Word: accords
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...statement of principles on the need for cooperation in energy. A joint committee will probably be set up and an exchange of scientists arranged. Specifically, the accord could lead to geological studies of Siberian natural-gas and oil reserves, with the possibility of joint exploitation...
...learning by doing," says Director Racine. Part of the second year is spent in private industry or working for a nationalized company. There is no formal curriculum, but the students are required to write papers on such issues as monetary reform or the 1973 Brandt-Brezhnev accord. They also attend frequent seminars, conducted by top civil servants, diplomats and businessmen...
...portent, the fallen oak may not be in the same league as the events that the Historian Livy claimed presaged disaster in ancient Rome: swamps turned the color of blood, chalk rained from the skies, a spear on a statue moved of its own accord, an ox talked and a child in the womb cried "Hurrah!" Still, several Michigan newspapers carried a photo of the splintered tree with the caption "Warning from Above...
...from tranquillity the area remains despite Henry Kissinger's cease-fire negotiations. Another indication of ill will was the series of charges and countercharges last week between Israel and Syria concerning the torture of prisoners of war who had been held by either side until the cease-fire accord was signed. In the Knesset, Israeli Defense Minister Shimon Peres detailed a long list of torture incidents. He charged that some of the repatriated Israeli P.O.W.s had had fingernails ripped out by Syrian captors, while others had been beaten, burned and maimed. At least two P.O.W.s, said Peres, died after...
...tilt Israel's new government toward more flexible dealings with Arab nations. Perhaps his most controversial Cabinet choice is Mrs. Shulamit Aloni, 45, head of the dovish Citizens Rights Movement, who advocates the return of most occupied Arab lands in exchange for a Middle East peace accord. Mrs. Aloni's appointment as Minister Without Portfolio makes her the second woman to serve in an Israeli government...