Word: egyptians
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...miracle has been wrought," Gamal Abdel Nasser proudly announced to the people of Egypt after completion of the first stage of the Aswan High Dam. Indeed, the great structure-built with Russian aid and designed to harness the Nile and vitalize the stagnant Egyptian economy-has irrevocably changed the environment of the Nile River Valley and the lives of its inhabitants. But the results have not all been positive, and there is growing debate about whether the economic benefits of Aswan are outweighed by the ecological damage that it has caused...
Forever Saved. Egyptian officials concede that inadequate drainage of farm land is a problem, but they say it is a problem they foresaw. Plans to build drainage canals, they say, were sidetracked by the 1967 war with Israel and are only now being revived. More important to agricultural experts is the fact that the dam helped stave off droughts in the exceedingly dry years of 1972 and 1973. "We are forever saved," says William K. Shenouda, Under Secretary of State responsible for the dam, "from the cycle of seven lean years and seven fat years that Joseph encountered in biblical...
...Cairo, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat sacked his Premier and shuffled his Cabinet to calm domestic protests that threaten his position...
...settlement. Sadat does not oppose a Geneva Conference in principle, but he has hinted that Egypt is still prepared to hold further bilateral negotiations with Israel. Moreover, by implying that the conference should not be held until after the next Arab summit meeting-which is set for June-the Egyptian President has effectively delayed a reconvening of the conference until midsummer. Israel is reconciled to the idea of a Geneva Conference, but is determined that the work of the conference should somehow be broken up into "bilateral contacts" so that Israel would be able to deal with one enemy...
...them from whatever body can offer them, whether it's the two superpowers, the four powers, the five powers [including China] or the U.N. Security Council. We might discuss stationing of a U.N. contingent on both sides of the borders. I don't agree to joint [Israeli-Egyptian] patrols, but I would accept some kind of mixed commissions under U.N. auspices, to meet from time to time. I agree to certain demilitarized zones, but on condition it be reciprocal...