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- July 21, 1995
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Netty C. Gross
Jerusalem Post
07-21-1995
On the periphery of an emerald-green Kfar Shmaryahu lawn and parallel to an oval swimming pool, a short, bald man is giving a lecture in Hebrew on the challenge of laying a clay tennis court on the topsoil of what was once a potato field. Listening to him, as waiters circulate with trays filled with miniature quiches, are a clusters of his friends - mostly high-powered lawyers and businessmen - their wives and, bizarrely, an African ambassador.
The purpose of the party? The host is celebrating a financial coup - the establishment of an overseas investment group intent on sinking mega-millions into choice Israeli high-tech firms. In the meantime ...