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For those who feel the present system is inherently unfast, any result short of universal acclaim will be an indictment against it. The housing lottery as it presently exists, with students expressing their choices and hoping for the best, seeks the happiness of some (the 69 percent who get their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Just Housing | 2/14/1985 | See Source »

Puzo works hard to make his story back-lot mythic. Spartacus led his slave army out of the Cammarata hills to fight the Romans. A skeleton dug out of the rocky soil is said to have belonged to one of Hannibal's elephants. The novel's hero, Turi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: God Cousins | 12/3/1984 | See Source »

Depositors and employees of Continental greeted the rescue with relief, even though it was the last thing they wanted a few months ago. While many customers have fled the bank, others have stuck with it out of loyalty. Says Donald Romans, vice president of Bally Manufacturing, a billion-dollar customer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Betting Billions on a Bank | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

In one skit, Labor chastised Likud for seeming to claim that nothing had been accomplished in Israel before Begin came to power in 1977. "Did you hear, the Likud built Masada?" a comedian asked in a reference to the fabled mountain fortress at which Jewish warriors held off the Romans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel: The Final Lap | 7/23/1984 | See Source »

Israel's illegal pre-independence army, Yadin used his knowledge of biblical history and ancient fortifications to help construct modern battle plans. Two decades later, after gaining acclaim for obtaining the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient manuscripts, he led the excavations at the fortress of Masada, where he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 9, 1984 | 7/9/1984 | See Source »

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