Word: aspenization
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Those were sweet words to hear. I went back to Aspen and told Rosalynn, Fritz, Cy, Harold and Zbig that everything was all right. I described my conversation with Sadat, and we went back to work. It had been a bad time...
...sign no agreement at all. Vance confirmed this and explained that none of the Israelis had understood that we were going to write a letter "criticizing Israel for occupying eastern Jerusalem," even after we had explained the letter exchange last night. I asked Barak to walk with me to Aspen to go over our proposed letter, to find language that might be acceptable. He was as adamant as the other Israelis, insisting that the situation was hopeless...
...walked back to Aspen, very dejected. Sadat was there, dressed to go back to Washington. I asked everyone else to leave and told Sadat what was happening. We realized that all of us had done our best, but that prospects were dim indeed...
Sadat was paying a courtesy call on Begin, and later they met me in front of Aspen. We embraced enthusiastically, went to the helicopter and flew to the White House. On the way, we talked about the need for action to bring peace to Lebanon, and Begin promised to help us by giving his full support to the government in Beirut and doing everything possible to minimize bloodshed...
...water, some of our newest and most unweathered mountains, the sharp peaks a breathtaking spectacle. Earlier in the day, I had been fly-fishing for cutthroat trout in the nearby Snake River. Late in the afternoon, Amy and I had picked wild huckleberries in a grove of quaking aspen near the cabin, and we all enjoyed a delicious berry pie for supper. Although it was not cold, Rosalynn and I built a small fire just to watch the flames in the open fireplace. It had been one of those special days...