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C2 Sunday, Feb. 2, 1997 HEWS Israeli Miss Manners takes on rudest 1 1 Mission impossible? One woman is Litam Manners mmni nrtmn cm otv Up I oSpeed Katz, a dealer in gemstones. Some regard the question of Israeli behavior simply as a matter of cultural differences. Conduct deemed by foreigners as thoughtless or rude can be viewed by Israelis as direct. Lancut-Leibovitz, 48, started out as an interior decorator and soon discovered "the people I worked for weren't as nice or as beautiful as their houses." She studied under an earlier Israeli etiquette writer known as the Emily Post of Israel, the late Hanna Bavly, and refined her skills traveling in America and Britain.

Manners are becoming more important to Israelis, she said, as Israel matures as a nation. "charm" school opened last year, Lancut-Leibovitz has a vision of Israelis speaking in a civil tongue and using the proper fork. She offers classes for teenagers, starting at $150, and provides personal consulting service for businessmen and diplomats that start at $2,500. Customers are flocking to her stylish, high-tech Tel Aviv studio to learn everything from the proper handshake to how to se- lect and taste wine. Most are motivated by business.

To get ahead in a global economy, you've got to learn the niceties that help seal the deal. "What I've learned here al- ready has given me an edge on my competitors," said Rachel 1 DEBBIE LERMAN Cox Tami Lancut-Leibovitz is a private image consultant and etiquette book author. Juror in Simpson trial replaced After three days of deliberations in the wrongful-death lawsuit against 0. J. Simpson, the only black juror, a woman, was dismissed and replaced by an Asian-American male alternate.

The jury then was ordered to to start over. The dismissed juror, a widow in her 60s whose late husband was a parole agent, reportedly was dismissed for failing to disclose during jury selection that her daughter works as a legal secretary for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, which prosecuted Simpson in his criminal trial two years ago. Coming up: Simpson could lose millions of dollars if the jury verdict goes against him. WORLD SOUTH AFRICAN RECONCILIATION: Five white former South African security policemen admitted responsibility for the 1977 death of charismatic I hi 0, Daily Wear Soft $49" I Um1 PflotroOflw No Pltnll Only CQ4 anti-apartheid leader Steve Biko, which oc- curred in police custody. Coming up: All those seeking amnesty from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission have until June to apply.

CHECHNYA VOTE: The Chechen military leader who masterminded the defeat of Russian forces and wants independence for Chechnya won a decisive victory in the breakaway region's presidential election. Coming up: Asian Maskhadov vows to press for Chechnya's inde-' pendence, something Russia insists it will not accept. SWISS SECRECY: Switzerland's ambassador to Washington, Carlos Jag-, metti, resigned after out- erica's ISest Vivan, 5, and Kasturi, 4, left, pray before i photo and a wooden box containing the ashes of their great-greatgrandfather, Mohandas Gandhi, at a viewing gallery i Allahabad. The ashes of the revered Indian leader were taken to the banks of the Ganges River, i where they were scattered in a ceremony Thursday. Gandhi was assassinated in 1943.

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Restrictions May Apply. i 'I 1 I (In! -A "A 'i 'i working to teach politeness to feisty nations uncivil people. By Charles W. Holmes STAFF CORRESPONDENT Tel Aviv, Israel Impudent. Rude.

Impatient. That's what Israelis replied a few years ago when pollsters asked for adjectives that best described the national personality. Bezeq, the national telephone company, apparently shares the view. Last year, it mailed notices seeking to remedy some social lapses. Advice such as: Turn off your cellular phone when attending funerals and don't gab in a movie theater while the show is on.

Into the fray comes the Miss Manners of Israel. In her tailored, pinstriped suits and soft-spoken tones, Tami Lancut-Leibovitz is on a mission that some say is impossible in this abrupt, in-your-face society: Teaching good manners. "Israelis are the biggest enemies of themselves," she said. Sales clerks tend to be inattentive. Lines at post offices and banks are sprawling masses where newcomers storm to the front claiming their place was saved while they left to shop.

Drivers are aggressive; the traffic fatality rate is almost triple that of most European countries. The Knesset, Israel's parliament, is notorious for members ranting at one another. A longstanding joke is that when school teachers are desperate to quiet a classroom of unruly students they shout: "Where do you think you are, the Knesset?" Why are Israelis so uncivil? "Manners are shared values and there are no shared values in a young country full of immigrants," Lancut-Leibovitz said. Author of three books on manners and director of a 7:30 a.m. CD 1 1 Alive In-Depth Controversy over beauty pageants and child contestants.

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CD 60 Minutes Easy en try of Nazi SS veterans into Cana da after World War II; manhunt for killer of Irish journalist Ve ronica Guerint British Labor Party leader Tony Blair. (CC) 8685 Find AMAZING bargains daily in the raging Jewish groups and their supporters by comparing his country's Nazi gold crisis to a "war." Coming up: Two Swiss commissions are looking into the issue of how much in assets belonging to Jews is still locked away in banks. WASHINGTON CABINET CHOICES: Alexis Herman's Senate confirmation as secretary of labor and Anthony Lake's as CIA director were delayed because of questions about Herman's political fund-raising activities and Lake's stock portfolio and statements about Iranian arms shipments to Bosnia. Coming up: If either is voted down, it will be a political setback for President Clinton. I Andrew Cuomo was confirmed as secretary of housing and urban development, and William Daley as secretary of commerce.

CAMPAIGN FINANCING: President Clinton conceded that "mistakes were made" during fund-raising for his re-election effort. Coming up: Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) pledged that his committee will conduct a thorough investigation into Democratic fund-raising practices. NATION AMERICA OFFLINE: In response to threats of lawsuits, America Online the fast-growing company that has ushered nearly 8 million Americans into cyberspace, agreed to pay millions of dollars in compensation for the network traffic jams that have angered its customers since December. Coming up: Those who paid the $19.95 flat rate were offered full or partial refunds, based on how much time they spent on AOL in December and January.

SOUTH MISSILE TESTING: A government proposal to launch target missiles from the Florida Keys for interception was opposed by environmentalists and residents at the first of several public meetings. Coming up: The military is drafting an environmental impact statement; a decision is not expected earlier than mid-1998. VAMPIRE LAYINGS: Heather Wendorf, 15, one of five teens in a so-called vampire cult, was cleared by a Florida grand jury of murder charges in the bludgeoning deaths of her parents. Coming up: The four others have been indicted and face trial. LOCAL JEWELL LIBEL SUIT: After reaching a second financial settlement with CNN Richard Jewell filed a lawsuit against The At- lanta Journal-Constitution, which first named him as a suspect in the Olympic Park bombing.

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