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...decision to call the summit is an indicator of the urgency with which the U.S. views the stalled Middle East peace process. The momentum begun ten months ago by Sadat's dramatic visit to Jerusalem had slowed to a virtual halt. To rekindle the peace initiative and avert a deterioration that could lead to war, Carter invited Begin and Sadat to Camp David. For the first time, the President said, the U.S. would become a "full partner" in seeking to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. "My hope," he added, "is that this degree of personal interchange ... will be constructive...
That threat abruptly became a reality last week and, though U.S. officials worked throughout the weekend to avert the nightmare, it was scheduled to begin imminently...
...ousted. Somoza's sarcastic response: "I wish them lots of luck." Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez, who heads one of the few democratic governments in Latin America, called on the Organization of American States for "cordial intervention" in Nicaragua "to seek a process of democratization and avert further useless bloodshed. No one has the right, no matter how powerful he is or how many weapons he has, to sacrifice the life of his nation...
...example given by Watson, a former lecturer in psychology at the University of London, is the Navy's "Clockwork Orange" experiments in Naples, Italy, and San Diego: wearing a head clamp and with their eyes fixed open, so that they cannot avert their gaze, volunteers were shown gruesome films of dismemberment to break down their opposition to violence. Though the Pentagon denied conducting any such experiments, Watson thinks that his source-a Navy doctor in Naples-was telling the truth...
...that he doubted that his black partners would see any value in such a meeting. U.S. officials were convinced, however, that the Rhodesians had listened carefully to at least two of the Vance-Owen arguments: that an accommodation with the Patriotic Front is necessary to stop the fighting and avert a larger war with Soviet and Cuban involvement; and that some kind of international presence would be desirable during the transition if the outcome of elections is to be globally accepted...