Word: creation
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...October war. Kissinger's diplomacy, first between Egypt and Israel, then between Syria and Israel, had achieved not only a truce but also the beginnings of trust that a solution might be found to the animosity that has blanketed the area in the quarter-century since the creation of Israel. That trust, for now at least, rests largely in the power of the U.S., which Nixon, for all his difficulties at home, still embodies. Nixon's visit, as Alexander Haig, his chief of staff, puts it, "is designed to anneal what has already happened, to reassure both sides...
...main issue that Nixon and Sadat sparred over was the explosive question of the future of the 3 million Palestinians left stateless by the creation of Israel. Sadat and other Arab leaders insist that any lasting peace settlement must include some resolution of the Palestinian problem, perhaps by creating a new state for them in territory now held by the Israelis...
...ready to blame the S.L.A. for the transformation of Patty Hearst from socialite liberal to violent radical within a few short weeks, then society cannot escape its responsibility for the creation of the S.L.A. Not only do the deplorable social conditions that spawn this kind of group continue to exist, but now, I fear, it is only a matter of time until we will be humming The Ballad of Cinque over our morning coffee...
...Norman Vincent Peale and the Rev. Billy Graham were for a time well publicized White House habitues. The East Room Sunday worship service was a Nixon creation. The President was an enthusiastic patron of the various prayer breakfasts round Washington...
Live Earth. Oceanographers have already gained new insights into the creation of valuable mineral deposits, including copper, manganese and chromite. One theory, says Geologist Wilfred Bryan of Woods Hole, is that sea water circulating through fractures in the ridge's rock formations may carry off some of these minerals and concentrate them elsewhere. By learning more about such elusive processes, scientists may some day be able to predict the location of minerals in more accessible regions of the ocean. Says Geologist-Diver Robert Ballard of Woods Hole: "The earth is alive. If we can understand how it works...