Word: considerable
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Sadat, of course, had every reason to take pride in his initiative. Yet even though he had at least temporarily eclipsed Washington as the indispensable peacemaker in the Middle East, his breakthrough would not have been possible without the efforts by the U.S. to coax the region toward stability. Under...
Foreign impressions of Begin have improved substantially in recent months. A number of Egyptian officials now argue that both Begin and Sadat are men of action who like to probe and test situations. The U.S. has grown less worried about Begin in office than about a disaster that would force...
Everybody's favorite agency to hate is OSHA. "It is a four-letter word," says Congressman George Hansen, an Idaho Republican. OSHA was set up to protect 50 million workers from safety hazards in their 4 million places of work. People who are self-employed are excluded from OSHA's...
Christian charities consider the Hare Santas to be a pain in the collection plate. Don Schwartz, Manhattan-based operations director for the Volunteers of America, complains that they often crowd his own Kris Kringles off the streets. In Kansas City, Mo., assault charges are pending against a Hare Santa who...
Shortly before his death Holden told friends in Amman that he was going to make a detour to Jerusalem on his way to Cairo. "Haven't been there for years," he said. "I guess they consider me public enemy No. 1." Holden was joking, though it is true that...