Word: closers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even though Israel has no intention of giving up all the West Bank and retreating to its pre-1967 borders. The Foreign Minister left open the possibility that Israel would accept a Pan-Arab delegation at Geneva, if the composition of its membership could be agreed upon. "Geneva is closer, every day we get closer," he said. Dayan also had kindly words for Jordan's King Hussein and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat; both, he said, "do want to conclude peace talks with...
Both money and weapons are obvious levers for nudging Israel closer to the U.S. diplomatic position. But the Administration is unlikely to yank on either one too hard. For one thing, the U.S. position in the world would be severely damaged if Israel were to suffer a military disaster. For another, any Middle East peace settlement demands the voluntary cooperation of its signatories; a too unwilling Israel would probably not honor the agreement for long...
Ahead of us a fine, 14-knot southwesterly breeze ruffles a quicksilver sea. In the hazy sunlight the horizon line is a blur of radiant mist. Through it, as the ferryboat Provincetown lumbers closer to the starting line, we suddenly make out the tall, spectral shapes of Courageous and Australia, coursing around beyond the committee boat. Seeing them for the first time is surprising, like getting an unexpected glimpse of a pair of large white unicorns playing in a formal garden...
Then, Harvard turned the ball over to Colgate on an interception but appeared to have forced the visitors to punt at the Crimson 40 yard line. Instead, Colgate kicking specialist Jerry Andrewlavage threw for the first down out of punt formation. The Raiders moved the ball down closer and finally settled for a short go-ahead field goal from Andrewlavage. The kicker was a sharp thorn in the Crimson's side all afternoon, hitting a 46-yard and a 48-yard field goal later in the game and frustrating the Harvard return specialists with high, deep kickoffs that could...
...LINED leaf of notebook paper bears an almost illegible scribbling, the kind of hurried writing you associate with a nervous undergraduate attending a review section for a long neglected course. But a closer look at the terse phrases scratched out on the page belies the first impression: the hand of a man in power has penned these notes, judging from their contents. "One in 10 chance perhaps, but save Chile!" reads the first line, setting the tenor for the next eight phrases. The author's adrenalin flowing fast now, the notes cease to even resemble coherent sentences: "not concerned risks...