Word: bushing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Arab world, and may have intensified the infighting within F.R.C. ranks. The P.L.O.'s concern is that the taint of terrorism could deny it a major role in Israeli-proposed Palestinian elections. Last week Arafat persuaded a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Tunis to urge Presidents Bush and Gorbachev to recognize the P.L.O. as a major force for peace...
...President Bush sent me a very significant and friendly letter in connection with both my election as head of state and the removal of travel restrictions. I consider this a signal for closer relations with the U.S. There are some issues that still need to be clarified...
Arafat's excruciating conversion earned the P.L.O. a dialogue with Washington, but brought on nightmares in Jerusalem. Pressure mounted from the Bush Administration and American Jews, and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir finally countered with an initiative last spring that calls for elections among Palestinians in the territories. Representatives chosen there would negotiate a period of autonomy with Israel, to be followed by the promise of talks on a final settlement...
...potato ever since. The main obstacle: how to assemble a Palestinian delegation that gives Arafat a voice but allows Israel to pretend that the P.L.O. is not party to negotiations. So far, no formula has been found. While the U.S. is growing impatient with Shamir's delaying tactics, President Bush appears unwilling to expend his political capital by pressuring Shamir. Privately, many U.S. officials have concluded that Shamir is incapable of compromise...
...situation under control, Aquino made a humiliating admission of weakness: she requested and was granted U.S. military assistance. The rapid deployment of several U.S. F-4 Phantoms from Clark Air Base, the American air base north of Manila, retook the skies for Aquino. The unusually decisive action by George Bush earned him bipartisan praise for coming to the rescue of democracy. Said U.S. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell: "The President's decision was an appropriate and prudent one under the circumstances." But Aquino may be haunted by her decision for the rest of her political life. Alluding to the Philippines...