Word: dec
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Egyptians are anxious to get the formal peace conference under way by about Dec. 9, the date Kissinger originally proposed, in order to sustain the diplomatic momentum created by the war. The U.S. is also anxious to get the meeting started, so that it can argue to the Arab oil-producing nations that they might just as well step up the flow of oil while the conference is in progress...
Israel, on the other hand, is in much less of a hurry. Its national elections are scheduled to be held Dec. 31, and the political campaign will begin Dec. 8. Premier Meir's government has already been weakened by domestic bickering over the recent war, and will hardly be in a position to negotiate intensively -much less make significant concessions-until the elections are out of the way. Israel is also angry about Egypt's continuing blockade of the Bab el Mandeb straits at the southern end of the Red Sea, and in addition it is waiting...
...been struggling, fitfully and sometimes unhappily, toward unity. The latest Middle East war has shown just how tenuous that unity still is. Last week in Copenhagen, the Common Market Foreign Ministers met and agreed on a French-sponsored plan for periodic summit meetings. The first will be held Dec. 14 and 15 in the Danish capital in an atmosphere of unusual intimacy-even the Foreign Ministers will not be allowed into the discussions by the heads of state. Such a format, the Ministers reasoned, will allow their bosses to talk on a few key subjects and, with luck, reach...
ASHFORD & SIMPSON--Sat. Dec. 1 at Sanders theatre, 8:30 p.m., $3.50. Tickets available at Holyoke Center...
GORDON LIGHTFOOT--Sun. Dec. 3 at Symphony Hall...