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...states basically want a settlement with Israel along the lines of the Fahd plan. Moreover, some of the states depend on Saudi funds, as does the P.L.O. But a number of Arab governments are now put off by Israeli intransigence and the fact that the U.S. has not given firmer backing to the Fahd proposal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Failure in Fez | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

...Reagan Administration, pitting very hardliners against the medium hardliners, has turned on whether the U.S. should try to get its allies to agree to the "threat assessment"-what NATO is up against, weapon by weapon, front by front-before working out the NATO negotiating position on the TNF. The firmer the NATO agreement on the threat, the firmer, presumably, the U.S. bargaining position on TNF. In a National Security Council meeting, President Reagan chose a more flexible approach-try for informal NATO consensus on the threat but go ahead in any case preparing to negotiate. Reagan has thus sided with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Shaky State of NATO | 8/10/1981 | See Source »

...immediate intention of the new, firmer measures is to rid the U.S. of the most recently arrived Haitian illegals, but officials also hope to discourage would-be immigrants still in Haiti. Explains an INS staff member: "We can't be home to the world's poor. It's as simple as that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sending Them Back to Haiti | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

...ties to the Soviet Union, which supplied the SA-6 missiles that were the cause of contention. At their summit meeting, Sadat said that he and Begin had a "full understanding," in the words of the Prime Minister, about the dangers of the Soviets' getting a firmer foothold in the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Pausing at the Summit | 6/15/1981 | See Source »

Indeed, British resolve seemed firmer than ever in the wake of a spectacular bombing earlier in the week that left five soldiers dead near McCreesh's home village of Camlough in Armagh County. The 1,000-lb. device, planted by the I.R.A. in a culvert and detonated by remote control, pulverized a passing ten-ton Saracen armored car, scattering fragments and bodies around a 300-yd. radius...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Northern Ireland: Death Cycle | 6/1/1981 | See Source »

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