Word: confers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Untiring Efforts. Before returning to Washington, Kissinger flew off to confer with some of those other parties, stopping first to see King Hussein of Jordan and then going on to Damascus to meet with Syrian leaders, who have so far steadfastly boycotted all peace negotiations. Though he had achieved disengagement in the Sinai, there were such knotty problems remaining as the fate of the Palestinian refugees and the ultimate control of Jerusalem. Tartly commented The Arab World, a daily digest of Middle Eastern news published in Beirut: "Judging by the fact that Kissinger had to visit the Middle East three...
...role in South Viet Nam, and last week the chief architects of the accord met again to review the current state of their handiwork. Taking time off from his frantic efforts to find peace in the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger stopped by in Paris to confer with his partner in this year's Nobel Peace Prize, North Vietnamese Politburo Member Le Due Tho.* Later, a U.S. spokesman said that the 4½-hour meeting at the Hotel Majestic had been "good-humored" and that the two men had agreed to keep the "channel of communication...
Trade was going to open the way toward conciliation with Russia. More than a year ago, President Nixon negotiated a major new agreement designed to step up commerce between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. The President pledged, subject to congressional approval, to confer most-favored-nation status on the U.S.S.R., giving it the same trade position as almost all other countries and eliminating the discriminatory tariffs that Congress imposed on certain Communist states in 1951. "M.F.N." was to be a cornerstone of new Soviet-American economic relations and thus a cornerstone of detente itself...
...first court appearance, but were representing the President. Garment interjected to agree. Then Rhyne said flatly that Garment and another White House counsel, Samuel Powers, "had spent hours rehearsing her on her testimony." Garment immediately objected to the term "rehearsing" ?and Sirica called all the attorneys to confer for some 25 minutes at his bench. Without explanation, Buzhardt then was excused from the stand...
...Adding "concerned citizen groups" to a list of organizations the consultants should confer with...