Word: aires
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...support?diplomatic, military and moral. "A heavy and difficult job lies ahead," he said. His main destination, of course, after a brief stopover in Morocco, was Washington. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance was on hand, along with the red-uniformed Marine Band, to welcome the Egyptian leader to Andrews Air Force Base late Friday afternoon. Sadat, accompanied by his elegant wife, Jihan, his 21-year-old son, Gamal, and two of his six daughters, Noha, 20, and Jihan, 17, saluted the American Secretary, then ducked into an Air Force helicopter for the hop to the South Lawn of the White...
...four major airfields the Israelis currently have in the Sinai (see map), Eitam and Etzion are regarded as vital to their national defense. From Etzion, which is located in an area with few flat spaces, Israeli jets can patrol not only the Strait of Tiran but also (with mid-air refueling) Bab el Mandeb at the southern end of the Red Sea. Squadrons at Eitam can guard the southern coast of the Mediterranean and the Sinai as far as the Suez Canal...
...reduce their nation's vulnerability in the event of a surprise attack, Israel's military leaders are convinced that they need more airfields than the four they have today within the country's pre-1967 borders. They also need additional bases simply to accommodate their air force, which is three times as large as it was in 1967. Some U.S. observers have suggested that Israel should be giving more thought to building additional fields within its own borders, but either way, the costs are enormous. To rebuild Etzion 25 to 40 miles to the northeast would cost at least...
...Aziz, 23, whose arranged marriage had gone sour. She had fallen in love with Musleh al Sha'er, the nephew of the Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali al Sha'er. When their perilous affair was threatened with exposure, they obtained forged passports and attempted to flee the country by air. The princess disguised herself as a man, but was apprehended with her lover when security police at Jeddah airport glimpsed a suspiciously full-busted silhouette under the would-be traveler's traditional flowing thobe...
...hockey game scheduled at Cornell Wednesday remains up in the air. If a date cannot be scheduled soon, the two teams may play a home-and-home series February 21 and 22--the latter already set as the date of the home game with...