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...brutal repression of Palestinians on the occupied West Bank. As he told a Labor Party meeting in Tel Aviv last week: "When I was Minister of Defense [1974-77], I made sure that Israeli soldiers in the West Bank kept the safety catches of their weapons on." To woo Peretz and Linn, Peres offered them safe Labor seats in the next election. He also hoped to benefit from the fact that the three-member ultranationalist Tehiya Party was wavering in its support for the Likud...
...player, came out of high school last year as the most sought-after squash player in the country. He was the second-best junior in North America, the highest ranked junior who planned to enter college. Every program that took itself seriously put on its Sunday best to woo...
Thomas M.T. Niles, deputy assistant for European Affairs at the State Department, said the Reagan administration's failure to woo the entire populations of Western European countries reflects its inability to manage public opinion effectively. He described a situation where the media in those countries along with Soviet propaganda contributed to the picture of the United States as aggressor and Soviet Union as peacemaker...
Meanwhile, local officials are busily attempting to woo more companies to the region and to turn Miami into an interna tional tional trading trading center. center. Rolls-Royce Rolls-Royce Inc. Inc. opened an aircraft engine part machining plant at Miami International Airport this year, and a number of electronics, pharmaceutical and medical-equipment companies are moving into the region. The Miami Free Zone, one of dozens of free-trade districts in the U.S. where imported goods can be stored and assembled with out being subject to Customs duties, has handled over $326 million worth of goods this year...
...than subtle: in a swap for their votes, Democrat Dennis DeConcini of Arizona was informed that Reagan would not campaign against him next year, while Republican Charles Grassley of Iowa was told that his choice for U.S. Attorney back home would be quickly nominated. A more promising tactic to woo votes is the Administration's proposal to send a presidential letter of "certification" to Congress assuring members that certain conditions for the deal (U.S. access to the data collected by the AW ACS, for example) will...