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ANSHEL PFEFFER
Jerusalem Post
05-04-2006
Headline: Israel's first life-size prime minister
Byline: ANSHEL PFEFFER
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 01

Thursday, May 4, 2006 -- Ehud Olmert will not be the first member of "Dor Hamedina," the generation that grew up after the establishment of the state, to be sworn in as prime minister. But unlike his two contemporaries, Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak, he has never been seen as larger than life.

While Netanyahu was the magician who swept to power against incredible odds, and Barak was - briefly - the hero who was going to fix all the nation's ills in one fell swoop, Olmert has never been anything more than a professional politician, albeit ...

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