Word: bolds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...field were proper. Moreover, each actual cash payoff was witnessed by a Justice Department attorney, who sat in an adjoining room and watched a closed-circuit TV monitor. In some instances, the attorney would telephone one of the agents serving the sheik, if the bribe suggestions were getting too bold. The agent picking up the telephone would be advised to ease the pitch...
Through one bold step Sadat succeeded in completely changing all previously known and accepted norms. And, Sadat is confident that his policy of pragmatism is the right one, for Egypt, as well as for the rest of the Arab countries. He was not intimidated by the inter-Arab coalition opposing him. He believes that this anti-Egyptian, anti-peace-making front will disintegrate and, sooner or later, all others will follow suit...
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Despite the secrecy, the available facts provided a fascinating tale of intrigue, involving CIA-doctored documents and bold "rehearsals" in Tehran on how to slip the Americans past Iranian airport inspectors. The plot's mastermind and instant hero was Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, 45, a gregarious diplomat whose gravelly voice and hearty laugh had made him a popular intermediary between visiting Westerners and Iran's unpredictable government officials. His superiors, Prune Minister Clark and Secretary MacDonald, let Taylor direct every detail of the risky rescue...
...dream that launched the upbeat, activist 1960s in U.S. Protestantism. Why not arbitrate the seemingly passe traditions that divide Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians and others, to create one grand united church? The bold vision produced the "Consultation on Church Union" (COCU), a series of discussions involving most major groups except the Baptists and Lutherans, COCU lost some of its momentum in the 1970s but is still very much alive. Ten denominations, with 22.7 million members -nearly a third of the nation's Protestants-are now involved...