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...Herut loyalists erupted with cheers of "Begin, Begin." But as the long night of ballot counting passed, the name Shamir began to be heard more often. By 1:40 a.m., the decision was official. Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir, 67, had defeated his only rival for the top party slot, Deputy Prime Minister David Levy, 45, by 436 votes to 302. The rapid sequence of events that had started with Begin's sudden announcement that he would resign seemed to have stunned Shamir. "I don't think he is hungry for the job," confided an aide...
...states, which are nominally independent. His flagship is Sun City, a glittering $140 million oasis built in the homeland with the virtually unpronounceable name of Bophuthatswana. The state has a population of 1.4 million and an average annual income of less than $500 a year. The resort's slot machines, roulette wheels and befeathered chorus girls attract as many as 50,000 visitors a day, mostly well-to-do whites who make the two-hour drive from Pretoria and Johannesburg...
...overwhelming was the response to this original broadcast that the network immediately decided to continue the telethon for a total of 65 hours over the following eight days. Since then, the program has been moved into a regular twelve-hour time slot that begins on Friday nights. It has become by far the most popular TV show in South Korea, commanding as much as 78% of the viewing audience. Lee Won Hong, 54, president of KBS-TV, attributes the telethon's success in part to color television's widespread acceptance in South Korea, but the show...
...attempted assassination of President Reagan, exclaiming on the air, "Let's get it nailed down, somebody!" For many years the ratings of World News Tonight did not match those of its network rivals, but this year Reynolds' show pulled ahead of NBC to the second slot, then slipped dramatically after his illness forced him off the air in late April...
...sent out, much to the relief of the harried admissions staff. The process is not completed for those on the waiting list still waiting for a decision sometime during the summer By early July only 15 students remain on a special list, which at least guarantees them a slot the following year if a space does not open during August, so as to keep them from enrolling in another school...