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...even in New York City she had a circle of old family friends to fall back on, since her parents had written first for Broadway. As a young reporter at the New York Post, Ephron presumed on her mother's acquaintance with her boss, the paper's owner, Dorothy Schiff, to present fellow reporters' complaints about filthy working conditions at the Post. Schiff gave her the runaround -- a dangerous thing to do to Ephron. Though she had been doing fluffy "women's items" at the Post, Nora discovered her real (and deadly) talent when she deftly beheaded Schiff...
...life for the Palestinians remains extremely difficult. Only political courage on both sides of the barricades can alter the painful status quo. And there can be no doubt that on both sides of the barricades, there is pain. "The Arabs are paying the higher physical price," says Ze'ev Schiff, defense editor of the Israeli daily Ha'aretz. "Israel pays the moral...
Eight I.D.F. personnel have been arrested, as well as eight civilians. Files have reportedly been opened on 200 suspects. Ze'ev Schiff, a leading Israeli military commentator, said the "enormous stress" on the I.D.F. from so many wars, intensified by lengthier reserve duty during the nine-month-old Palestinian uprising, may have weakened the willingness of some Israelis to / serve. In the past, when the I.D.F. discovered cases of forged medical records, most of the culprits were trying to get into elite units by concealing disqualifying ailments...
...Generally it's a good deal for the investment banks to get very bright and educated young people who are for the most part willing to work long hours," says Samuel L. Hayes, Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at the Business School...
Unlike the U.S., which claims a three-mile territorial limit, the Soviet Union claims a 12-mile limit along its coast, Schiff explained. The U.S. will accept such a claim, but any country claiming 12 miles "must allow for innocent passage by the ships of all nations," he said...