Word: arabized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...about our "moral" obligation to Israel, because our economic interests lie with the Arab world...
...tolling of the bells mingled with the shouted protests of Arab demonstrators cordoned in a corner of Lafayette Square by dozens of helmeted foot and mounted police. "Down with the treaty!" screamed the determined but orderly band. "Sadat is a traitor!" The chants were more audible to the sensitive TV microphones than to the live audience, and Walter Cronkite complained mildly to the world. Carter wrinkled his brow for a few minutes. The shouted dissents soon were muffled in the city sounds and largely forgotten. Protest is a way of life in Lafayette Square...
...counting heavily on what National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski calls "the contagion of peace." If in these first shaky months, the new treaty takes hold and appears to be working for both nations, they may relax and be even more giving to ward each other. Better yet, the other Arab nations may, how ever reluctantly, decide to join the process. There is no question that Jimmy Carter's hand will be required from time to time; though not, he hopes, in the manner of Camp David or for shuttle diplomacy. But in extremis, even those possibilities would...
...There are radical Arabs, but they are a minority. They are usually led by the Communists. But the majority of our Arab people are loyal citizens. We have had five wars, yet there has not even been one case of disloyalty by our Arab minority during the wars. Of course, I cannot say that they are the most ardent Zionists in the world, but we should accept their loyalty. Above all, we want to give them the feeling that they are living in freedom and equality. We want to improve their economic situation. But I can say that the Arab...
...production has risen by only about 10% from last year's strike-depressed level of 654 million tons, and consumption of the fuel has remained stagnant. Coal today supplies about 18% of U.S. energy needs, an increase of less than 1% since 1973, the year of the Arab oil embargo. Meanwhile, mines have closed, expansion plans have been shelved and by industry estimates, up to 10% of the nation's more than 200,000 miners have been laid...