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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...YEARS OF National Unity Government under Shimon Peres produced something of a transformation in Israel--the chronic turbulence of Israeli politics, which reached new heights in the second term of the Begin government, abated radically under Peres...
Thinking of a spending a term or two in the U.S. House of Representatives? Well, if you're a Democrat, you may have second thoughts about deciding to spend your college years studying in Harvard Yard. In last week's elections to the U.S., only two Harvard grads won spots in Congress and both were Republicans...
...mere guesswork: the vast majority of those who will sicken and die over the next five years already have the AIDS virus in their bodies. An estimated 1 million to 1.5 million people in the U.S. have been infected by HIV (for human immunodeficiency virus), the currently preferred term for the AIDS-causing agent. The academy calculates that at least 25% to 50% of them will develop the actual disease. Very few AIDS victims live more than three years after their disease is first diagnosed...
...short, the jewelry store scenario hardly deserves to be graced with the term "ethical dilemma." Yet the issues raised encompass more than the individual rights of minority groups. The racism inherent in Cohen's words involves something much more fundamental than class differences or fear of crime. It is a racism that strikes every Black person regardless of class, status, education or integrity. Camille Caesar...
...reminded of Dukakis as I watched first term Sen. Slade Gorton(R-Wash.) go down to defeat on Tuesday night. Gorton is earnest, straight and wants to do it right. He is honest to a fault, it appears...