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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign trail, Begin pressed home his vision of Eretz Israel, the "land of Israel" with its extended biblical boundaries, as a necessary bastion of strength in a hostile world. As he had in 1977, Begin, an Ashkenazi originally from Poland, was skillfully using his hawkish posture to retain the support of lower-income Sephardi Jewish refugees from Arab lands who shared his distrust of Arabs. Two weeks ago, at a festival in Jerusalem's Sacher Park attended by some 50,000 North African Jews, Begin so charmed his audience that bodyguards had to protect the frail candidate from...
...Overseas Press Club Award for the best magazine interpretation of foreign affairs. Says National Editor John Elson, who was in charge of the project: "The object was to devote an entire issue to one subject that people actually knew very little about and at the same time to retain the newsmagazine approach." Before writing the main story, Diplomatic Correspondent Strobe Talbott made his sixth visit to the U.S.S.R., becoming the first Western journalist to tour the Central Asian republics after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. The bulk...
With Begin downplaying the confrontation with Syria, there were hints that an even broader agreement might be in the works. One report had it that Syria agreed not to seize the Sannin Ridge, but would retain control over the Bekaa Valley; in exchange, Israel promised not to attack the Syrians again on behalf of their Christian allies. Such a deal, if adopted, would remove the immediate cause of last week's flare-up. Thus, if a lasting peace in Lebanon seemed as elusive as ever at week's end, the dangers of a new Middle East...
Final results available yesterday indicate that Kirkland reigns as intramural champ and will retain possession of the Straus Cup for the second straight year. Coming up third behind Winthrop and Quincy after the fall slate of events, the K-House squads blew steam and performed impressively enough to edge Winthrop out of the top spot by only two-and-a-half points at the end of the winter season. While happy about Kirkland's victory, Peter Beilenson, the House athletic secretary, said last night that the level of K-House participation was down from last year. Final point totals...
...articles that stretches across the Atlantic from Paris and Milan to 5th Ave., skips across 66th and all the rest of the way down Park. Armani, Ungaro, Valentino, Versace, Fendi, Dior, St. Laurent. Not many college students are able to pull off these designs. The few are bound to retain a high profile in any classroom...