Word: closed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...center of this diplomatic activity was Morocco, which has had close but secret relations with Israel since 1962. In the summer of 1976, while Sadat was visiting Rabat, King Hassan invited Yitzhak Rabin, then the Israeli Premier, to make a secret trip to Morocco. During the ensuing visit, Hassan urged Rabin to negotiate directly with the Egyptians, and said that he would try to arrange a meeting. Rabin, who is well known for his wariness and caution, was delighted. "There are many issues," he assured the King, "that can be solved in direct, face-to-face negotiations...
...Paris, pro-Iraqi Palestinians struck while Arafat was in Havana attending a Cuban-sponsored world youth festival. Storming Arab League headquarters on Boulevard Haussmann, two gunmen shot their way into the offices of the P.L.O. One of them killed Ezzedin Kalak, 40, a close friend of Arafat's, as well as Kalak's assistant, Hammad Adnan...
...close is the election race that, in a departure from tradition, the personalities of the competing leaders will make a significant difference. With his avuncular "Sunny Jim" image, Callaghan still ranks six points ahead of Thatcher in the popularity polls, although lately she has impressively narrowed...
...France and Britain have been the worst offenders, saddling Air France and British Airways with money losers from the Caravelle to the Concorde. The European carriers now claim that they are free to pick the best jet. The problem is that the Boeing 767 and Airbus 310 are so close in price and performance that the Europeans?and the dozens of Asian and African airlines associated with them in sales and maintenance setups?may decide to buy the local product...
...wealthy tourists, in some cases with stretch-out beds like Japan Air Lines has begun to offer for a $120 surcharge on its San Francisco-Tokyo flight. There will be second class, with hot meals and some elbow room. And there will be tightly packed sardine class?cold meals, close seating, cheap fares...