Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite Kissinger's reassurances, the Israelis seemed doubtful that the Geneva meeting would accomplish anything substantive. They indicated that they were willing to pull back their forces from both banks of the Suez to the Mitla and Gidi passes in middle Sinai. In return, as Transportation Minister Shimon Peres said, "We want some guarantee that territorial concessions will bring about policy changes." One change that Israel will demand is full recognition by the Arabs. Israelis and the Arabs both are convinced, however, that a full peace agreement cannot be reached until the emotional issues of Jerusalem and the status...
...sponsor of the conference is Egypt's Anwar Sadat. One of his advisers, alluding to the Egyptian military crossing of the Suez Canal in October, last week referred to Sadat's decision to begin peace negotiations as "the political crossing." Most participants assume that the conference can accomplish little until after the Israeli elections on Dec. 31. The Egyptians reckon that Sadat will then have about six weeks in which to get some results from the conference. If he fails, Sadat seems prepared to resume the fighting, though without much enthusiasm and probably without the advantage of surprise...
...film makers hoped to reopen or revitalize the investigation of the assassination, there is nothing here to do it. The movie is so clumsy it may accomplish exactly the opposite: it may discredit all the theorists who have raised some pertinent and puzzling points and make them look like dabblers in unlikely melodrama. The movie trivializes national tragedy and leeches off still-painful wounds...
...whom were they trying to subdue? What did the movement represent, what did the participants and their leadership desire, and what did they accomplish...
Radcliffe swim coach Alice McCabe said yesterday that this change in strategy was a major factor in the win. "We decided to change our lineup to accomplish more depth," she said. "Because we had girls swimming events which were totally new to them, we succeeded in psyching out Mt. Holyoke and Wellesley...