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...were despondent about a prevailing sense that both sides might be drifting toward war. A week ago, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy had declared in Cairo that peace in the Middle East would require Israel "not to increase the number of its immigrants for the next 50 years" (TIME, Dec. 23). The limited-immigration question has been an issue since the 1920s but it has rarely been mentioned as a formal Arab demand since 1948. Some observers believe that Fahmy's comment was directed not only at Israel as a bargaining device but also at the Soviet Union...
Died. Anatole Litvak, 72, Russian-born film director best known for the original version of Mayerling (1936), starring Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux, and The Snake Pit (TIME cover, Dec. 20, 1948), starring Olivia de Havilland, which was acclaimed as Hollywood's first realistic examination of insanity; in Neuilly, France...
...I.R.A. has been on the defensive for some time, but in the Irish Republic and England as well. In part, the crackdown was a response to the widespread outrage that followed the pub bombings in Birmingham last month in which 21 people were killed and another 184 injured (TIME, Dec. 2). The campaign included arrests in Ulster and Britain of suspected I.R.A. supporters and a comprehensive new criminal bill in the republic aimed specifically at the Proves' gunmen. Even in the U.S., there was renewed scrutiny of arms funding through I.R.A.-front organizations. Britain's Secretary of State...
...came the legally questionable resolution to expel South Africa from this year's General Assembly. Anger next spread to the world intellectual community when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris succumbed to Arab pressure in voting two blatantly political motions against Israel (TIME, Dec. 16). Last week the General Assembly rammed through a so-called Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States, overriding all objections from the industrial nations...
Your cartoon cover bearing "Recession's Greetings" [Dec. 9] was an unwelcome intrusion into our home. You truly accentuated the negative, something we do not need. We are all bombarded by it daily as we shop for clothes, food and Christmas presents. I truly resent seeing the spirit of Christmas ruined just because there are hard times. For many centuries, we have celebrated the birth of Christ in times of leanness as well as plenty. But we have celebrated...