duke of Marlborough, the line from which offshot England's present irrepressible Winston Churchill, whilom Chancellor of the Exchequer (TIME, June 17 et ante...
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