Word: deadlocking
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...settlement that would include Syria and the Palestinians rather than piecemeal negotiations, accepts the outlined accord reluctantly. "Acceptance of the settlement is better than rejection of it," says Eban. "Its shortcomings are very tangible and concrete, and its gains are very speculative. But if the alternative to acceptance is deadlock or war, it must be accepted...
...between Arabs and Israelis sometimes signify more bark than bite. Last week, as Cairo and Jerusalem were engaged in an elaborate game of diplomatic bluff, the rhetoric exploded again. Negotiations over a second-stage disengagement in Sinai hit snags that on the surface at least indicated the possibility of deadlock. But even as Israeli Premier Yitzhak Rabin was dismissing Egyptian proposals as unacceptable last week, he was also insisting that the talks must continue...
...Cypriots in the peace negotiations with Turkish-Cypriot Leader Rauf Denktaş. that have been taking place in Vienna under the personal supervision of U.N. Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim. A third phase of the talks is scheduled to start this week, but there is little hope of breaking the deadlock that has existed since they began last April. Clerides has proposed a multiregional federation, with Turkish Cypriots free to concentrate in their own separate areas scattered throughout the island. That would allow Greek Cypriots to return to their homes. The Turks insist, however, that the Greek Cypriots accept...
...likelihood of that abrupt jump is increasing because of a worsening deadlock between the White House and the Democratic Congress over what kind of controls, if any, to maintain. Last week President Ford sent Congress his long-awaited plan to phase out controls over a 30-month period. He hopes that the resulting rise in prices will greatly stimulate domestic oil output without hurting the economy. Congress is likely to turn down that plan; critics charge it would drain $45 billion in potential consumer purchasing power out of the economy over the next two years...
...other parts of the Arab world, we will be ready to negotiate in a very detailed and prolonged way on the elements of an overall agreement. But whatever may happen in these talks about an overall agreement -especially if they do not succeed or if they come to a deadlock-Egypt has to behave in accordance with the interim agreement...