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...British, and twice he escaped. In 1941 he stole out of detention, grew a full beard and traveled around the country disguised as a rabbi; in 1946 he helped fellow prisoners in Eritrea tunnel their way to freedom, fled to Ethiopia and sought asylum in France. When the British quit Palestine in 1948, following the creation of the state of Israel, Shamir returned at last to Tel Aviv. He later entered the shadowy realm of Israel's intelligence agency, MOSSAD. It was not until 1969, after he had become the manager of a small rubber fac tory, that Shamir...
Reversing the usual path of Canadian politics, the tall, well-groomed Mulroney was elected Conservative leader without ever having won elective office. Because a Prime Minister must be a Member of Parliament, a Tory M.P. from rural Nova Scotia obligingly quit his seat, precipitating a by-election. Immediately announcing his candidacy, Mulroney moved his family from Montreal into a three-bedroom log cabin in Northumberland Strait, Nova Scotia, and forswore his Gucci shoes and expensive suits for moccasins and old sweaters. He stuck close to matters of local concern, such as improving harbors and providing financial aid for fishermen...
President Bok responded immediately by declaring that he made up his mind and student pressure would not change it there would be no divestiture. Several of the strikers quit, while other vowed to hold...
Harvard's leading information technology official, Howard L. Resnikoff, quit in July to help found an artificial intelligence firm. In his two years at the University, the associate vice president for information services and technology oversaw campus efforts to integrate computers into instruction and administration...
...contract also sets out a new formula for employees forced to quit because of the Jan. 1 breakup of the Bell System or who lose their jobs because of automation. For example, ousted workers with 25 years of seniority can get up to 45 weeks' pay. Other provisions will delay for 36 months any pay reductions that come about because of the divestiture or job reassignment. Still another one will allow for up to $2,500 in relocation pay for displaced people. In short, the new contract is really trying to prepare workers for more and more automation...