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...Slate. The man with perhaps the strongest claim on the right of succession was the suave, tough-minded Peres (see box). There was speculation that Foreign Minister Yigal Allon, 58, might contest Peres for the nomination. Allon, whose strength lies with the dovish left-wing Mapam faction of the party, eventually decided not to do so. Thus the path was cleared for a party-unifying compromise: Peres would run for Premier, his ally Abba Eban would be nominated for his old post of Foreign Minister, and Allon would be offered Defense. On Sunday, the Central Committee voted overwhelmingly for Peres...
Even with a new slate, Labor faces a potential electoral catastrophe in May. Tired, internally riven, battered by earlier scandals, the party was in poor shape for a fight before the latest disaster. Its strength in the 120-seat Knesset has dropped in the past twelve years, from 65 seats to 53. Moreover, the party bears an image of listlessness and indecision...
With Saturday's conquest, Harvard has survived the first challenge of a tough slate of league matches. Navy, a perennially strong contingent, had already beaten down powerful Columbia, 5-4, and added Penn to its list of victims...
Coach Wynn, who could find the bright side to a tidal wave, was nonetheless impressed with some strong individual performances amidst his team's sub-.500 slate. Freshman Katie Ditzler and patty Wen were the standouts in singles play, both racking up 4-1 records during the trip...
Since 1789, Americans have been electing their Presidents by a Constitutional procedure designed to help preserve the rights of the individual states, a sensitive political issue at the time. As everybody who has taken Civics I should know, when the voters mark their ballots, they are really endorsing a slate of electors picked by the candidate's party. The electors of the winning party are authorized to cast all of their state's votes (a total equal to the number of its Congressmen and Senators) for their candidate. But they are not legally bound...