Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even if the new truce holds, the latest round of fighting has probably ended Beirut's long reign as the commercial queen of the Arab world. At least 25,000 Lebanese, including many prominent businessmen, have taken refuge in Damascus, while others have fled to Athens or other points in Europe. More than 60% of the 1,000 Japanese assigned to Beirut have left the country. The list of American firms that have ordered their personnel or their dependents to leave Lebanon reads like a roll call of U.S. business overseas: General Electric, General Motors, Boeing, Lockheed, FMC Corp...
...starting a day doing nothing at all for 20 minutes would be salutary. Though still fairly new at TM, Clarke is no neophyte writer: in ten years with TIME, he has authored numerous cover stories for most sections of the magazine, most recently one for the World section on Arab-Israeli diplomacy (TIME, Aug. 25). He also wrote the Essay and a number of stories for our Bicentennial issue. Reporter-Researcher Anne Hopkins, who worked with Clarke on the TM story, was intrigued by the tranquillity that TM imparts to its devotees. Indeed, after interviewing meditators from all walks...
...Warning. The Pershings, whose 460-mile range would have provided Israel with a highly potent deterrent, were limited under Kissinger's agreement to use with conventional warheads. Even so, Arab states were alarmed that Israel might tip the missiles instead with nuclear warheads. Defense Secretary James Schlesinger was also disturbed by the Kissinger understanding. The Pentagon insisted that it had had no warning that Kissinger would commit the U.S. to Pershings for Israel until the Secretary returned home with the Sinai agreement two months ago. As part of the accord, Kissinger had pledged the U.S. to "an early meeting...
...executive board of UNESCO voted Wednesday to recommend to the next general conference of the organization that procedures be adopted to prevent Arab nations from excluding Israel from a regional group...
Although it was revealed this summer that Gulf Oil donated $50,000 to Palestininan refugees which was later used for Pro-Arab propaganda in this country, Lewis denied that the gift to Harvard was related to the Palestinian gift...