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Adding to his tactical difficulties, Peres has a credibility problem. He has a reputation in Israel for being weak on security issues. In part, this is because he was never a combat soldier, unlike many other prominent Israeli political figures. His penchant for making dreamy, naive predictions about "the new...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERES' TERRIBLE CHOICES | 3/18/1996 | See Source »

When First Interstate Bank, which last month merged with Wells Fargo to create the second largest bank in California, also turned him down, Payne wrote a letter to the Federal Reserve Bank threatening to file a complaint of redlining (loan discrimination against minority neighborhoods). First Interstate then offered $585,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE IMPOSSIBLE DREAM | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

It's understandable that in the first few days after a major snowfall the sidewalks will be slippery, as men and machines struggle to simply remove the masses of snow. But Harvard's sidewalks, in my two years of experience, are simply never cleared. I almost killed myself on Mt...

Author: By David H. Goldbrenner, | Title: FIELDS OF GLEAM | 1/12/1996 | See Source »

Now that Yeltsin's future is clouded, next month's vote looms even larger on the political calendar. The Russian Communist Party is leading in public-opinion polls and could forge a solid majority against Yeltsin's reforms, if it joins forces with the Congress of Russian Communities, the party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEEING IS NOT BELIEVING | 11/13/1995 | See Source »

Serious accidents happen on college campuses all the time. As last weekend's tragedy in the Boston University hockey arena shows, on-site care needs to be readily available at all times of the day. From athletic events to slippery winter weather, hazards exist for all members of the Harvard...

Author: By Corinne E. Funk, | Title: UHS Is Just Not 'E.R.' | 10/24/1995 | See Source »

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