Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Israeli Premier Menachem Begin, he had no advance assurance that his trip would not lead to an embarrassing failure. It thus entailed major political risks, both for the nations involved and for Carter personally. If he had to return home without having brought Cairo and Jerusalem substantially closer to agreement, he could be criticized for unwisely raising expectations, for wasting U.S. influence, and for improvising showy moves without any serious plan behind them. Said a Washington-based European diplomat: "It is extremely risky; to Europeans it seems even a little bit crazy. There is no fallback position if this fails...
...enable our Palestinian brothers to realize their national rights and regain their freedom." This prompted Carter to depart from his prepared response in order to include "the Palestinians" among those who would benefit from "the state of peace for this region." Carter also assured Sadat that an Israeli-Egyptian agreement would only be part of "a comprehensive peace, a peace that would reflect the legitimate needs of all those who have suffered so deeply during the last 30 years of conflict, enmity and war." This is a point that Carter has been stressing with increasing frequency. Later, in his address...
...success. Such a triumph might temporarily strengthen his hand with the power barons in Washington and help him cope with a stubborn Congress, but political memories are short. Nor would success necessarily improve the President's public image for very long. Said New Hampshire Pollster Richard Bennett: "An agreement would help Carter, but the effect would not be lasting...
About the most that consuming governments have so far been able to manage by way of concerted action was a voluntary conservation agreement worked out last week during a two-day conference of the 20-nation International Energy Agency in Paris. The nations agreed to cut overall oil consumption by 5%, but because the U.S. uses so much, it pledged to reduce imports by 11%, or 1 million bbl. a day. The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would meet that goal by relaxing controls on gasoline so that the retail price, which now averages some 70? for regular...
...deal germinated last month over a dinner that Iacocca had with his longtime friend Kelmenson. By the time Kelmenson reached for the check, Iacocca had dangled before him a 26% increase in domestic billings and a five-year no-cut contract instead of the standard 90-day termination agreement...