Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fundamentally, we accept the role of the central government in foreign and defense policy," says Sheik Ezzedin Hosseini, a Kurdish spiritual leader. "But beyond that, we want to run our own show." Hosseini, like almost every other Kurdish leader, rejects separatism, if only because a cutoff from the oil-funded Iranian national budget would be disastrous...
...Palestinians. Begin, who was released from his hospital bed last week after treatment for a blood clot that has impaired his vision somewhat, is certain to rebel at any U.S. attempt to dignify the P.L.O. and bring it into the West Bank negotiations. Says one senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official bluntly: "The problem facing Americans is how to involve the Palestinians in the autonomy talks without losing Israel as a participant...
...which lifted average crude costs by 42%, to about $20 per bbl., even so-called moderate members warned that a 5% drop in the dollar's value could easily provoke another round of increases. In the past month the greenback has slumped by almost that much against strong foreign currencies, and several OPEC states are calling for an emergency meeting on prices as early as September in Vienna-well ahead of the next officially scheduled conference in December...
Even such a fractional rise will irritate inflation-squeezed Americans. Nonetheless, higher exports of U.S. farm products are the best hope for reducing the nation's trade deficit, which is caused largely by oil imports. Since America's appetite for foreign oil will remain intense, it is necessary to sell more food abroad even if that means slightly higher supermarket bills at home...
...what one blackballer called the ambiance of the building on the corner of Madison Avenue. "Just imagine," she said, "what would happen if the Shah of Iran visited him." For similar reasons, the same fate has befallen Barbra Streisand, Pat Lawford and even dashing Princeton-educated Prince Saud, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, who was voted out of a Fifth Avenue flat because of fears of anti-Arab protests...