F. and now the head of a yeshiva in the West Bank settlement of Itamar, helped Bennett form the Jewish Home Party.

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Several other challengers, such as Itamar Franco, Mr Cardoso's quirky predecessor, and Ciro Gomes, a soft-left former state governor, seem to be fading.

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For example, penetrating analyses are provided by internationally renowned Western experts like Sir Martin Gilbert, Alan Dershowitz, Daniel Pipes, Caroline Glick, Steven Emerson, Robert Wistrich and Itamar Marcus.

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The winners were selected by a panel of nine judges that included playwrights Lynn Nottage, Itamar Moses, Diana Son and Brian Yorkey and Columbia University President Lee C.

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Itamar Franco, who, as a stand-in, preceded Mr Cardoso in the presidency and wishes he were still in it, has stopped paying most of what his state, Minas Gerais, owes to Brasilia.

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