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Stark Note. At 77, Mrs. Meir is ca pable of self-assessment - but not objectivity. In her own eyes she was inflex ible, but solely in matters that affected the welfare of Israel. Her celebrated in transigence occurred only in the eyes of "people who are not great admirers of mine." She was also a self-confident leader with "only a circle of one to con sult, myself." At the same time, after she became Premier, Mrs. Meir admits that she "could certainly understand the reservations of those people in the country who thought that a 70-year-old grandmother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Circle of One | 11/24/1975 | See Source »

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