Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that the talks would not be "a make-or-break effort." The first stage, lasting from three to five days, will consist of discussions among Vance, Dayan and Khalil. Neither the Israelis nor the Egyptians will have authority to make final decisions on the language of the treaty. If Begin's Cabinet is satisfied by Dayan's report on the first round of talks, it will authorize Dayan to return to the U.S. to negotiate the finishing touches of the draft treaty. If this succeeds, the documents could then be signed by Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat...
Chodorow says that fathers must take over half the parenting and raise daughters with a sense of self derived from both parents. Friday thinks that women must begin by speaking out about their ambivalence and anger. Says she: "If you allow yourself to express these feelings, the sky doesn't fall...
Mexico could become a major U S supplier−over the long term. Last week President Carter came to an agreement with Mexican President José López Portillo to begin negotiations between the two governments for American purchases of Mexican natural gas o avert social and economic disruptions López Portillo has vowed to follow a go-slow production policy and not permit Mexico's wells to pump more than 2.3 million bbl. of oil and gas a day (up from 1.5 million bbl. now) for the rest of his term, which ends in 1982. Thus...
...Administration's policy of demonetizing gold will receive yet a further setback if, as is expected, eight of the nine members of Europe's Common Market next month begin pooling a portion of their official reserve holdings to create a kind of central bankers' supermoney. The European Currency Unit, or "ecu," is intended to be the precursor to a Common Market currency that would at least partly replace marks, francs, guilders and other national money. Each member nation must contribute not only paper money but also 20% of its gold reserves to the pool that will back...
Hoping to prevent the Pretoria government from profiting by the U.S.'s gold fever, Congress last year passed a law requiring the Treasury to begin selling its own one-ounce and half-ounce gold pieces next spring. The coins, with profiles of Louis Armstrong and Mark Twain, will not be legal tender in the U.S., and will presumably be no easier to swap for real money than the Krugerrand...