Word: portfolios
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Israeli Labor Party leader Shimon Peres traded the foreign affairs portfolio for the Finance Ministry, he also traded headaches: curing the country's ailing economy won't be much easier than making peace. Israel's highly socialized economy suffers from double-digit inflation, lagging exports, shrunken tourism and the high cost of dealing with the Palestinian uprising. Last week Peres set off a storm of protest when he unveiled an austerity plan that affronted many, including members of his own party...
...Washington, to replace Labor leader Shimon Peres as Foreign Minister in Shamir's 26-member Cabinet. Peres, under strong pressure from his party to ensure a government bailout of the troubled Histadrut labor federation and the kibbutz movement, the twin pillars of Labor support, opted instead for the finance portfolio. Peres insists he will continue to speak out on foreign policy issues as leader of the Labor Party. But it will be Shamir and Arens who finally give Israel one official voice on diplomatic matters...
...minimum, Labor wants the Defense post for Yitzhak Rabin, who held it in the previous government, and either Finance or the Foreign Ministry for Peres. Shamir would happily retain Rabin at Defense, but he has yet to offer Peres a major portfolio. Says a senior Likud member: "If Shamir gives Finance and Defense to Labor, he really gives up control of the government...
...wagered $1 million on stocks last week. But at worst he stands to lose only $49.95. That is the fee that 13,000 students paid to enter AT&T's first Collegiate Investment Challenge, a four-month contest designed to give an almost-real adventure in handling a stock portfolio...
...first page. Certain information that is included in longer resumes, such as a list of publications or a list of references, may be presented separately as attachments if you decide that they are important to your application. Other attachments may include an annotated transcript, clippings, writing sample, portfolio, and letters of recommendation...