Word: begin
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Before the day ended, there was one more graceful gesture. Begin rose to give his toast, and, after suggesting that Carter be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, he said, "Now, ladies and gentlemen, I would like to pay tribute to a man who is the main adviser of the President of this great country-a gentleman who did so much day and night with his inventive mind, with his great learning and knowledge-Cyrus Vance." The guests rose in a prolonged ovation. When the self-effacing Secretary of State finally had the courage to look up, his eyes were...
...Friday, Sadat and Begin had made their triumphant visits to Congress and gone home to face the harsh realities of the treaty. Carter was left to struggle with inflation, energy and the Pennsylvania nuclear accident. He was tired but deeply satisfied, and for a few minutes he paused in the Oval Office to think back over what had happened and to look ahead...
...President wandered from table to table, chatting happily like a host who knows his party is a success. "This is one of those evenings that it has been hard to stay seated," he said. "I've been so excited." After the toasts, Begin and Sadat left the stage with arms around each other like vaudeville hoofers...
Soprano Leontyne Price brought a hush to the crowd with Verdi's Pace, Pace, Mio Dio, and then the guests began to file slowly out of the tent. Like a contented preacher, White House Aide Hamilton Jordan stood at the exit, shaking hands and clasping shoulders. "Begin for President," he said, and the Israeli Premier embraced him. Inside the White House, where there was champagne and dancing, the Marine Band was playing Cole Porter's Well, Did You Evah! which ends with the line "What a swell party this...
...waged war. For the past 16 months, these two great nations have waged peace. Today we celebrate a victory-not of a bloody military campaign, but of an inspiring peace campaign. Two leaders who will loom large in the history of nations, President Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister Menachem Begin, have conducted this campaign with all the courage, tenacity, brilliance and inspiration of any generals who ever led men and machines onto the field of battle...