Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After years of dealing with Republican Presidents, Sadat is already looking forward to a "face-to-face, man-toman" discussion with President-elect Carter. Even the departure of "my friend Henry" Kissinger does not faze him. "You are a nation of institutions," he explained. Besides, Sadat now considers Kissinger's shuttle diplomacy outmoded. He wants a full-scale conference in Geneva next year of all the "confrontation countries" and the Palestinians to deal with what he considers the central issue: Israel's return of occupied territory in exchange for Arab recognition. "For God's sake," he said...
...capital crimes she is said to have committed. Still, her claim to be Mao's ideological heiress, combined with her backing of the Shanghai radicals' bid for power, was amply sufficient to bring about her downfall. She had to be discredited before Hua could put forward his own claim. Indeed, Hua's legitimacy as party leader rests in large part on official stories that Mao had given him a deathbed benediction...
...Forward Hughes also played an outstanding defensive game, killing off penalties in the final period like he had overdosed on Bobby Orr pills...
Sanders reiterated the importance of team rebounding, and thus Hooft, when he remarked, "We'll be looking to Bob as a strong forward, maybe strong guard because of his ballhanding ability. He'll be expected to get his share of rebounds...
Hooft, who hails from Winemucca, Nevada, anchors down the lone forward spot with his all-purpose game but will be spelled by Gary Ackerman, whom Sanders terms "a tough forward who's been there before...