Word: rubinsteins
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Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein spared Netanyahu and Hanegbi but said his office had made no decision on Lieberman and was considering an indictment against Deri for extortion, obstruction of justice and fraud. Why Netanyahu got off the legal hook may be partly explained by chief prober Sando Mazor. He conceded in a covering letter that much of the evidence against Netanyahu came from just one "central witness," who, Israeli press reports say, is Dan Avi-Yitzhak. He was a strong candidate for Attorney General and also happened to be Deri's trial lawyer until Deri forced the Bar-On choice...
...rhythms unreliable. Most disconcerting was the absence of any notion of what the pieces were designed to convey; Helfgott played a lot of notes but not much music. The audience didn't mind. Each piece was greeted with a roaring standing ovation, the kind once accorded only to a Rubinstein or a Horowitz...
...also helped launch the discount-brokerage business, restructured the company's debt and supervised advertising and marketing. Until a few months ago, he spent 50% to 60% of his time at JB Oxford's headquarters--in an office that was larger than Rubenstein's own digs. (Although Rubinstein points out, "I have the corner office...
Nevertheless, Rubinstein's sympathy never completely blinds him to his subject's many ambiguities. The Ilya Ehrenburg who emerges from Tangled Loyalties is not a heroic man, but he is marvelously complex, as fascinating as the era he lived through. Tangled Loyalties must be of interest to anyone concerned about the troubled relationship between art and politics, both in the last century and in the century about to start...
Harvard Authors at the Harvard Book Store. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Harvard-affiliated authors will be on hand to discuss their recent books. Some of the highlights: Michael Sandel (10 a.m.), Alan Dershowitz (11 a.m.), Stanley Cavell (11:30 a.m.), Werner Sollors (2 p.m.) and Joshua Rubinstein (3 p.m.; see review of Tangled Loyalties, page...