Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bargaining. Said Defense Secretary Harold Brown: "You've heard a lot of figures and you'll hear a lot more." Illinois Republican Congressman Robert Michel went further, predicting: "When all the diplomatic fine print is exposed, every one of Carter's bear hugs with Sadat and Begin will cost the American taxpayer a billion dollars or more...
...once described the issues that kept the Egyptians and Israelis from signing a peace treaty for six months after the Camp David summit. In fact, negotiations were completed on a framework for settling nearly all of the major issues at the September summit, which ended with Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signing two accords. The first was an outline of a comprehensive Middle East peace; the second was a general description of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Highlights of the overall settlement, including the details worked out last week...
West Bank and Gaza. Negotiations on Palestinian self-rule on the West Bank and Gaza Strip will begin one month after the treaty is ratified and be completed within twelve months. Elections of Palestinian local councils, the first step toward self-government, are to be held promptly, though no date is specified. One month after self-rule is working, Israeli military forces on the West Bank and Gaza will be withdrawn behind Israel's 1949 borders. There will then begin a five-year transition period, during which the final status of the West Bank and Gaza will be negotiated...
...Menachein Begin, a former guerrilla leader, wins a victory over the long dominant Labor Party, forms a conservative coalition...
...Guangxi (Kwangsi) red and gold bunting festooned commune buildings, farmers plunked merrily on classical instruments, and firecrackers exploded in celebration. Divisions of the People's Liberation Army were marching home, and they were hailed as conquering heroes. In Viet Nam, the Hanoi Government proposed peace talks to begin this Friday in the war-ravaged town of Lang Son, and it seemed likely China would agree to negotiate. Earlier in the week, however, Hanoi radio announced that the nation was going on a "war footing," and gave the order for all able-bodied men and women to take part...