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...feeling that Washington is making no bones about siding with Cairo. Said a close aide of Dayan's: "Carter will spit in our faces, blaming us for the collapse of the negotiations. The Senators and Administration spokesmen will join in happily. They will hope that we will crawl on all fours to Washington." Israelis were further infuriated over a statement by Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, who had just finished a trip to Israel and six other Middle East countries. Byrd warned that Congress "will be reluctant to increase Israeli aid while Israel continues to spend on the proliferation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angry Words Over a Deadlock | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

...onstage, falling asleep and not moving during the overture and a less-than-thrilling reading of "Jabberwocky." After so slow-paced a start it was difficult to warm to Alice's long monologue and even longer first song. Through the show, the pace would slow down to a veritable crawl between the larger chorus numbers...

Author: By Joseph B. White, | Title: Failure in Matherland | 11/10/1978 | See Source »

Garth's ads are crisp, no-nonsense video-taped messages filled with facts. One for Carey shows the Governor staring directly into a camera and reciting the details of how he cut taxes. More facts are crammed in by a written "crawl" on the bottom of the screen. Garth believes in the power of the tube and worries little about block captains and doorbell-ringing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Media Mesmerists | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...Their usual rate: around $25 a week. Because of its proximity to Ju?z, El Paso is the second largest crossing point for undocumented aliens in the U.S. The largest is Chula Vista, Calif., which shares part of its sewerage system with neighboring Tijuana. Aliens have been known to crawl through the common drainage pipes to reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Illegals | 10/16/1978 | See Source »

...cluster of prospective customers watch, MacGregor launches Rob Roy at five skittish Cheviots standing at the far end of a corral 300 yds. long. Using skills his ancestors employed to cut weak animals out of the flock, Rob Roy takes off like a shot, slows to a crawl, inches up to the Cheviots and fixes their apparent leader with a mesmeric stare. As MacGregor yells directions ("way to me, way to me,") meaning circle to the right, Rob Roy nudges the flock of Cheviots our way. They have a tendency to fly apart and reconverge like a big blob...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In New Hampshire: Sheep and Shear Ecstasy | 6/12/1978 | See Source »

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