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...pressed Begin hard, insisting that Israel sign the treaty. "No, sir," replied the Israeli leader. "We are a free people and we are not going to sign it unless we decide." In a separate meeting with senior Israeli deputies, Carter was chided for dealing as Laban did with the Patriarch Jacob in Genesis 29: 15-28, reneging on a bargain and increasing the price. Retorted Carter, an accomplished student of the Bible: "But look at what a beautiful wife Jacob...
Nahigian doesn't want to hear about the past. "I'm an optimist," he says, and as the new patriarch of the Harvard baseball heritage, he has the chance to redirect the disposition of the program in a positive...
DIED. Robert George Grosvenor, 68, fifth Duke of Westminster and patriarch of a family whose wealth probably ranks second in Great Britain only to the Queen's; of emphysema; at Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. A descendant of William the Conqueror, Grosvenor served in the Royal Artillery during World War II and in the House of Commons from 1955 to 1964 before inheriting the dukedom from his older brother in 1967. Nine years later he passed along to his son Gerald...
...Solzhenitsyn Library: A solid choice if a bit difficult to pronounce for some. Aleksandr is a bearded patriarch of human rights and his name should inspire decent--if non-materialistic--political thoughts in K-School students. The contest organizers want an inspirational name. Who could better satisfy them? Objections: Tinges and wisps of Socialism and Communism. The guy doesn't even speak English. Newsweek caption: "Solzhenitsyn at Harvard, permanently...
...dynasty. In his home country, nearly everybody utters his name with reverence; his photograph, hawked on virtually every Iranian street corner, is now as ubiquitous as the Shah's portrait once was. Yet little is known of the private life and thought of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, the enigmatic patriarch of 32 million Shi'ite Muslims who regard him as their guiding light...