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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Arab world, should the talks with Israel collapse. For Brown and for Carter, to whom the Secretary will report immediately on his return to Washington, the hours of talks with Sadat offered an alarming perspective on just how volatile the Middle East might be without a peace accord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Reassuring Some Friends | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...change as more investors conclude that ultimately no industrial nation can withstand inflation and energy-related shocks. Says Guy Field, a London gold dealer: "Last year the high price of gold reflected the decline of the dollar on exchange markets. But gold is now moving ahead on its own accord as people insure themselves against the fickleness of all paper currencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Big Boom in a Barbarous Relic | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

Although Simon rarely deals with young people or with bright show-biz professionals, his tart and wacky one-liners are in perfect accord with the temperaments of his hero and heroine. The show is very New Yorky in mood, with an opening backdrop of the Manhattan skyline that is like a bas-relief of tinseled Christmas trees. A top-name pop composer. Vernon Gersch (Robert Klein), surveys the scene from his luxury apartment where he first meets Sonia Walsk (Lucie Arnaz), an aspiring lyricist much in awe of his success. When she picks up his solid-gold Oscar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Love in Bloom | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

SALT II. And even as Teng was on his way home, White House Science Adviser Frank Press was arriving in Moscow. There Press emphasized that the U.S.Chinese agreements on science and technology contained nothing that was not already available to the U.S.S.R. Press also signed an accord setting next year's agenda for the seven-year-old U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Commission on Science and Technology. The two nations will work on projects dealing with meteorology, water resources and microbiology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: In the Trail off Teng | 2/19/1979 | See Source »

...other unions. Practically speaking, the drivers' victory was a death blow to Prime Minister James Callaghan's attempt to enforce a 5% ceiling on wage increases this year. Callaghan met with heads of the powerful Trades Union Congress in an effort to patch together a new labor accord, but without any conclusive results. He also summoned leaders of four public service unions to 10 Downing Street, imploring them to show compassion for the public. The uncompromising response from one union official: "We will put the screws on tighter and tighter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITAIN: Peace at a Price | 2/12/1979 | See Source »

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