Word: chosing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tente. To coax some movement toward peace, Sadat made one of his swift, dramatic decisions. He chose to attack Israel. His goal was to score a limited victory along the Suez Canal. This, he reasoned, would shore up Arab morale, demonstrate that ultimately no military solution was possible in the Arab-Israeli struggle, and get the peace process started. By the end of the 18-day war the Egyptian army had taken a battering from the Israelis, whose forces west of the Suez were within 45 miles of Cairo, and allied Syrian forces to the north had been utterly routed...
...stunning peace overture. As days went by, the pressure on Israel to react grew and grew. What was needed from the Israelis was concessions that would be sufficiently important to allow the negotiating process to continue-if possible, with the support of Syria and the other Arab states that chose to boycott the Cairo conference. Begin recognized the challenge and, according to aides, relished the idea of going down in history as a peacemaker. Since their Jerusalem meeting, he and Sadat had continued to communicate in secret. But Begin also knew that the hours were running short. Said his Foreign...
...valley of unparalleled beauty, a spruce-and-birch wilderness without roads or ski lifts or other signs of human intrusion. Only the howl of the wind-or of an occasional wolf-now disturbs the silence. But man is on the way. Last week the Alaska capital site planning commission chose the design of a new state capital to rise in the valley. Unless opponents of the plan develop unexpected new strength, this idyllic subarctic landscape will become a kind of Brasilia of the North-though hardly as monumental as its Latin counterpart and far more in harmony with the unspoiled...
...year term as chairman expires in two months. The White House staff is virtually unanimous in wanting Burns to go; Democratic Party leaders are just as insistent. But Carter knows that his freedom of choice is limited if he does not want to shake business psychology. Even if he chose to dump Burns, he most likely would pick not a liberal but a moderate or conservative to administer the nation's supply of cash and credit. Among the choices being discussed this week by White House aides...
...Republican or Democrat? Ray never had decided before, since Washington does not have party registration. She chose the Democrats because, she says, "although I tend to be fiscally conservative, I believe in the philosophy of the Democratic Party...