Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mixed results. The meetings on Mount Carmel, a setting that offered the participants a soothing panoramic view of Haifa harbor, reaffirmed the underlying strength of the Egyptian-Israeli treaty. Despite strong differences in attitude and priorities, Sadat and Begin gave every indication that their relationship is now rooted in friendship and respect. In fact, some diplomats are convinced that after months of occasional disappointments and persistent distrust, the two men have grown genuinely fond of each other...
...American way is blessed in the end--family, competition, team spirit, college and friendship--all are affirmed in Dave's final victory. Yates creates just enough ambivalence to stop short of cuteness, but he knows better than to drop the full weight of the heavy hand of Social Conscience on Breaking Away. He pushes ahead to an upbeat finish...
From cautious acquaintance to first confident friendship...
...experiences of my public life." In Canton the Vice President formally opened a new consulate, the first in 30 years. For him and other Americans on the trip, it did indeed seem that U.S.-Chinese relations had crossed the invisible psychological boundary that separates cautious first acquaintance and confident friendship. Had China become an unofficial U.S. ally? "Not exactly," said a U.S. official traveling with Mondale. "But we're at the point where we are considering each other's interests as we pursue our separate policies." Policy disagreements endure over the Chinese invasion of Viet Nam, Peking...
...SCREENPLAY strains with the Kennedy model and an intrusive Hollywood morality. But the excellences in character acting balance any such flaws. Melvyn Douglas, a reliable old pro, plays the aging, once powerful Senator Birney, whose friendship Tynan must betray. Alda's best moments come when he is Douglas's foil; Tynan feels contempt for the old man's politics but cannot help sympathizing when Birney lapses into senility and the Cajun tongue of his youth. Rip Torn plays a hilarious cameo as the libidinous buffoon, Sen. Ritner...