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...Arab League still refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist; yet you imply that Prime Minister Begin is the foremost obstacle to peace in the Middle East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 11, 1982 | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...generous in praise, indeed, as he is in criticism, and he seems overall to be kind, without spite or envy. He appreciates good acting and treasures fine writing, in prose as well as dialogue. First and foremost, he loves the theater. He concludes a description of a delightful party by saying that there were few "civilians"-people from outside the theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mad Dogs and Blithe Spirits | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...failure would be on him. He was adamant, but I was dead serious, and he knew it. I had never been more serious in my life. I repeated some of the arguments. He would be publicly repudiating some of his own commitments, damaging his reputation as the world's foremost peacemaker and admitting the fruitlessness of his celebrated visit to Jerusalem. His worst enemies in the Arab world would be proven right in their claims that he had made a foolish mistake. I told Sadat that he simply had to stick with me for another day or two, after which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keeping Faith | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...Foremost on the mind of many, however, is peace of mind. Said Honnet: "Quite frankly, I just want it to be over...

Author: By Thomas H. Howlett and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Tempered Enthusiasm | 10/9/1982 | See Source »

...Orioles were never a rich man's club, dependent like New York on the free-spending ways of some corporate owner to nab a couple of headline grabbers. They built from the ground up, extensively using their farm system. The Orioles had stars, but they were first and foremost a team. Weaver always had use for every one of his players, down to their lowliest substitute, producing one cohesive, interlocking unit, rather than a sprawling anarchy of 25 disparate individuals...

Author: By Michael J. Abramowitz, | Title: The Earl of Baltimore | 10/6/1982 | See Source »

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