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...with the 1929 Wailing Wall riots in Jerusalem which began an era of escalating violence and established the reign of terror of Hajj Amin al-Husayni, Grand Mufti (Muslim religious leader) of Jerusalem, the extremist leader who created "the Palestinian problem" by rejecting moderation and sowing intra-Arab dissension prior to the founding of Israel. The turbulent childhood of Rahman al-Qudwa (in later life Yasir Arafat) is shadowed by Palestinian fear and hostility to a growing influx of foreign Jews; it is the conflict between opposing reactions to this threat which marks young Rahman's coming...
...really, you ask, how bad is the ice surface? Why it's so bad that despite the gallant efforts of the zamboni man, who circled the arena enough times prior to the opening face-off to make a grown man nauseous, the ice still remained the color of clothes that aren't washed with Borax--in front of one net, there was a shotput circle, to the right of the other, the landing area for a long jump...
...significantly, the Kremlin has failed to respond to the nomination of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Malcolm Toon as the next American envoy to the Soviet Union. The Soviets may be displeased with Toon, a blunt career diplomat, who is an expert on East European affairs and who served two prior tours in Moscow. But they have not offered a single word of explanation of why no action has been taken on the nomination since Toon's name was submitted three months ago. The Toon affair may well be Carter's first test in handling the Soviets. Many analysts...
This is where Brown-Beasley's banana converter comes in. Since the August 4th firing Harvard's defense has leaned partially on a disturbingly vague clause in the personnel manual that reads, "Discharge without prior warnings or suspension may be justified for very serious offenses, for example, serious dishonesty, including theft of University property." (Harvard's arguments also rest on the University's contention that Brown-Beasley, who admits he is eccentric and hard to get along with, has a record of difficulties in jobs he has held at Harvard since 1969. But Brown-Beasley's University personnel file contains...
...Death of the Boogie Woogie. Old-timer Karl Bostic directs Black C.A.S.T. in the Loeb Ex. 64 Brattle Street, November 18-20. Tickets free the day prior to performance at the Loeb Box Office...