Word: endless
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...seemingly endless turmoil in Iran overshadowed a coming event that is also crucial to U.S. interests in the Middle East. Next week Foreign Minister Moshe Dayan and Premier Moustafa Khalil will resume the Israeli-Egyptian dialogue at Camp David, with the guiding presence of Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. Clearly there is no hope for stability in the Middle East without a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. That vital first step, if it can be taken, would go a long way toward reassuring a number of nervous nations in the region about America's intentions and commitments...
...Republic of China last December after nearly 30 years of bone-deep hostility, Secretary of State Cyrus Vance declared: "A new era is upon us." But the idea of "a new era" is a hard one to grasp, and despite acres of newsprint, miles of film footage and endless commentaries, nothing is likely to drive home the reality of it all more effectively than the tableau that is to unfold this week: a diminutive (barely 5 ft.), elderly (74 years) Chinese gentleman alighting from a white Boeing 707 at an airport near Washington and plunging into a hectic, week-long...
Byrd made his first move shortly after Vice President Mondale finished swearing in the newly elected Senators. The majority leader proposed to invoke cloture by a vote of three-fifths of the Senators in at tendance instead of the currently required 60 votes. He also wanted to eliminate the endless motions and amendments that make a post cloture filibuster possible. While the new Senators waited to have their pictures taken with Mondale, Byrd insisted on setting a time for a vote on his reforms. Otherwise, he warned, he would bring them up for a vote that would only require...
Some of the delay has been due to the unique nature of the talks. Reports TIME Pentagon Correspondent Don Sider, who was at Geneva: "SALT is the most complex, confounding piece of technical negotiation attempted by man. It comprises an almost endless combination of methods of destruction. They have to be defined and conceptualized before negotiators can even start looking for formulas to restrict them. Only a handful of specialists claim to be experts, and most confess that they are frequently startled to learn what they do not know." The talks have also been slowed for political reasons, like...
...East German swimmers who graced Blodgett's waters, pulled an impressive double win in the individual medley events. Krause added the 200 freestyle to her list of golds. And lanky 15-year-old Marybeth Linzmeier amassed the third highest point total of the meet, winning the endless 1650-yd. freestyle en route...