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...directed mostly at Israel. Kissinger himself was particularly disappointed that the divided and insecure government of Premier Yitzhak Rabin was not bold enough to make more concessions to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who had risked his political reputation in the Arab world by undertaking the bilateral talks. The breakdown of negotiations meant that Jerusalem had lost not only the chance for accommodation in the Sinai but, more important, the opportunity of keeping the whole peacemaking process moving toward the kind of Middle East settlement that Israel has hoped for ever since it was founded...
Indeed moderation - flavored with firmness - was the keynote of Sadat's special address to Egypt's People's Assembly last weekend. "Some may expect an emotional reaction from me [to the breakdown of the Kissinger efforts] but I prefer action to reaction," declared the Egyptian leader. Thus, despite fears that Cairo would not renew the mandate for the U.N.'s peace-keeping forces in the Sinai, which expires on April 24, Sadat said he would agree to a three-month extension because "I do not want to place a sudden crisis before the international community...
...What else could we do? Give everything for practically nothing?" With those rhetorical questions, Israel's Premier Yitzhak Rabin defended his country's stance during the Kissinger negotiations and placed the blame for the breakdown on Egypt during an hour-long interview last week with TIME'S Jerusalem bureau chief Donald Neff. Other points made by the Premier...
...Kissinger's mission was a complete failure," crowed the official Communist Party newspaper Pravda last week, quoting stories in American newspapers to support that evidently gratifying conclusion. There was indeed cause for some smugness in the Kremlin. As a result of the breakdown of U.S. mediation efforts, the U.S.S.R. stood to gain in prestige, influence and possible strategic advantage in the Middle East. Long outshone and outmaneuvered by Kissinger's diplomatic initiatives, and locked out of vital negotiations since the suspension of the 1973 Geneva Conference, the Soviet Union now has a better chance than ever before...
...Long Last Love might best be remembered as the movie that asks-or, unfortunately, sings-the question "Is it a breakdown, or merely a break?" That line from the title song might most appropriately be addressed to Bogdanovich himself. At Long Last Love cost $6 million, but might almost be worth it if the movie represented the low point of Bogdanovich's talent-the point from which he can only ascend. "Jay Cocks