Word: breaking
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...West ought to enhance Israel's own strategic importance in Washington's eyes. How that attitude will be reflected at Camp David is not clear, although State Department officials went out of their way to indicate 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...
...most successful and talked-about of the new books is Friday's My Mother/ My Self. Out of some 300 interviews as well as poignant glimpses of her own life, Friday has portrayed a pessimistic, almost Portnoy-in-reverse picture: it is so extraordinarily difficult for daughters to break their mothers' possessive bonds. Since its appearance in 1977, the book has sold 250,000 copies in hard-cover and an even more astonishing 2 million in paperback. A onetime editor and freelancer, Friday has become a favorite of the lecture circuit and TV talk shows...
...other that might be dreamed up by a clever person confronting the puzzle. What is persuasive, or at least highly appealing, is the tentative, restorative relationship that develops between Christie and the American journalist who discovers her whereabouts and falls so deeply in love with her that he cannot break the story...
...have much time, but we'll break for meals," Shlomchik said...
Police used tear gas to break up a demonstration by striking teachers after Premier John Compton declared that pay raises would be disastrous to the nation's economy...