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Bernanke, 51, had long been considered a leading candidate for the chairmanship, along with Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 and Columbia Graduate School of Business Dean R. Glenn Hubbard...
Bernanke, 51, had long been considered a leading candidate for the chairmanship, along with Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 and Columbia Graduate School of Business Dean R. Glenn Hubbard...
...letter of support from Begin, who remained in seclusion at his Jerusalem home, won the first round when a Shamir loyalist, Minister of Labor Moshe Katzav, was elected convention chairman. He lost the second when Sharon defeated Shamir's candidate, Begin's son Benny, 43, a political neophyte, for chairmanship of the committee that controls the selection of delegates...
...showdown would have come in the third round, which pitted Shamir's candidate, Minister Without Portfolio Moshe Arens, against Levy for the chairmanship of the convention steering committee. Instead, the convention ground to a halt when Sharon tried to pack it with 200 pro-Sharon and pro-Levy delegates. Addressing Sharon, Shamir demanded: "Do you think being chairman of the mandates committee is the same thing as being a front commander or Chief of Staff?" Shamir accused Levy of "megalomania" and described the convention as a "circus." Scoffed Levy: "Shamir's behavior is better suited to Disneyland...
...looking into the crystal ball, Fed watchers wonder whether Summers would still be a viable candidate for the chairmanship a half decade down the road...