Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After long thinking, I reached the conclusion this will not solve the problem of the psychological barrier between us and Israel, because I'm inviting the five big powers as if I am going to hide behind them. And the Israelis have no confidence in Brezhnev if he comes. [China'sChairman] Hua Kuo-feng supports the Arab cause, and the Israelis will not be happy with him. At that same time I was thinking of praying [during Greater Bairam, the Feast of Sacrifice] in Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. This is one of the three holiest places...
...bottom of a cloud, giving it a strong negative charge. Because like charges repel, that negative charge drives away electrons in the ground below, leaving it with an excess positive charge. Eventually, the voltage between cloud and ground becomes so great that electrons burst across the insulating air barrier, producing a brilliant flash...
...feet with every step. The five Christians--one Methodist and four Presbyterians--saw the Catholic Church, with its displaced petit bourgeois following, as the most reactionary force left in Cuba. In particular, the Catholic Church and to some extent the entire Christian church, has acted as an enormous barrier to the liberation of Cuba's women...
Beyond that, reports TIME Correspondent Christopher Ogden, there was a definite split between the White House and the State Department on how to respond to the rapidly changing situation. White House advisers were enthusiastic, recognizing that Sadat had cracked through a psychological barrier to Geneva. The diplomatic professionals at Foggy Bottom, reflecting Secretary of State Cyrus Vance's innate caution, feared that Sadat's moves might alienate not only the Syrians but the Saudis as well. State was also concerned about a negative reaction from Moscow. As soon as it became clear that neither the other Arabs...
...Anglo-French jet has been flying into Washington's Dulles International Airport for a year and a half, but New York had been closed to the plane under the pressure of local civic groups and politicians, who argued it was too noisy. The last barrier fell Oct. 17 when the U.S. Supreme Court denied the Port Authority's request to extend...