Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recriminations from both sides. Cairo and Jerusalem remain publicly optimistic about an eventual peace treaty, yet the Israelis, who have been the more inflexible, have shown no willingness to give in on the points that divide the parties, chiefly the question of Palestinian self-rule on the West Bank. Dismayed at the impasse, Carter has threatened to abandon his mediation efforts in the Middle East. But the threat is probably an idle one. Instead, Carter may search for some dramatic move to get the negotiations moving again...
...United Arab Emirates, assuring them once again that his initiative was aimed not at a separate Egyptian-Israeli peace but at a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. He also reaffirmed his determination to link any pact to progress on an overall settlement involving the Palestinians of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
...Israelis too appeared to welcome the diplomatic pause. Government officials spoke of a plan to establish 20 more Jewish settlements in the West Bank over the next four years, but when members of Gush Emunim, the fanatical religious organization, tried to found two illegal settlements on the hills above Jerusalem last week, soldiers quickly evicted them. Many officials grumbled over a statement by Egypt's Acting Foreign Minister Boutros Ghali that "a political confrontation will occur during negotiations to define the powers of a Palestinian regime." Though this has been implicit in the Egyptian position all along, Israeli officials...
Glimp, a resident of Belmont, was also chairman of the Public/Private Forum on Higher Education of Massachusetts, and is presently a director of the Charlestown Savings Bank...
...opportunity to buy in at Depression-era prices. As an extra inducement, IBM last week boosted dividends by $2.24 to an annual rate of $13.76 on the present stock or $3.44 on post-split shares. That means IBM shares will pay about the same yield-roughly 5%-as a bank savings account...