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...relating to it. "We can never be certain that we have recaptured it as it really was. But the least we can do is stay within the evidence." Often in this process of arranging the facts in narrative form, a theory or historical generalization will emerge of its own accord. It may be a modest one, she admits, "but my size...
...That accord is part of the largest commercial deal ever made between East and West: an estimated $15 billion plan to construct a 3,000-mile gas pipeline that will stretch from the icy reaches of Siberia to the heart of Western Europe. The venture is basically a pipeline-for-gas swap. The West will provide the materials and technology to build the structure in exchange for the huge quantities of natural gas that the pipeline will carry...
...keep the Soviets honest, the administration should realize that sending the American delegation to Geneva with a take-it-or-leave-it proposition is hardly worth the plane fares. Although the U.S. has the offensive in the verbal "peace war," the burden is on us to secure an accord. The longer the talks last without any visible progress, the more the U.S. initiative will fade. The European anti-nuclear movement will begin to stir again, accusing Washington of stalling and being insincere about arms reductions. Critics here will charge that the "zero-option" was no more than public relations hype...
...their back, U.S. negotiators enter the talks facing something of a quandry: how do we "hang tough" with Moscow in Geneva--an accomplishment that would prove fruitful in future dealings with the Soviets--but at the same time show genuine concern for arms reductions and make progress towards an accord...
...Administration is ready to put more military muscle in the region, it has been decidedly less willing, so far at least, to exercise its influence in a matter of equal importance: persuading Israel to work out an accord on Palestinian autonomy with Egypt. Enough progress on this issue might allow Mubarak to mend his ties with other moderate Arabs, especially the Saudis. If little or no progress is made, however, Mubarak will be under increasing pressure from his Arab neighbors to break Egypt's commitment to the Camp David accords, and to Israel and the U.S. as well...