Word: breakoff
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Later in the week, during a meeting with the editors of TIME, Dayan said one major cause for Sadat's breakoff of the political talks was the failure of other Arab leaders to join in the negotiations. "Sadat is desperate not to stay alone" in the talks with Israel, said Dayan. Sadat's hoped-for partner is Jordan's King Hussein. But, said Dayan, "he cannot get Hussein into the process unless he gets an agreement in advance on a West Bank withdrawal and a Palestinian state ... and we are not going...
...huge, intricate engines that power the plane. For reasons that still mystify technicians, one or two of the 138 knife-shaped blades in the engine's second-stage turbine may be breaking off in flight and whizzing out the exhaust in showers of tiny metal slivers. The breakoff is so silent that neither passengers nor flight crew notice it, and because it does not lead to fires or loss of power, it usually goes undiscovered until ground technicians check the plane. The engine troubles have caused no dangerous mishaps so far. Indeed, the 747 is history's safest...
...burden is far more popular than is generally thought. They feel that Nixon is in a bind when he praises the arms limitations of the SALT agreements but at the same time asks for more defense money. The key to acceptance of tax changes, they say, is "the breakoff point" between those who will pay the same or less and those who will pay more. They now say that only families earning at least $20,000 will face higher taxes...