Word: arabism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wisecracks about his dog Freckles. Among his last words from the rostrum: "I think we can end the divisions within the United States, the violence." Then he walked through a serving pantry that led to the pressroom, his next stop. In the hotel serving pantry, Sirhan Sirhan, a Jordanian Arab living as a resident alien in the U.S., shot Kennedy in the head with a .22-cal. pistol...
Iran and Iraq have halted attacks on gulf shipping for nearly two weeks, Arab leaders have toned down their condemnation of Iran, and gulf-based Arab diplomats reported unspecified "favorable gestures" from Tehran recently...
...Syrian initiative, launched last month at the urging of Saudi Arabia, was aimed at opening up a dialogue between Tehran and the Arab nations of the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council to find ways to end the conflict...
Iran is Persian, not Arab. It shares the Moslem religion with the Arabs, but it adheres to the minority Shiite sect that has been at odds with the predominant Sunni branch of Islam for 1300 years...
Gulf-based Arab diplomats and council officials said the Iranians have said they are willing to open a dialogue and hold back on their long-anticipated ground offensive...