Word: done
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...everything it could to help him secure the open support of Jordan and Saudi Arabia, Sadat chose to interpret the latest dispute as mainly an argument between Washington and Jerusalem over the timing of the Saunders mission. He was not anxious to break off negotiations, as he had done during the talks in Jerusalem last January. But on Friday the Egyptian government announced it would call its two top negotiators home from Washington for a weekend of consultations...
Historically, the choice has tended to fluctuate between the idealistic and the more or less pragmatic - saints or statesmen. It has also reflected the wish of Nobel, who specified that the recipient be "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity among nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." The first winners were Switzerland's Jean Henri Dunant, founder of the International Red Cross and originator of the Gene va Convention, and France's Frederic Passy, a noted pacifist who convened...
...gifted German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder hired Playwright Tom Stoppard, author of that Nabokovian whimsy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, to adapt Despair for the screen. Except for one grave lapse, he has done so effectively and with suitable reverence, and Fassbinder has assembled a first-rate cast...
...them-a rock-'n'-roll anthem called Out of the Blue and into the Black ("The king is gone but he's not forgotten/ This is a song about Johnny Rotten") and a long, spooky tune called Powderfinger - are among the best things he has done. But Young is not immune to the coyness and irresolution that plague Dylan. Roadies from Star Wars and sound mixers in wizard regalia can get as tiresome as Dylan's mocking show-biz turns. The difference is that Young continues to write well and grow, while Dylan seems stalled right...
...hell would love to drink a glass of ice water, but it just can't be done...