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...film? Not quite. After several days of behind-the-scenes negotiations, conducted principally by Alfred ("Roy") Atherton, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, it appeared that there were a few more reels to go-and that the action-packed drama might still have a happy ending. Following the breakdown n the political talks, President Carter had urged Sadat not to cancel the military talks, which were then in recess. Sadat agreed not to do so, though Premier Menachem Begin had announced that he would not be sending his delegates back to he Cairo talks...
From Washington and Jerusalem, there were also reports that as a result of Atherton's labors, Israel and Egypt were close to agreement on the declaration of principles-the vital, first-stage objective that Sadat hopes will encourage Jordan's King Hussein to join him in further negotiations with the Israelis. From Hussein's words of support for Sadat last week, and from the harsh criticism of Hussein by the Syrians, who oppose the Sadat initiative, it appeared that the Jordanian monarch might be on the verge of doing just that. With the peace initiative again gaining...
...Washington press conference last week, President Carter described the new Israeli-Egyptian contacts as "a historic breakthrough" toward peace and said the U.S. would send a representative -Assistant Secretary of State Alfred Atherton-to Sadat's Cairo summit. The tone of Carter's endorsement suggested to some that he was seeking to counter press criticism that Washington, now in the unaccustomed position of being a bystander to Middle Eastern events rather than the architect of them, was discouraging rather than helping Sadat's peace initiative...
Divorce is an amiable mode of parting compared with the way in which the disaffected husbands in Passing Game, now at Manhattan's American Place Theater, hope to end their marriages. Richard (William Atherton) and Henry (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) want their wives to be murdered. To that end, they have rented cottages at a deserted lakefront resort. The reason there are few vacationers around is that some demented killer has declared open season on them. Wishfully, the two men want the phantom murderer to choose their wives for his next rifle fodder. Barring that, the pair make...
...altruistic thread in the narrative as he increasingly dwells on Dunn's plunge into the hedonist ethic. The repeated humiliation accorded Theresa by her handsome sexual swordsman (Richard Gere) is designed to serve as a counterpoint to the unrequited love showered on her by the enraptured James Morrissey (William Atherton), but the novelty of the contrast quickly wears off as the subjugation of Theresa becomes progressively uglier. She throws herself into cocaine-sniffing, prostituting herself for the thrill of the act, and blowing off Morrissey out of sheer spite. The schoolteacher identity is tossed away in the process, and while...